Sheryl Crow
C'mon, C'mon

THE REVIEW

Sheryl Crow - "C'Mon, C'Mon", 2002

One, no one, and one hundred thousand: a restless tremor of lucid irony and a subtle shiver of soft sensuality, a voice capable of scratching, of getting dirty, and of gently cradling, now rough and pressing, a strong and elegant rock as only a Woman like her can be and a ballad as soft as velvet, a whirlwind of colors and sensations in which getting lost is always a pleasure.

"C'Mon, C'Mon" is somewhat like an art gallery, where the subject is always the same, yet it always presents itself in different attire: a "big American rebel" as stereotypical as it is unlikely, perhaps just wanting to playfully tease us a little, "Steve McQueen", a mature woman at the peak of her allure, gracefully and casually showing her body in a sunny tropical setting, "Soak Up The Sun", a free woman, with no fixed ground, ready to fly over new skies, reach new destinations, all the way to green Ireland, so far from her native Missouri, "C'Mon, C'Mon" the restlessness that bursts into a crashing chorus that shakes trembling piano notes, a voice that rises, that explodes until it overcomes everything only to disappear into smoke, "Safe And Sound", a love ballad imbued with naivety and passion, strength and sincerity, energy and longing, "It's So Easy", the blues, the spleen, the sensuality of a voice from a tangible, flesh-and-blood Calypso, "It's Only Love", a slow, very slow, meditated, sparse interior monologue where the voice comes to dominate everything, tinged with indigo shades, "Weather Channel", the relaxed atmosphere of an "Abilene" that almost becomes a place of the soul, a center of permanent gravity; the emotion, the intimate happiness, the pleasure of traveling down a long "Diamond Road", lulled on the journey by a voice tinged with changing blue and white, the perfect soundtrack for a journey toward balance and serenity.

"C'Mon, C'Mon", an album of emotions, an impressionist album, an album by Sheryl Crow.