Detours has been praised by music critics and her fans, scoring a 75 on the website Metacritic

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. Many deem this album as marking Crow's return to prominence, linking the tracks to her original sound as heard on The Globe Sessions

The Globe Sessions

The Globe Sessions is the third studio album by American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, released in 1998 . It was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Non-Classical Album at the 1999 Grammys, winning the latter two awards...

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Track listing

Personnel

• Adrián Agustin – assistant engineer
• Ahmed AlHirmi – oud
• Abdulla AlKhalifa – vocal arrangement, vocal producer
• Rosanna Arquette
  Rosanna Arquette
  Rosanna Lauren Arquette is an American actress, film director, and producer.-Early life:Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" , an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Her paternal...
  
   – vocals
• Catherine Berclaz – art direction, creative director
• Bill Bottrell
  Bill Bottrell
  Bill Bottrell is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaborations with Michael Jackson, E.L.O. and Sheryl Crow.- Biography :...
  
   – organ, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, pedal steel, drums, electric guitar, marimba, pipe, vocals, choir, chorus, producer, engineer, mellotron, acoustic bass, string arrangements, drum programming, mixing, synthesizer bass, wurlitzer
• Doyle Bramhall II
  Doyle Bramhall II
  Doyle Bramhall II is a guitarist and vocalist in his band Smokestack and was also the second guitarist in Eric Clapton's band from 2004 to 2009.-Discography:with Arc Angels*Arc Angels...
  
   – electric guitar
• Teresa Bustillo – assistant
• Matt Butler – cello
• Sheryl Crow – organ, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, accordion, vocals, choir, chorus, handclapping
• Wyatt Crow – noise
• Greg d'Augenlli – brass
• Brendan Dekora – assistant engineer
• Mike Elizondo – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, sampling, drum programming
• Eric Fritsch – engineer
• Ben Harper
  Ben Harper
  Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents...
  
   – vocals
• Chris Hudson – production coordination
• Brian MacLeod – percussion, drums, sampling, drum programming
• Alex Pavlides – assistant engineer
• Julian Peploe – art direction, package design
• Mike Rowe – flute sample
• Norman Jean Roy – photography
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Marva Soogrim – vocals
• Zeph Sowers – assistant engineer
• Jeremy Stacey – piano, drums, timbales, vocals, kalimba
• Shari Sutcliffe – contractor
• Matt Tait – engineer
• Ken Takahashi – assistant engineer
• Jeff Trott – acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, electric guitar, vocals, choir, chorus, slide guitar
• Scooter Weintraub – management
• Pam Wertheimer – management
• David Allen Young – assistant engineer

Release history and chart performance

Detours debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 chart, selling about 92,000 copies in its first week and an additional 52,000 copies in its second week. As of May 26, 2010, the album had sold 405,000 copies in the US.

Region	Date	Label	Catalog	Sales	Rank
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...		Universal Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...	UICA-1044	28,518	22
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...		A&M A&M Records A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...	–	405,000	2
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		Interscope Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...	–	25,000	20
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...		A&M	–	50,000	2
Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...		Interscope	–		28

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Top Alternative Albums	22
Top Comprehensive Albums	125
Billboard 200	114