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 - Absolutely Wonderful!The first time I heard this CD I was blown away. Ordered 2 immediately. One for me and one for my best friend. She loves it and so do I. I think this is one of Sherly Crow's finest!!!!! Very soothing and moving! Rating: - Great CD!We our fans od Sheryl Crowe but this has got to be her greatest CD! Every songs is so worth playing! Buy this CD! Rating: - Sheryl in Full Bloom (4.5 stars)With "Wildflower", Sheryl Crow once again deliberately avoided hot new trends, replacing them with solid, smooth, mature, and most importantly, beautiful effort. The result is one almost perfect album, with emphasis on moody, generous-sounding and soothing songs. Those small charms of the tracks don't grow on you as quickly as you might like, but the rewards are all the better for it. The first three songs summarize the feel of the CD very well, being rather similar in tempo but equally different and beautiful in their own way. On "Chances Are", the artist chooses a trip-hoppy path treaded so well with "Safe and Sound" from the 2002 "C'mon C'mon". And the fabulous "Always on Your Side" (soon afterwards remade as a duet with Sting) deserves to go down as one of the most gorgeous songs of early stages of this millennium. All in all, "Wildflower" is a suitable antidote to Sheryl's most daring eponymous album (1996) and a class act from start to finish. Rating: - FYI: This isn't the updated version of this album!!A&M Records released another version of this album that contains another version of "Always On Your Side" that Sheryl Crow does with Sting. Here's the link to access the info: Wildflower (plus Bonus Track) Rating: - Cheryl Crow's best work yet ... ...yet it seems to be her most overlooked, as I don't hear any of this stuff on the radio. Best songs on here are the ones I can put on "REPEAT" and listen to several times in a row (Perfect Lie, Good is Good, Chances Are, Lifetimes). I've heard the 'Always On Your Side' duet with Sting, and it is superior to her solo version on this CD (like Moby's 'Southside' song is flat without Gwen Stefani). My recommendation for Sheryl Crow is to buy all buy all five of her regular albums (you can get them relatively cheap) and throw in her soundtrack stuff ('Real Gone' from Cars, 'Sweet Child Of Mine' from Big Daddy, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' from the 007 movie of the same name) and maybe even her Greatest Hits CD (for the Kid Rock duet and the cover of Cat Stevens' 'First Cut Is The Deepest'). Then make YOUR OWN greatest hits, based on what sounds good to YOU (I do this with MOST artists, so ...).
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