The Globe Sessions
Artist: Sheryl Crow
Community Score: 7.07

Since her dense, varied, post-modernist eponymous second album illustrated that Sheryl Crow was no one-album wonder, she wasn't left with as much to prove the third time around. Having created an original variation on roots rock with Sheryl Crow, she was left with the dilemma of how to remain loyal to that sound without repeating herself on her... Read More

The Trinity Church Sessions
Artist: Sheryl Crow

Numerous Sheryl Crow bootlegs came out in 1990s, many of which boasted excellent sound quality. The thing that set The Trinity Church Sessions apart from other Crow bootlegs is the fact that Crow isn't joined by a full band. Recorded live at the Trinity Church in Canada in January 1999, this CD finds the singer/songwriter having very little... Read More

Artist of the Century
Artist: Elvis Presley
Community Score: 7.33

Elvis Presley doesn't really need more compilations -- either single discs or box sets -- in his catalog, but RCA's 1999 triple-disc set Artist of the Century does wind up filling a need, of sorts. Over the course of 75 tracks, nearly all of Elvis' most popular songs are presented in their original hit versions. Given the number of hits he had,... Read More

The Globe Sessions - AUSTRALIA BONUS CD
Artist: Sheryl Crow

Since her dense, varied, post-modernist eponymous second album proved that Sheryl Crow was no one-album wonder, she wasn't left with as much to prove the third time around as she was the second, especially since she found her voice with her sophomore effort. Having created an original variation on roots-rock with Sheryl Crow, she was left with... Read More

Private Elvis
Artist: Elvis Presley
Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri - BONUS LIVE CD
Artist: Del Amitri

It's likely that a large portion of the audience Del Amitri won with the lightly infectious, incessantly catchy "Roll to Me" thought of the Scottish group as a new band, not an outfit that had been recording for over a decade. That may be one of the reasons why Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri was released in 1998, a mere three years after... Read More

Sheryl Crow - JAPAN
Artist: Sheryl Crow

Hiring noted roots experimentalists Tchad Blake and Mitchell Froom as engineer and consultant, respectively, Sheryl Crow took a cue from their Latin Playboys project for her second album -- she kept her roots rock foundation and added all sorts of noises, weird instruments, percussion loops, and off-balance production to give Sheryl Crow a... Read More

Adam's Rib
Artist: Melanie Doane
Community Score: 10.00

Canadian singer/songwriter Melanie Doane poses in a white T-shirt and black leather pants, with an electric guitar slung over her shoulder, on the front and back covers of her debut CD, Adam's Rib, but she doesn't actually play that instrument on the album, sticking instead to her primary axe, the violin, along with occasional piano and... Read More

Mile High Live
Artist: The Freddy Jones Band

After four studio albums, it seems logical for the Freddy Jones Band to finally come with a live release that draws upon those previous outings. The band also has developed quite a rep as a live unit around their native Chicago area and this disc goes a long way toward capturing some of that live excitement. A Mile High Live draws selections... Read More

P.S.: A Toad Retrospective
Artist: Toad the Wet Sprocket
Community Score: 6.80

Toad the Wet Sprocket was among the best and most popular of the adult alternative pop/rockers of the early '90s. They harnessed R.E.M.'s jangle pop, smoothed it out, and turned it into something pretty, melodic, and accessible to a wide audience. Toad the Wet Sprocket never was as idiosyncratic or edgy as R.E.M., so they could reach a totally... Read More