Since she first hit the scene almost 10 years ago with the insanely catchy All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crown has always been able to walk the line between being a down home country girl and sexy rock chick. Obviously the time has been deemed ripe for a greatest hits collection Crow having been quiet somewhat of late and Universal has cleverly released both the audio cd version and the DVD together (the DVD has a couple of tracks less than the CD).

Musically Crow can’t be faulted and at times her songs carry echo’s of 1970’s icons like Gram Parsons and even acts like Fleetwood Mac in their Rumours heyday.  Stand out tracks include the gorgeous Soak Up the Sun, My Favorite Mistake and Steve McQueen. 

The DVD is a straight run through of Crow’s videos. These are always atmospheric, from moody black and white straight into the microphone videos to big budget horse in the desert to think pieces like the endangered species video of If It Makes You Happy and the moody Home,  best of all though is the remake of Bullet for the clip of the great bluesy single Steve McQueen. As the rise of Britney took hold Crow bought into the getting sexier to sell more records shtick but has latterly gone back to her roots, new song on both CD and DVD The First Cut is the Deepest is a laid back country version of the Cat Stevens classic.

As with all greatest hits packages this is the perfect primer for anyone interested in learning more about Crow’s music and for her fans who want all the hits in one handy package.