Editing Sheryl Crow (section)

===1992: Scrapped debut album===
In 1992, Crow recorded her first attempt at a debut album with [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]'s record producer [[Hugh Padgham]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sheryl Crow - Unreleased First Album 1992 |url=http://soundboard.cf/index.php/kollektion/alben-nach-kategorie/item/2-rock/248-unreleased-first-album |website=SoundBoard |access-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526175702/http://soundboard.cf/index.php/kollektion/alben-nach-kategorie/item/2-rock/248-unreleased-first-album |url-status=dead }}</ref> The self-titled debut album was due to be released in September 1992,<ref name="musicbrainz-Crow-Unreleased">{{cite web |last1=Crow |first1=Sheryl |title=The Unreleased Album |url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/9f197574-b005-478c-8590-fc32564f4011 |website=[[MusicBrainz]] |access-date=May 14, 2022 |date=September 22, 1992}}</ref> but Crow and her label mutually decided that the album did not merit release.<ref name="reuters-Goodman-first-album">{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Dean |title=Famous but poor: Sheryl Crow revisits first album |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crow/famous-but-poor-sheryl-crow-revisits-first-album-idUSTRE5AJ3KG20091120 |access-date=May 14, 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=November 20, 2009 |language=en}}</ref> Crow described it as "too produced" and "slick".<ref name="ew-Browne-Crow">{{cite magazine |last1=Browne |first1=David |title=Sheryl Crow |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/02/24/sheryl-crow-2/ |access-date=May 14, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]] |date=February 24, 1995 |language=en}}</ref> However, a handful of cassette copies of the album were leaked, along with press folders for album publicity. This album has been widely dispersed via [[file sharing]] networks and fan trading. In the meantime, Crow's songs were recorded by major artists such as [[Celine Dion]], [[Tina Turner]] and [[Wynonna Judd]].<ref name="letssingit-unreleased">{{cite web |title=Sheryl Crow - The Unreleased Album |url=https://www.letssingit.com/sheryl-crow-album-lyrics-the-unreleased-album-fh8d25 |website=LetsSingIt |access-date=May 14, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>