If It Makes You Happy: Sheryl Crow to Release Documentary, 2CD Companion Album
Alongside a forthcoming documentary on her 30+ year career, Sheryl Crow and UMe will issue a double-disc companion soundtrack that serves as an in-depth overview and the place to hear her newest material.
Sheryl, which premiered at South by Southwest this past weekend and will air on Showtime starting May 6, will chronicle Crow’s fascinating rise and the trials she endured through every step of her colorful career. A hardworking session vocalist who spent much of 1988 as Michael Jackson’s duet partner on his Bad world tour, Crow came into her own with 1993’s debut album Tuesday Night Music Club, featuring a series of crack session players like Bill Bottrell, David Baerwald and the late, great Kevin Gilbert. Controversy arose at the time when some of the musicians expressed consternation that an informal jam session of friends developed into a starring vehicle for Crow – a topic that will no doubt be covered in the film. Nonetheless, the record spun off the Top 5 hits “All I Wanna Do” and “Strong Enough” and won Crow three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Best New Artist.
Over time, Crow developed into a winning pop performer in her own right, racking up more pop hits like “If It Makes You Happy,” “Everyday is a Winding Road,” “My Favorite Mistake” and “Soak Up the Sun.” She also picked up an additional six Grammys and lived a life of highs (adopting two sons in 2007 and 2010) and lows (treatments for breast cancer and benign brain tumors). Her latest album, 2019’s Threads, featured guest appearances from the likes of Eric Clapton, Sting, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Keith Richards, St. Vincent and even a posthumous appearance from Johnny Cash. (Crow stated at the time she intended it to be her last proper album.)
The Sheryl soundtrack features singles and deep cuts drawn mostly from Threads and her first four studio albums for A&M, plus country-flavored albums Detours (2008) and Be Myself (2017), several live tracks (including duets with Sarah McLachlan and Jason Isbell) and three brand-new songs: “Forever,” “Still the Same” and “Live with Me.”
The Sheryl companion album will arrive day and date with the documentary. Pre-order it below and check out the full track list.
Sheryl: Music from the Feature Documentary (A&M/UMe, 2022) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)
Disc 1
- If It Makes You Happy
- Leaving Las Vegas
- All I Wanna Do
- What Can I Do for You
- Run, Baby, Run
- Hard to Make a Stand
- Sweet Rosalyn
- A Change Would Do You Good
- Home
- Love is a Good Thing
- Strong Enough
- Can’t Cry Anymore
- Everyday is a Winding Road
- Redemption Day
- The Difficult Kind (Live with Sarah McLachlan)
- I Shall Believe
- Real Gone (Live)
Disc 2
- My Favorite Mistake
- Riverwide
- Crash and Burn
- Steve McQueen
- Soak Up the Sun
- Out of Our Heads
- Detours
- Be Myself
- Prove You Wrong (feat. Stevie Nicks & Maren Morris)
- Tell Me When It’s Over (feat. Chris Stapleton)
- Beware of Darkness (feat. Brandi Carlile, Eric Clapton, and Sting)
- The Worst (feat. Keith Richards)
- Story of Everything (feat. Gary Clark Jr., Chuck D, Andra Day)
- Everything is Broken (Live with Jason Isbell)
- Redemption Day (with Johnny Cash)
- Forever
- Still the Same
- Live with Me
Disc 1, Tracks 1, 6-9 and 13-14 from Sheryl Crow (A&M, 1996)
Disc 1, Tracks 2-5, 11-12 and 16 from Tuesday Night Music Club (A&M, 1993)
Disc 1, Track 15 from Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park (A&M, 1999)
Disc 1, Track 17 and Disc 2, Track 14 from Live at The Ryman and More (Valory Music, 2021)
Disc 2, Tracks 1-3 from The Globe Sessions (A&M, 1998)
Disc 2, Tracks 4-5 from C’mon, C’mon (A&M, 2002)
Disc 2, Tracks 6-7 from Detours (A&M, 2008)
Disc 2, Track 8 from Be Myself (Wylie Music/Warner Bros., 2017)
Disc 2, Tracks 9-13 and 15 from Threads (Big Machine, 2019)
Disc 2, Tracks 16-18 previously unreleased
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The booklet indicates Disc 1, track 17 as being recorded after the release date of Live at the Ryman and more. Says Brooklyn Bowl, New York City, NY, 8/13/2021 and is copyrighted to Sheryl Crow and not attributed to the Ryman album as a source which is copyrighted to the Big Machine Music group on Disc 2, track 14.