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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0606949057428 Format: Live Label: Interscope Records Manufacturer: Interscope Records MPN: 490574 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Interscope Records Release Date: December 07, 1999 Studio: Interscope Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This is how a live album should sound--full of irony, crackling energy, and stellar guest pairings. Those who looked askance when Sheryl Crow--never a girl's girl--joined Lilith Fair for 1999 may develop a different perspective after hearing Central Park. After all, Lilith allowed Crow to share mascara wands and bond with Chrissie Hynde, the Dixie Chicks, and Sarah McLachlan, and they all dropped in for her concert at Central Park. Hynde makes "If It Makes You Happy" into the ultimate bad-girl song, and when Stevie Nicks takes over on "Gold Dust Woman," you can almost feel the wind whipping through her witchy hair. But while Dixie Chick Martie Seidel's fiddle gives "Strong Enough" an authentic country feel, Natalie Maines's leaden vocal drags the scathing feminist tract down to a greeting-card level. And a grizzled-sounding Eric Clapton serves up a tired version of the Cream's "White Room." But Crow is in peak form throughout the 14 songs, exposing herself as a rocker in sheep's clothing who's more than up to the task of taking on the Mick Jagger role in an edgy version of the Stones' "Happy," with Keith Richards as her sidekick. --Jaan Uhelszki Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Note to record company: please release the DVD!Crackling live energy and tremendous singing and playing - note to record company: please release the DVD! Rating:  - A major letdownI had some big expectations for this album but after several listenings, my jaw dropped to the ground and not precisely out of astonishment. Read my gripes below: Sheryl Crow was not naive when she planned this concert so should have put out a live album performed only by her and her band and not this mess overloading with guest stars. One gets the impression that she didn't feel confident enough to play after huge audiences without outside people's help. To me it's pretty dumb. Read More Rating: - Sheryl with Rocks royaltySheryl Crow and friends live from Central Park is an outstanding live album. Sheryl has surrounded herself with some of the very best musicians in the world. She is with the Dixie Chicks doing her own version of Strong Enough. This was before the Dixie Chicks shamed themselves with a remark about George Bush. Sheryl does many of her best known songs including, Everyday is a Winding Road, My Favorite Mistake,A Change Would do You Good, If it Makes you Happy, All I Wanna Do, and The ... Read More Rating: - One of the Greatest Live Albums Out ThereThis album is by far on the greatest recent live recordings. Sheryl Crow demonstrates her influence and talent by putting on an all star show with some of the biggest names in music history. Sheryl shines on her own, singing some of her great hits, but it's the duets that really make the album. My least favorite has to be the Dixie Chicks just because I can't appreciate the country flare they bring to "Strong Enough" but it's still a great version. Chrissie Hynde, one of the album's highlights, ... Read More Rating: - with friends like these....Clipped, petite and looking more like a leather bar Anne Murray, Crow drags out the hits and the `friends' for this all-star live bash. Half the album is standard issue and straight ahead stage sweat with the morning beer-buzz afficiando going it alone without a little help from her friends (All I Wanna Do, Everyday Is a Winding Road, A Change Would Do You Good, Leaving Las Vegas). With only slight variations on these overplayed originals (a sychopantic crowd and some tinkering with the rhythms) Crow's ... Read More |
