Tuesday Night Music Club

Tuesday Night Music Club
Studio album by Sheryl Crow
Released	August 3, 1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Rock
Length	49:42
Label	A&M
Producer	Bill Bottrell
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Tuesday Night Music Club is the debut album from American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in August 3, 1993. The lead single "Run, Baby, Run" was not particularly successful. However, the album gained attention after the success of the third single, "All I Wanna Do," based on the Wyn Cooper's poem "Fun" and co-written by David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Sheryl Crow, and Kevin Gilbert. The single eventually reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, propelling the album to number three in the US Billboard 200 album charts, selling over 5.3 million units there as of January 2008 [1][2]. On the UK Album Chart, Tuesday Night Music Club reached #8.

It is listed as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die^[1].

History

The title of the album comes from the name for the ad hoc group of musicians including Crow, the "Tuesday Music Club", who came together on Tuesdays to work on the album.^[2] Many of them share songwriting credits with Crow.

The group existed as a casual songwriting collective prior to its association with Crow, but rapidly developed into a vehicle for her debut album after her arrival (she was at the time dating Kevin Gilbert, who actually co-wrote most of the songs for the TNMC album along with Crow, Baerwald, Ricketts, Bottrell, Schwartz and MacLeod). Her relationship with Gilbert became acrimonious soon after the album release and there were disputes about songwriting credits. Crow claimed to have written them in interviews later. Both Gilbert and Baerwald castigated Crow publicly in the fallout, although Baerwald would later soften his position. A similar tension would arise with TNMC member Bill Bottrell after her second album, over which he collaborated, at least in the early stages.

In February 2008, Bottrell said, "The truth is hard to describe, but it lies between what all the people were shouting. It was all very vague and very complicated. She wrote the majority of the album. The guys and I contributed writing and lyrics, including some personal things. However, the sound was the sound that I developed". ^[3]However, this was said while promoting their most current work together and contradicts most previous statements by him including those in Richard Buskin's highly detailed book about the situation. Bottrell in earlier times had said she was given the 2nd largest portion of the publishing splits on the album in order to motivate her to work hard, as she still had to pay the very large debt from her unrealesable real first record, publishing being the only way she was likely to earn any money from her new record.

Tuesday Night Music Club went on to sell some 7.6 million copies in the US and UK during the 1990s. The album also won Crow three Grammy Awards in 1995: Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Female Vocal Performance.

Travis Tritt's 2002 album Strong Enough features a song titled "Strong Enough to be Your Man" and was written as a reply to Crow's original song.^[4]

"Tuesday Night Music Club" has been expanded for a Nov. 17 re-release, according to a press release. The new deluxe edition will feature the original 1993 album, a second CD containing b-sides, rarities and outtakes and a bonus DVD featuring the album's six original videos plus a rare alternate version of "All I Wanna Do" directed by Roman Coppola. The DVD also will feature a newly-produced documentary comprised of on-the-road, backstage, soundcheck and live footage from Crow's early '90s tour in support of the set. Four of the previously unreleased recordings on the bonus CD--"Coffee Shop," "Killer Life," "Essential Trip of Hereness" and "You Want More"--were recorded in 1995 and intended for Crow's follow-up album. The cuts were mixed for this album by original "Tuesday Night Music Club" producer Bill Bottrell. The bonus CD also includes a trio of UK single B-sides--"Reach Around Jerk," an alternate version of "The Na-Na Song" titled "Volvo Cowgirl 99" and a cover of Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"--as well as a cover of Led Zepplin's "D'yer Mak'er" and the song "On The Outside," which was released as part of an "X-Files" soundtrack album. "Tuesday Night Music Club" has been certified seven times platinum and earned three Grammy Awards for Crow, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year for "All I Wanna Do." ^[5]

Track listing

1. "Run, Baby, Run" (David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Crow) – 4:53
2. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Kevin Gilbert, David Ricketts) – 5:10
3. "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Brian MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:10
4. "Can't Cry Anymore" (Bottrell, Crow) – 3:41
5. "Solidify" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Kevin Hunter, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 4:08
6. "The Na-Na Song" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:12
7. "No One Said It Would Be Easy" (Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Dan Schwartz) – 5:29
8. "What I Can Do For You" (Baerwald, Crow) – 4:15
9. "All I Wanna Do" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Crow, Gilbert) – 4:32
10. "We Do What We Can" (Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Schwartz) – 5:38
11. "I Shall Believe" (Bottrell, Crow) – 5:34

Limited edition bonus disc

A limited edition of the album released in England in 1995 contained a second CD, Sheryl Crow Live, containing tracks recorded live on June 6, 1994 at the Shepherds Bush Empire by GLR/BBC.

1. "Reach Around Jerk" (Crow, Bottrell, Schwartz) – 4:48
2. "Can't Cry Anymore" (Bottrell, Crow) – 4:54
3. "What Can I Do for You" (Baerwald, Crow) – 7:01
4. "No-One Said It Would Be Easy" (Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Dan Schwartz) – 6:55
5. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Ricketts) – 6:38
6. "Volvo Cowgirl" (Crow, Baerwald, Gilbert, Bottrell, Macleod, Schwartz) – 2:30

Australasian and Japanese Tour limited edition bonus disc

A limited edition of the album released in Australia and Japan in 1995 contained a second CD, "Live From Nashville containing tracks recorded live on April 15, 1994 at the 328 Club.

1. "Can't Cry Anymore" (Bottrell, Crow) – 4:24
2. "Reach Around Jerk" (Crow, Bottrell, Schwartz) – 4:10
3. "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:11
4. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Ricketts) – 5:48
5. "I Shall Believe" (Bottrell, Crow) – 6:21

Other limited edition bonus disc

Another limited edition of the album contained a different second CD, Live in Singapore: [V] at the Hard Rock, containing tracks recorded live on May 1, 1995.

1. "Can't Cry Anymore" (Bottrell, Crow) – 4:24
2. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, Ricketts) – 5:34
3. "Run, Baby, Run" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow) – 5:58
4. "The Na-Na Song" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:42
5. "Strong Enough" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Crow, Gilbert, MacLeod, Ricketts) – 3:12
6. "All I Wanna Do" (Baerwald, Bottrell, Cooper, Crow, Gilbert) – 5:19

Deluxe Edition Re-release

1. "Coffee Shop"
2. "Killer Life"
3. "Essential Trip of Hereness"
4. "Reach Around Jerk" (U.K. B side)
5. "Volvo Cowgirl 99" (U.K. B side)
6. "You Want More"
7. "All By Myself" (U.K. & Eurpoe B side)
8. "D'Yer Mak'er" (U.K. B side & Encomium soundtrack)
9. "I Shall Believe" (new remix)

(DVD)

1. "Valuable Stuff" (documentary)
2. "Leaving Las Vegas"
3. "All I Wanna Do"
4. "Strong Enough"
5. "Can't Cry Anymore"
6. "Run, Baby, Run"
7. "What I Can Do for You"
8. "All I Wanna Do" (alternate version)

Personnel

Musicians

• Sheryl Crow – guitar, piano, vocals
• David Baerwald – guitar
• Bill Bottrell – guitar, pedal steel
• Kevin Gilbert – keys, guitar, drums ("Run Baby Run"),
• David Ricketts – bass ("Leaving Las Vegas")
• Dan Schwartz – bass, guitar
• Brian MacLeod– drums

Production

• Bill Bottrell – producer
• Dan Schwartz – assistant producer
• Blair Lamb – engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Richard Frankel – art direction
• Jean Krikorian – design
• Melodie McDaniel, Peggy Sirota – photography
• Sheryl Crow – liner notes

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Awards

Grammy Awards

Notes

External links

• Sheryl Crow Official website