The Globe Sessions

The Globe Sessions
Studio album by Sheryl Crow
Released	September 21, 1998 (UK) September 29, 1998 (US)
Recorded	Globe Studios, New York, NY and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA, 1996-98
Genre	Rock, blues rock, country rock
Length	55:06
Label	A&M
Producer	Sheryl Crow Rick Rubin ("Sweet Child o' Mine")
Sheryl Crow chronology
Sheryl Crow (1996) The Globe Sessions (1998) Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park (1999)
Singles from The Globe Sessions
"My Favorite Mistake" Released: September 15, 1998 "There Goes the Neighborhood" Released: 1999 "Anything but Down" Released: February 23, 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Daily Vault	(B)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Robert Christgau	[6]

The Globe Sessions is the third studio album by American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on 21 September 1998 in the United Kingdom and 29 September 1998 in the United States, then re-released in 1999. It was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Non-Classical Album at the 1999 Grammys, winning the latter two awards. The Globe Sessions reached #2 on the UK Album Chart,^[7] while peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart,^[8] achieving US sales of two million as of January 2008.^[9] The album was recorded at and named for the sessions recorded at Globe Recording Studio in New York owned by Robert FitzSimons and Tracey Loggia.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Favorite Mistake"	Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott	4:08
2.	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Crow, Trott	5:02
3.	"Riverwide"	Crow	4:07
4.	"It Don't Hurt"	Crow, Trott	4:49
5.	"Maybe That's Something"	Crow, Trott	4:17
6.	"Am I Getting Through (Part I & II)"	Crow	5:31
7.	"Anything but Down"	Crow	4:17
8.	"The Difficult Kind"	Crow	6:19
9.	"Mississippi"	Bob Dylan	4:41
10.	"Members Only"	Crow	4:57
11.	"Crash and Burn"	Crow	6:36

Extra track (1998 release (UK) - cat. no. 31454-0974-2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Resuscitation"	Crow	3:54

Extra track (1999 release (US) - cat. no. 06949-0407-2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Sweet Child o' Mine[Note 1]"	Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Duff McKagan	3:54

On earlier versions of the album the track "Crash and Burn" contains the hidden track "Subway Ride", running 11:19, while omitting the track "Sweet Child O' Mine."^[10] Another version eliminates both "Subway Ride" and "Sweet Child O' Mine."^[11] The version of "Sweet Child O' Mine" included is the 'Rick Rubin New Mix', originally featured on the Big Daddy Soundtrack and later included on Hits & Rarities, and also called the 'Pop Version' on the CD single. It differs from the 'Rock Version' used in the single music video. The European version features "Resuscitation" (Crow, Trott) as twelfth track; the Japanese version contains the bonus tracks "Carolina" & "Resuscitation" (Crow, Trott). The "Australian Tour Edition" of the album (released in 1999) also contains "Resuscitation", "Sweet Child o' Mine," as well as a bonus CD containing six songs recorded live at the Church of the Holy Trinity at Toronto, Canada on November 13, 1998:

Bonus disc: The Australian Tour Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Change Would Do You Good"	Crow, Trott, Brian MacLeod	4:04
2.	"Riverwide"	Crow	4:32
3.	"It Don't Hurt"	Crow, Trott	5:26
4.	"Strong Enough"	Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert, MacLeod, David Ricketts	3:17
5.	"The Difficult Kind"	Crow	6:42
6.	"Everyday Is a Winding Road"	Crow, MacLeod, Trott	6:22

Personnel

• Sheryl Crow – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic and electric 12 string guitar, National steel guitar, bass, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, harmonica, percussion
• Jeff Trott – acoustic and electric guitar (2, 3, 5–7, 10), tremolo guitar (1), 12 string guitar (4, 9), bass (5), slide guitar (8), Moog synthesizer (10)
• Gregg Williams – drums (1, 2, 4–6, 10, 11), percussion (2, 5, 6, 10), tambourine (3), programming
• Benmont Tench – organ (3, 8), piano (7–9), chamberlin (9)
• Mitchell Froom – clavinet and Orchestron (6)
• Lisa Germano – violin (solo on 3, 4), autoharp (4)
• Val McCallum – electric guitar (2, 10, 11)
• Wendy Melvoin – guitar (1), bass (4)
• Todd Wolfe – electric guitar solo (4)
• Tim Smith – bass (2)
• Dan Rothchild – double bass (3), bass (7–9)
• Dan McCarroll – drums (2, 7–9)
• Jim Bogios – drums (4)
• Trina Shoemaker – drum loop (3)
• Bobby Keys – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone (2)
• Kent Smith – trumpet (2)
• Michael Davis – trombone (2)
• Avril Brown, Mark Feldman, Maura Giannini (-6), Matthew Pierce, Lorenza Ponce, Mary Rowell, Laura Seaton – violin (3, 6)
• Michelle Kinney, Mary Wooten, Garo Yellin – cello (6)
• Jimmie Haskell – string arrangement and conductor (6)
• Kathy Crow – vocals (8)

Production

• Producers: Sheryl Crow, ("Sweet Child o´Mine" produced by Rick Rubin)
• Executive Producer: Rory Kaplan
• Engineers: Trina Shoemaker
• Additional recordings: S. Husky Höskulds
• Assistant engineers: Brant Scott, Howard Willing, Ryan Baesch
• Mixing: Tchad Blake, Andy Wallace (tracks 2, 7–9)
• Assistant mixing engineers: S. Husky Höskulds, Steve Sisco, Howard Willing
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Digital engineer: Jeff Levison
• Surround mix and digital mastering: David Tickle
• Production coordination: Brant Scott
• Art direction and design: Jeri Heiden
• Cover photography: Peter Lindbergh
• Photographies inside: Tchad Blake

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1999	The Globe Sessions	Album of the Year[12]	Nominated
		Best Rock Album[13]	Won
	"My Favorite Mistake"	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance[12]	Nominated
	Sheryl Crow	Producer of the Year, Non-Classical[12]	Nominated
	Andy Wallace, Tchad Blake & Trina Shoemaker (engineers)	Best Engineered Album, Non Classical[12]	Won

Charts

Peak positions Chart Position Austrian Albums Chart[14] 19 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [15] 10 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[16] 27 Canadian Albums Chart[17] 3 Dutch Albums Chart[18] 28 Finnish Albums Chart[19] 27 French SNEP Albums Chart[20] 18 German Media Control Albums Chart[21] 4 Japanese Albums Chart[22] 18 New Zealand Albums Chart[23] 16 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[24] 10 Swedish Albums Chart[25] 9 Swiss Albums Chart[26] 5 UK Albums Chart[7] 2 U.S. Billboard 200 [8] 5

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position Canadian RPM Albums Chart[27] 97 U.S. Billboard 200[28] 143 Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Canada (Music Canada)[29] Platinum 100,000 Japan (RIAJ)[30] Gold 100,000 Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] Gold 25,000 United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 300,000 United States (RIAA)[33] Platinum 1,000,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date
United Kingdom	September 21, 1998
United States	September 29, 1998

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• Globe Sessions Track Listing
• The Globe Sessions at Discogs (list of releases)

1. "Sweet Child O' Mine" is 3:49 long. At the 4:27 mark another track - called "Subway Ride" - which mentions the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, begins and runs for just over 4 minutes.