SHERYL CROW: Wild Flower (Universal Music)

 

A REVEALING album from Sheryl Crow, her first since 2003's hits compilation. Less poppy than her best-known work, she gets down to more personal issues on Perfect Life, Chances Are and Lifetimes, while Letter to God asks the big questions. A stellar cast of players gives it some crunch, and it ranks as her most mature and challenging album.

 

JEFF CRAWFORD