环球乐章 (1998)

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 last two awards. The Globe Sessions reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, with US sales reaching two million copies 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."

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