Sheryl Crow’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
20. Prove You Wrong (2019)
On Threads, her 11th and apparently final album, Crow used her bulging contacts book to create a features-heavy collection of originals and covers. Stevie Nicks and Maren Morris join her on this barrelling bar-room stomper, the three of them sounding as if they are having a ball as they put some no-mark ex on blast for their low expectations.
19. Soak Up the Sun (2002)
Bright and peppy compared with the introspective double whammy of 1996’s self-titled album and 1998’s The Globe Sessions, the lead single from follow-up C’mon, C’mon is cloyingly sweet. Crow imagines herself poor, working a “crummy job” that “don’t pay near enough” over lithe bass, before that undeniable chorus cracks the song open. It was released in early 2002, and Crow felt it could cheer up a post-9/11 society; it’s also just been covered by Gen Z indie rocker Soccer Mommy.
18. There Goes the Neighbourhood (1998)
Crow recorded the self-produced Globe Sessions album in New York’s meatpacking district, a
