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勵志題材的作品一直不曾在Sheryl?Crow的專輯中缺席。9月全新發行的這張《Wildflower》，從名字上就已經直奔主題。同名主打歌，正是寫給其男友——七屆環法自行車大賽冠軍Lance?Armstrong的，據Sheryl自己介紹說，這首歌其實是Lance與他的孩子帶給她的寫作靈感，旨在表達一種無常的生活狀態中，?像“Wildflower”般無處不在的、平凡而堅強的人。另外一首主打歌《Good?Is?Good》同樣積極向上，這不禁讓人聯想到她上張專輯《C'mon?C'mon》中的主打歌《Soak?Up?The?Sun》，兩者之間，似乎有著一種心領神會的聯系，無論是“Good?is?good?and?bad?is?bad/You?don't?know?which?one?you?had”還是“I′m?gonna?soak?up?the?sun/Gonna?tell?everyone/To?lighten?up”，總是會燃亮起希望的火光，讓人因此而動容。能夠贏得了樂迷十年來從不間斷的支持，取得口碑與市場的雙重肯定，這張專輯再度證實Sheryl?Crow的音樂魅力無須懷疑。

推薦曲目：《Wildflower》/《Good?Is?Good》

在《Wildflower》專輯發行的時候，公司還將為Sheryl?Crow增加發行一種豪華的雙張版本，這種特別版會加入一些Sheryl?Crow以木吉他全新演繹的老歌，有靈歌大師Aretha?Franklin的名曲《I?Never?Loved?a?Man?(The?Way?I?Loved?You)》，Willie?Nelson的《Blue?Eyes?Cryin'?in?the?Rain》和James?Taylor的《You?Can?Close?Your?Eyes》。

Since?her?1993?debut,?Tuesday?Night?Music?Club,?Sheryl?Crow?has?been?churning?out?unassailably?appealing?CDs?in?an?unassailably?appealing?voice.?Which?means,?according?to?the?rules?of?the?pop?music?cosmos,?by?album?six?it's?about?time?for?a?misstep.?Natural?law,?fortunately,?will?have?to?keep?checking?its?watch.?Wildflower?moves?Sheryl?Crow?one?step?closer?to?Hall?of?Fame?status?as?she?shunts?the?established?rock?star's?impulse?to?get?all?experimental,?but?instead?sprawls,?rambling?rose-like,?across?the?substance-spiked?pop?landscape?she?helped?pioneer.?Three?ingredients,?glistening?vocals,?flawless?production,?and?catchy?songs?rub?up?against?one?another?in?all?the?right?places.?These?ingredients?will?cause?you?to?hold?your?breath?on?the?beautiful?piano?ballad?"Always?on?Your?Side."?They?pop?up?again?on?the?George?Harrison-esque?"Where?Has?All?the?Love?Gone"?reminding?you?that?Crow?can?reflect?and?reveal?as?convincingly?as?she?can?rock.?If?there?is?a?ripple?that?runs?through?Wildflower,?it's?a?pensive?one.?On?the?spacy?"Chances?Are,"?she?sings?of?being?"...lost?inside?a?daydream."?The?measure?of?her?talent,?ripe?and?reappraisal-resistant,?is?her?ability?to?consistently?bring?us?inside?the?bubble?with?her.?