Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will release her sixth studio album, 'Detours', on February 18th 2008 in the UK (February 5th, US).

The album marks the return of producer Bill Bottrell, who previously worked with Sheryl Crow on her breakthrough debut album 'Tuesday Night Music Club', which earned the singer three Grammy Awards, and sold more than ten million copies worldwide.

"This is the most honest record I've ever made. It's about being forced to wake up," says Crow.

Lyrically the album is the most politically and personally outspoken record of her career, addressing the current state of the world from different perspectives as well as some of the personal challenges she's faced over the last few years.

'Detours', which in the end remains spiritually hopeful, retains the raw freshness of Bottrell's 'Tuesday Night Music Club' - production and subtly pushes the boundaries of her previous work into new musical territories.

Track titles include "Shine Over Babylon" "Love Is Free," the Arabic-tinged "Peace Be Upon Us," "Lullaby for Wyatt" (from Grace Is Gone, starring John Cusack) and the stark folky album opener "God Bless This Mess."

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Sheryl Crow never ceases to amaze me. I was just listening to MVY Radio online out of Martha's Vineyard, and her latest single, "Shine Over Babylon" came on. The song is from her album 'Detours', which doesn't come out until February 2008.

"Shine Over Babylon" is a brilliant song. Sheryl Crow is reunited with producer Bill Bottrell ('Tuesday Night Music Club') and the mix and the instrumentation on the track is great and it's very well produced. The chorus is infectious, the verses are welcoming and the song as a whole gives me that feeling of wanting to "do something exciting" when I hear it. I like the way Sheryl is singing on the track - her slightly delayed or syncopated style phrasing along with the vocal effects are cool.

In a short video clip of Sheryl in the studio recording "Shine Over Babylon", she says that the song was "inspired by what's going on politically and what's going on socially around all of us...an end of the world song, but with hope".

Watch behind the scenes footage in the studio, Sheryl Crow - "Shine Over Babylon" video clip:

Video includes Sheryl, producer Bill Bottrell and her songwriting partner Jeff Trott.

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In The Studio - Shine Over Babylon video link

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By: Jenny May