The Very Best of Sheryl Crow

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November 4, 2003 (US)1993–2003Template:Hlist77:41 (UK)
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57 minutes (DVD)A&MTemplate:Hlistx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Music ratings The Very Best of Sheryl Crow is a greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on October 13, 2003, in the United Kingdom and November 4, 2003, in the United States. The album was a commercial success, reaching Template:Abbr 2 on both the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200, selling four million units in the US as of January 2008.<ref name="askbb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album also received a platinum accreditation by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for sales of over one million copies in Europe.

Track listing

International release

Internationally some tracks were changed:

• A three-disc box set was released in the UK with live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park CD and a bonus DVD of music videos for the songs on this album.
• Some Japanese pressings also came with a DVD of Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park.
• For the French release, "The First Cut Is the Deepest" is featuring French singer Gérald de Palmas.
• Last track of the German release is "It's So Easy" featuring Wolfgang Niedecken, which was released as a single.

DVD release

The DVD features 14 video tracks, missing out "Light in Your Eyes", "Picture", "C'mon C'mon" and "I Shall Believe". Sound is PCM stereo.

Digital release

Digital US versions of the album at Amazon.com and the iTunes Store omit track 11, "Picture". All the subsequent tracks shift their numbering back accordingly.<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> Internationally, the song is still available digitally, but only when the album is purchased as a whole.

Personnel

• Sheryl Crow – acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar, vocals, background vocals, 12 string guitar
• Jimmie Bones – keyboards
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
• Joel Derouin – concert master
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Shirley Hayden – background vocals
• Kid Rock – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Abraham Laboriel Jr. – drums
• Misty Love – background vocals
• Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
• Kenny Olson – guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Matt Rollings – piano
• John Shanks – bass, electric guitar, background vocals
• Producers: Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, Garth Fundis, Kid Rock, John Shanks, Jeff Trott
• Engineers: Matt Andrews, Marc DeSisto, Jeff Rothschild, Al Sutton
• Mixing: Chuck Ainlay, Kid Rock, Jeff Rothschild, Al Sutton, Dave Way
• Production coordination: Shari Sutcliffe
• String arrangements: Patrick Warren
• Assistant: Josh Muncy
• Contractor: Shari Sutcliffe
• Photography: Naomi Kaltman, Peter Lindbergh, Mark Seliger
• Liner notes: David Wild

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart<ref name="atchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)<ref name="beVlchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20
Canadian Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
Danish Albums Chart<ref name="dkchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	35
Dutch Albums Chart<ref name="nlchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	72
French SNEP Compilations Chart<ref name="fracharts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6
German Media Control Albums Chart<ref name="dechart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17
Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="Jachart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11
New Zealand Albums Chart<ref name="NZchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart<ref name="Nochart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	9
Scottish Albums Chart<ref name="UKchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3
Spanish Albums Chart<ref name="spanishchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	94
Swedish Albums Chart<ref name="sechart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26
Swiss Albums Chart<ref name="chchart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7
UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKchart"/>	2
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2
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Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	65
UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKYearend">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	32
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	179
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Chart (2004)	Position
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	9

Accolades

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External links

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