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100 Miles From Memphis

EMAILPRINTby Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow reviews
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8.4 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 11 critic reviews
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Album Info

Label: A&M

Release Date: 20 July 2010

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock

Summary

Sheryl Crow's seventh album takes a soulful musical direction for the singer-songwriter and features guest appearances from Justin Timberlake and Keith Richards.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

80

All Music Guide

There’s an ease to this record that’s not often heard on Sheryl Crow’s albums and its light touch is thoroughly appealing.

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77

Billboard.com

A tendency to let the songs run too long notwithstanding, this 100 Miles is a path Crow was certainly wise to tread.

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75

Entertainment Weekly

Crow's 
 obvious joy is infectious, but even this former Michael 
Jackson backing singer can't make a new I Want You Back seem anything other than redundant.

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70

BBC Music

This is an album nostalgic for a time when soul, circa Watergate/Vietnam, had an upbeat message and a positivist agenda. Here, though, Crow puts aside politics for pure fun.

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70

Boston Globe

Unfortunately, the desire to capture that vibe outweighs strong melodies or a tight sense of dynamics on the first half of the album.

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70

Rolling Stone

Her smoky rasp is thinner than many who've plowed these fields, but Crow is a hook-miner, and her phrasing is tough and sexy enough to put the material over.

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60

PopMatters

What makes 100 Years, Crow’s seventh album of originals, intriguing is how cathartic all of the soul grooves and slinky funkiness feels coming from Crow.

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60

musicOMH.com

Crow has returned to the kind of music she loved as a kid growing up in the shadow of one of America's hottest soul hotbeds. The result finds her sounding more at home and effortlessly exuberant than she has since Tuesday Night Music Club.

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50

Los Angeles Times

Nearly every song overstays its welcome; what may have felt like a bunch of great jams in the studio grows tedious over the course of 12 tracks.

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50

Slant Magazine

While it's admirable to hear an artist with such a well-established aesthetic branch out, 100 Miles from Memphis doesn't stretch far enough to work as either a contemporary soul record or as a purely retro-minded tribute.

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40

The Guardian

Despite living through cancer and recurring heartbreak, Crow's voice lacks the emotional force for soul.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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