On her previous album, 2024’s Evolution, Sheryl Crow set out to make a 21st-century statement about her career and the state of the world for her first album since turning 60 in 2022. It was also her first release since COVID-19 and the announcement that 2019’s country-rock Threads would be her final album. It became her first album not to chart on the Billboard 200.
Rebounding with her 12th LP, Pick You Up, Crow returns to a more comfortable environment. Originally intended to be a six-song EP, the project expanded to album length with an additional track, “Freedom Bus,” that continues the discussion about the U.S. and its relation to the rest of the world in 2026: “If all you can come up with is hate / Then turn around and march…

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