A reunion with producer Jeff Trott seems to have helped provide Be Myself with confidence and cohesion, aided by engineer du jour Tchad Blake (back for the first time since 1998 effort The Globe Sessions).
Though the songwriting is polished, there is also no shortage of the torn and frayed (a spare guitar line elevates Roller Skate), the intimate (the downbeat Love Will Save The Day) and the quirky lyrical observations that helped bring Crow to attention in the mid-’90s.
• Sheryl Crow. Be Myself. Warner Music.
• Three and a half stars (out of five)
Single download: By Myself
For those who like: Black Crowes
— Shane Gilchrist
