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''Feels Like Home'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow and was released September 10, 2013. The album is Crow’s debut country music record and also is her first release through Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and was produced by Crow and Justin Niebank.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Peter Cooper On Music: Sheryl Crow fine-tunes her country sound )〕 The album was ranked by ''Billboard'' as one of the ten best country albums of 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=10 Best Country Albums of 2013: 615 Picks )〕 ==Background== In an interview for ''Billboard'' magazine in 2008, Crow revealed she was becoming part of the Nashville community (after moving there from Los Angeles in 2006 following a breast cancer diagnosis) and explained that she, among other artists that were “just singer/songwriters” were gradually gravitating to the country music format due to the fact that there was “no room” between dance-oriented pop, rap and country music. Although she didn’t consider herself an artist from the latter genre, she also added: “I feel like my music kind of stems from this part of the world. There’s a very strong tie to Americana and lyrically to troubadour/country kinds of music, but in the tradition of old country. I couldn’t begin to understand how to make a new country record. I don’t even know what that is now. But I would love to make a straight up old country record, which would probably never get played.” Having worked with country artists such as Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Brooks and Dunn, Dwight Yoakam and Dixie Chicks, and also released renditions of classic songs from the genre like The Carter Family’s "No Depression in Heaven" (which charted number 55 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart) and Hank Williams’ "Long Gone Lonesome Blues", for which she received a Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy nomination in 2002, Crow has contributed to country music over the years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sheryl Crow - Chart History )〕 After releasing her last album through A&M Records in 2010 (Crow was later dropped from the label in 2011), the singer received an invitation to record the Loretta Lynn song "Coal Miner’s Daughter" along with Miranda Lambert and Lynn herself. After the trio’s performance at the CMA Awards, it was Nashville neighbor Brad Paisley the one who gave Crow the suggestion of “coming home” to the format he believed she belonged to. According to Paisley, had Crow’s early efforts been released today, they would belong to country radio. Crow was convinced, although she did had doubts about the reception her "crossover" would generate. She recalls: “I’ve seen other kind of pop-oriented people come over to the format and kinda try to capitalize on the loyalty of the country fan base, and I’m super-persnickety about it.”, but considering the directions pop/rock and country music had shifted to in the past decade, it seemed like a natural transition for Crow, whose career has already spanned 20 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Feels Like Home (Sheryl Crow album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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