Partying at the "Tuesday Night Music Club"

Sheryl Crow: Tuesday Night Music Club

As Reviewed by James Brundage

Normally, whenever you have an artist, they age like wine. Sheryl Crow, however, appears to age like milk. The more time she spends with mainstream success, the more filtered towards popular songs and mainstream she becomes. Because of this, her first album “Tuesday Night Music Club” is by far the best of the three she has done so far.

“Tuesday Night Music Club” may be home to the bubble gum favorite “All I Wanna Do,” but that track is the only one of 11 that ends up mainstream. The other 10, whether having an almost rap-like air (“The Na-Na Song”), a family history (“Run, Baby, Run”), or a triumphant piece from her past (“Leaving Las Vegas”, the album’s other hit), are all incredibly imaginative pieces that please a good ear. The vocals on the album are impressive, the lyrics brilliant, and the range incredible.

As cliche as all of these compliments sound and, indeed, are, all of them are true. It is with an album like “Tuesday Night Music Club” where the majority of trouble in being a critic is: how to figure out an original praise. And thus I leave you with another cliche: you have to listen to this album to believe how good it is.