The Globe Sessions is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released on September 21, 1998, in the United Kingdom and September 29, 1998, in the United States, then re-released in 1999. It was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Non-Classical Album at the 1999 Grammys, winning the latter two awards. The Globe Sessions reached 2 on the UK Albums Chart, while peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, achieving US sales of two million as of January 2008. The album was recorded at and named for the sessions recorded at Globe Studios a multi room production facility in New York owned by Robert FitzSimons and Tracey Loggia.
In 2019 it was announced that the 2008 fire that swept through Universal Studios Hollywood ultimately destroyed buildings belonging to Universal Music Group. It was initially reported that The Globe Sessions was one of hundreds of albums to have had their studio masters completely destroyed. However, in a 2022 interview with The Line of Best Fit, this was revealed to be false, with Crow stating that "luckily, they found most of mine in a different area."
Track listing
Personnel Sheryl Crow – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic and electric 12 string guitar, National steel guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, harmonica, percussion Jeff Trott – acoustic and electric guitar (2, 3, 5–7, 10), tremolo guitar (1), 12 string guitar (4, 9), bass guitar (5), slide guitar (8), Moog synthesizer (10) Gregg Williams – drums (1, 2, 4–6, 10, 11), percussion (2, 5, 6, 10), tambourine (3), programming Benmont Tench – organ (3, 8), piano (7–9), chamberlin (9) Mitchell Froom – clavinet and Orchestron (6) Lisa Germano – violin (solo on 3, 4), autoharp (4) Val McCallum – electric guitar (2, 10, 11) Wendy Melvoin – guitar (1), bass guitar (4) Todd Wolfe – electric guitar solo (4) Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (7) Tim Smith – bass (2) Dan Rothchild – double bass (3), bass guitar (7–9) Dan McCarroll – drums (2, 7–9) Jim Bogios – drums (4) Trina Shoemaker – drum loop (3) Bobby Keys – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone (2) Kent Smith – trumpet (2) Michael Davis – trombone (2) Avril Brown, Mark Feldman, Maura Giannini (−6), Matthew Pierce, Lorenza Ponce, Mary Rowell, Laura Seaton – violin (3, 6) Michelle Kinney, Mary Wooten, Garo Yellin – cello (6) Jimmie Haskell – string arrangement and conductor (6) Kathy Crow – vocals (8) David Russo: - programming
Production Producers: Sheryl Crow, ("Sweet Child o´Mine" produced by Rick Rubin) Executive Producer: Rory Kaplan Engineers: Trina Shoemaker, S. Husky Höskulds Assistant engineers: Brant Scott, Howard Willing, Ryan Baesch Mixing: Tchad Blake, Andy Wallace (tracks 2, 7–9) Assistant mixing engineers Steve Sisco, Howard Willing Mastering: Bob Ludwig Digital engineer: Jeff Levison Surround mix and digital mastering: David Tickle Production coordination: Brant Scott Art direction and design: Jeri Heiden Cover photography: Peter Lindbergh Photographies inside: Tchad Blake
Accolades Grammy Awards
| style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|1999 ||rowspan="2"| The Globe Sessions || Album of the Year || |- |Best Rock Album || |- |"My Favorite Mistake" || Best Female Pop Vocal Performance || |- |"There Goes the Neighborhood" || Best Female Rock Vocal Performance || |- |Sheryl Crow || Producer of the Year, Non-Classical || |- | Andy Wallace, Tchad Blake & Trina Shoemaker (engineers) || Best Engineered Album, Non Classical ||
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for The Globe SessionsChart (1998)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)52Finnish Albums Chart27Japanese Albums (Oricon)18UK Albums (OCC)2US Billboard 2005 European Albums (Eurotipsheet)2
Year-end charts + 1998 Year-end chart performance for The Globe SessionsChart (1998)PositionCanadian RPM Albums Chart97German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)90UK Albums (OCC)63US Billboard 200143 + 1999 Year-end chart performance for The Globe SessionsChart (1999)PositionUS Billboard 20076
Certifications
Release history + Release history for The Globe SessionsRegionDate United Kingdom September 21, 1998 United States September 29, 1998
Notes
References
Globe Sessions Track Listing