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100 Miles From Memphis | 
| Artist: Sheryl Crow
Label: A&M
Category: Music
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 51
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.2 x 0.3
UPC: 602527433943
EAN: 0602527433943
ASIN: B003NWS5FO
Release Date: July 20, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Our Love Is Fading | | • | Eye to Eye (feat. Keith Richards) | | • | Sign Your Name (feat. Justin Timberlake) | | • | Summer Day | | • | Long Road Home | | • | Say What You Want | | • | Peaceful Feeling | | • | Stop | | • | Sideways (feat. Citizen Cope) | | • | 100 Miles From Memphis | | • | Roses and Moonlight | | • | I Want You Back (Bonus Track) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 64
 Nice Album September 9, 2010
Michael Brent Faulkner, Jr. (Kentucky)
Nine-time Grammy award winner Sheryl Crow has sadly lost her commercial zeal in recent times, but that doesn't inhibit her in the least from making quality albums for her most devoted fans. 2008's Detours failed to captivate the charts (despite debuting at #2), but it did garner a Grammy-nomination and provided another worthwhile contribution to Crow's discography. 100 Miles From Memphis is another pleasant addition to Crow's discography, hyping up her soulful qualities and keeping soul music alive. Crow may never master the grit of the soul greats on '100 Miles,' but she sounds superb nonetheless.
"Our Love Is Fading," a fine opening cut, finds Crow surrounded by horns and superb, soul-laden background vocalists. The cut is lengthy, but enjoyable and one only wishes that Crow had let her inner soul just `further erupt.' The blue-eyed soul vibe is perfect here. "Eye To Eye" is equally satisfying, even if the reggae-tinged production throws the listener for a bit of a loop at first. As far as the engineering, the final product here is Grammy-worthy by all means. Crow's breathy vocals on the verse are sensational.
"Sign Your Name," a Terence Trent D'Arby cover, features production work reminiscent of 1970s Al Green. This cut really exploits the best facets of Crow's vocals. "Summer Day" is well written and features a lighter soul-laden production. As far as length, "Summer Day" is more appropriate, even if it is slightly less enjoyable than the first three cuts. "Long Road Home" and "Say What You Want" are two superior cuts; these cuts are more true to Crow's folksy-songwriting style. On "Long Road Home," a catchy refrain ("sure as the wind blows, sure as the rivers flow, we will meet again, on the long road home"), characteristic horns, and superb backing vocals make this the valedictory cut of the album. Not far behind, "Say What You Want" smartly amps up the `folk-soul' vibe once more and exploits phenomenal vocal nuances from Crow. The only drawback is the cut is too long, but that occurs more often than not on 100 Miles from Memphis.
"Peaceful Feeling" and "Stop" offer no quibbles either, both showcasing clichés and `the best' of 1970s soul and blue-eyed soul. "Peaceful Feeling" masters appropriate length coupled with uplifting vocal performance while the churning "Stop" finds the band slowing down the tempo for the first time the entire album. "Sideways" similarly lays well, if slightly lengthy in duration.
Title cut "100 Miles From Memphis" and penultimate cut "Roses and Midnight" are solid, but show a thinning of the true `meat' and `grit' of the album. Crow ends with a sensational cover of The Jackson 5's ubiquitous hit "I Want You Back."
'100 Miles From Memphis' may not be the next What's Going On or Songs in the Key of Life, but it is a fresh, soulful contribution from Crow. It won't get its just due as sells (debut at #3 with 55,000 copies sold) are looking poor, but critically, it is one of 2010's better affairs. 4 stars.
Sheryl Is The Blues From Memphis! September 7, 2010
SteveE
Sheryl has certainly hit the mark with her Blues style in "100 Miles From Memphis, and to finish it with a Michael Jackson hit: makes this album a true treasure!
 "Summer Day" is one song that I'll be listening to 40 years from now! September 6, 2010
Jeffrey A (Miami)
Great CD - 5 stars!
"100 Miles from Memphis" holds no surprises. It is typical Shery Crow - great adult contemporary music.
"Summer Day" is indeed a delicious thick slice of glory-days of the late sixties/early seventies. This song is destined to be an 'Evergreen'. (Hopefully), I'll be listening to "Summer Day" 40 years from now!
"I Want You Back" (Michael Jackson cover) is the icing on the cake for "100 Miles from Memphis".
This CD is a must buy for Sheryl Crow fans and all lovers of this genre of music (mix of rock, alternative, and pop).
These feelings won't go away. September 4, 2010
Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States)
I hand it to Sheryl Crow for going retro without completely covering old soul classics. Most artists would just do an entire album of cover songs from the era, but Sheryl Crow came up with nine originals and three cover songs, two of which were not even from the era she is emulating here. Kudos for being original.
That being said, Sheryl Crow is notorious for having a wildly uneven career. With the exception of her first two albums, her track record has been every other album is great. "100 Miles From Memphis" is one of those down albums, like "The Globe Sessions" or "Wildflower". Good, but not great, and nothing extremely memorable or catchy here. Like those other two albums, all of Crow's eccentricities as a songwriter are washed clean here, too. What made Sheryl Crow's best albums her best was the quirky contemporary musical and lyric angles she would take. None of that is here on "100 Miles From Memphis".
Of the nine original songs Crow apes Sly and the Family Stone with "Our Love Is Fading" and "Peaceful Feeling". Both tracks being just serviceable. Going for Jimmy Cliff, Crow gives "Eye To Eye" a fairly memorable 'na na, na na na na na' replete with reggae beat and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones on guitar. One of the better tracks here. Crow really hits pay dirt with "Summer Day"--this is the sound she was going for and it is completely realized here with its Al Green-like vibe. This is the best track here. "Long Road Home" and "Say What You Want To" are also contenders as tracks that hit their mark. On the more somber side, "Stop" captures that painful early 70's relationship ambiance well. The title track and "Roses And Moonlight" are perhaps the weakest of the original material, saved for last, of course. They are passable, but not memorable.
The three cover songs are interesting choices for Crow. What possessed her to cover Terence Trent D'Arby's 1987 hit "Sign Your Name"? With Justin Timberlake on backing vocals, no less. It's done Al Green style which actually worked. Crow's take on the song does not add something new, but rather repackages the song in a different era. I don't know whether Terence Trent D'Arby would think this is a great cover of his song. Elsewhere, an obscure song "Sideways", which sounded so familiar to me, but I could not place it. I had to look it up. Surprisingly, Citizen Cope released the track in 2002. I was not familiar with the band/singer. Sheryl Crow does a very good job here with Citizen Cope lending vocals. One of the best tracks here.
And of course, there's Michael. If you call yourself a true fan of Sheryl Crow, then you know she started out as a back up singer for Michael Jackson in the late 1980's. Her version of The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" is almost identical to the original, which adds nothing new to the song. However, it is quite amazing how well Crow emulates Jackson's vocals, thus affirming why Crow is such a great singer.
Here's how "100 Miles From Memphis" compares to Crow's previous works:
1993 Tuesday Night Music Club: Four And A Half Stars
1996 Sheryl Crow: Five Stars
1998 The Globe Sessions: Four Stars
2002 C'mon C'mon: Five Stars
2005 Wildflower: Three And A Half Stars
2008 Detours: Five Stars
2010 100 Miles From Memphis: Three And A Half Stars
 tiresome September 3, 2010
W. Walsh (Naperville, Illinois)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I could not get thru this cd
her voice is so grating, she is the anti-mary chapin carpenter
whose voice is so pleasant. the songs are dirge and her hatred of freedom of speech is
as annoying as it is laughable. and a michael jackson song, sung badly.
please find love with algore and leave music alone
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