I have a lot of time for Sheryl Crow. Really. So much so that despite the so-so last album, some friends and I are making the 400 mile round trip to London to see her play the Scala next week. Mainly because live she is terrific and the prospect of seeing her in a tiny venue is too much to resist. However she doesn't exactly make it easy on her fans. I have just heard the new album Detours...and well it's a bit rubbish really. A quick glance at the track list should really have been a warning to me with such titles as Shine Over Babylon, God Bless This Mess, & Gasoline. This is her Iraq album and frankly she's not happy. Now I'm all for pop stars making a statement and coming out in support of Hillary or Obama but try and keep it to one protest song per CD would you? Listened to in full and in sequence is just all just a bit too "worthy". I just hope she wont get all preachy at the gig.