Sheryl Crow
C'mon C'mon (2002)

review by: Mike Webb
Date: 7/1/02

I was pretty excited to buy this new Sheryl Crow album because I'd seen her on this show called Musicians, and she was smart, sexy, and talented. At the end, she played a solo acoustic version of this new song called "Soak Up The Sun" and I thought - wow, this is incredible! So I figured she was hitting her peak now, and that this was the album to get my first full taste of Ms. Crow.

And from the moment I opened it up, I wasn't disappointed. Man is she hot. You should see the photo of her on page 7 - va va voom! She's sitting on the grass, wearing this bikini top and looking over her shoulder like she's been waiting for you to get there. And best of all, she's wearing these low cut, hip hugger type pants that allow you to see her panties! Bonus dude!

Realizing that I was already sold on this disc, I took another chance and put it in my CD player. It starts out cool. Some song called "Steve McQueen" and it's got a funky beat, cool Keef-like guitar licks, and "hoo hoo's" like Steve Miller. Then that super pop-y "Soak Up The Sun" with the tongue-twisting turnaround spins, and I think it's still a really catchy song, but not as good as when she played it by herself.

But then that pic of Crow in a red-leather vest screams out at me and I forget what I'm listening to. Flip the page and she's sitting on the beach playing this big-ole acoustic guitar and looking like the hottest chick on Earth. I wonder what that thing is next to her lip, but decide that it just draws more attention to her mouth and that's a good thing.

I don't really perk up again until the opening chords of the closer "Weather Channel" come on. It's one of those songs that instantly hits the center of my melancholy nerve and makes my body temperature change. It's beautiful - one of the best songs she's ever written. Emmylou Harris harmonizes with her, while Crow croons "I got lab coats who will bring me panacea while I'm watching the weather channel and waiting for the storm". I couldn't help but sink into a warm blue funk - incredible…

So all in all, it's not bad. Think of it as a soundtrack to a fully clothed Victoria's Secret catalog.