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By Your Side (The Black Crowes album)

February 06, 2023

For other musical releases with this title, see By Your Side (disambiguation).

By Your Side is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Black Crowes. It was released in early 1999 on Columbia Records, following the band's move from American Recordings, after second guitarist Marc Ford and bassist Johnny Colt had left the band in 1997. Audley Freed and Sven Pipien were hired as the new guitarist and bassist, respectively, although Rich Robinson played all the guitar parts on the album. By Your Side was recorded in New York City during the second quarter of 1998 and produced by Kevin Shirley. It comprised songs written in the studio, revised songs from pre-production and re-recorded songs from the abandoned 1997 album Band.

By Your Side
Studio album by
The Black Crowes
ReleasedJanuary 12, 1999 (1999-01-12)
Recorded1998 at Avatar Studios, New York, New York
GenreBlues rock, hard rock
Length44:55
LabelColumbia
ProducerKevin Shirley
The Black Crowes chronology
Three Snakes and One Charm
(1996) 		By Your Side
(1999) 		Lions
(2001)
Singles from By Your Side
  1. "Kickin' My Heart Around"
    Released: November 2, 1998
  2. "Only a Fool"
    Released: February 1999
  3. "By Your Side"
    Released: February 16, 1999 (Europe)
  4. "Go Faster"
    Released: June 1999

The Black Crowes promoted By Your Side by performing on numerous television programs in North America and Europe. The album debuted at its peak position of number 26 on the Billboard 200 and generally received positive reviews. While some critics depreciated By Your Side for its similarity to albums by Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones, most reviewers lauded The Black Crowes' return to the straightforward approach of their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker (1990). Chris Robinson's singing and Rich's guitar playing also won praise from critics, though reviews of the lyrics were mixed.

Beginning in February 1999, the band toured North American theaters for two months in support of the album. Setlists from the tour, known as the "Souled Out Tour", typically included more than half the album's songs. The concerts were followed by a short co-headlining tour of US amphitheaters with Lenny Kravitz. The band spent the remainder of the summer opening for Aerosmith's European tour.

Background

Personnel changes and label interference frustrated The Black Crowes' attempts to follow up their 1996 album Three Snakes and One Charm. During May and June 1997, they recorded an album called Band, but it was rejected by their label, American Recordings. Lead singer Chris Robinson said American "couldn't go with the vibe" and wanted something more "safe".[1] In August, guitarist Marc Ford was fired due to a heroin habit that impaired his performances.[2] Guitarist Rich Robinson said, "We would be onstage playing 'Remedy', and he would be playing a completely different song.... We told him to clean up or get out. We assumed, since he loved music and the band, that he would clean up."[3] Bassist Johnny Colt had been losing interest in the band since the recording of Three Snakes and One Charm; his contributions to that album were minimal, as Rich played bass in his stead on all but one track. Colt quit in October to become a yoga instructor.[3][4][5]

Sven Pipien was hired in December to replace Colt.[4] Pipien had previously played with Mary My Hope and had been a housemate of Chris.[6] Audley Freed was hired as the second guitarist before a 1998 tour in support of the band's Sho' Nuff box set.[7] Recording sessions for By Your Side were well underway at this point, and continued after the tour, but Freed did not contribute to the album.[8] Chris said of the new members, "It's great. These guys want to be here—and we feed off of that. And that will become obvious when you see us on the road."[5]

American Recordings was partially absorbed by Columbia Records in early 1998.[9] Though the arrangement preserved the American label, The Black Crowes transferred to Columbia after privately expressing their desire to disassociate themselves from American Recordings founder Rick Rubin.[10] Despite working under a larger label, the band felt they had more freedom and support under Columbia;[11] Chris remarked, "At American, I never knew what a record company did. We never had an A&R guy. Now we have a product manager.... It's like ... I didn't know what the music business was."[12]

Writing and production

Pre-production for By Your Side began in December 1997 with songs that later underwent substantial revision or were dropped altogether. Early versions of "HorseHead" and "It Must Be Over" were recorded at this point,[8] and a reworked riff from "Every Little Bit" and some lyrics from "Tickle Tickle" were later incorporated into "Heavy".[13] Some of the songs ultimately dropped, such as "Baby" and "Bled to Death", were later rewritten by Rich for his debut solo album, Paper (2004).[14][15] More songs were introduced in January 1998, including "Red Wine Stains", which eventually became "Go Faster",[16] and an early version of "Virtue and Vice".[8] Some unused sections from this batch were borrowed for Paper, as well, including the main riffs of what became "Tomorrow Is Here" and "Thrown It All Away".[17][18]

 
"Kickin' My Heart Around"
"Incendiary slide" guitar and "wailing blues harp" are featured on "Kickin' My Heart Around",[19] a track that Jim Farber of the New York Daily News wrote "splices together Mick Jagger's 'Memo from Turner' with Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'What's Yer Name'".[20]
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Producer Kevin Shirley was brought in on the advice of Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry.[5] As Rich explained, "We really wanted to work with someone who can come in and say, 'That's not good.' ... If Kevin says something I disagree with, he'll be the first one to say, 'Hey, it's your song,' but it's healthy for me and Chris to have him come in and be as excited about our songs as we are and say, 'Okay, that's cool, but what if we tried this?'"[21] At his first meeting with the band, Shirley described the songs played for him as having "the same old jammy, shuffle feel of the last two records. I stopped them then and I said to them ... 'You've got to feel like you're teenagers again. You need a song like that.'"[22] Shirley's prompting led the band to write "Kickin' My Heart Around" on the spot, before he had signed on to produce.[22] Rich agreed that Shirley shifted the focus to making "a rock record" that was "focused and concise".[23]

 
The Black Crowes recorded By Your Side at Avatar Studios in Manhattan.

The band hired Shirley and agreed to his recording conditions, which meant recording in New York City at Avatar Studios, taking weekends off and recording from 1:00–8:00 pm.[11][12] Chris said of the rigid schedule, "We loved it.... We had lives other than just being in the studio 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Got a different vantage point on the whole thing."[12] Shirley's laid-back style also won praise from the band. "Kevin is the first guy that I've worked with that just went with it—especially my singing. A lot of this album is just my scratch vocals. It's very loose, and Kevin let it go.... He'd say, if we didn't get it in two or three takes, 'We'll come back tomorrow'", said Chris.[12] Of the album's lyrical bent, Chris said, "...there is a lot of love on it, and I've never written love songs. I do think having a muse in my life like the woman I'm with now helped.... I think there's also a lot of humor on this album, which is something we haven't touched on before, except maybe on Shake Your Money Maker, which was a lighter time and a lighter mood."[12] There was also a conscious effort to "simplify the language",[24] which was inspired by Chris's listening to music by Otis Redding, George Jones and Muddy Waters. "I realized how direct and honest those records were – and I wanted that here", said Chris.[5]

For the first time on a Black Crowes album, Rich was the only guitarist involved in the recording. He said recording that way was not a challenge because he recorded most of the guitar parts on Three Snakes and One Charm, as well. Rich also noted that having only one guitarist gives the band "a different dynamic" because it affords Pipien and keyboardist Eddie Harsch "a lot of space".[25] Chris praised his brother's performance, saying, "It sounds like there's two guitarists, two distinct personalities."[12]

Fifteen songs were recorded in the second quarter of 1998 during the main recording session with Kevin Shirley.[8] Some were updated versions of songs from pre-production; a few were totally new; others combined newly written music with parts from older, shelved songs. The main riff of a Three Snakes and One Charm leftover called "Pastoral", for example, was used for the B-side "You Don't Have to Go", while its chorus riff was borrowed for "Then She Said My Name".[26] Four of the songs were holdovers from the Band sessions: "Only a Fool" and "If It Ever Stops Raining" were included on the album (the latter with new chorus lyrics as "By Your Side"), while "Peace Anyway" and "Smile" were released as B-sides.[1] One cover song, Bob Dylan's "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky", was recorded during the session and later released as a B-side.[27]

While touring in support of Sho' Nuff, Chris and Rich finished writing "Diamond Ring" and "Go Tell the Congregation". The two songs were recorded after the tour during a planned session for putting finishing touches on By Your Side, though the decision delayed the album's release from November 17 to January 12. Rich said, "It's cool that Columbia Records is backing us on an artistic level and they're being open to all the hassles that come with moving an album into the new year. I know we're driving them insane with these last-minute changes, but we know it's all for the right reasons."[28] After finishing the album, Chris noted that it "has the same sort of energy" as Shake Your Money Maker, "...but there is much more to it. There are a lot of subtleties in these songs. These are rock 'n' roll songs with subversive pop hooks."[3]

Promotion and release

The Black Crowes began promoting By Your Side in September 1998 when they performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City for an episode of the VH1 show Hard Rock Live;[29] the episode aired on December 12.[30] The first noticeable instance of promotion was Columbia's release of "Kickin' My Heart Around" as the album's first single on November 2, 1998. The track spent ten weeks at its peak position of number 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart starting on November 28;[31] it also charted in Canada and the UK.[32][33] The band's next promotional event was a performance and interview for a live album premiere radio broadcast on January 6.[34] On January 11, the Crowes performed "Kickin' My Heart Around" on the Late Show with David Letterman.[35]

 
The back of the CD booklet reproduces a nighttime satellite photograph of the contiguous United States, similar to this one, that shows light pollution in densely populated areas.

By Your Side was released on January 12, 1999. The album's cover art is a blue-tinted nighttime photograph of the band, all dressed in white and standing in front of a lake. The band name is rendered in tiny white lights above their heads, and other small white lights are scattered at their feet. In keeping with the tiny lights theme, the back of the booklet shows a satellite image of the United States at night, in which densely populated areas can be discerned by light pollution, and the booklet contains drawings of constellations. The album's disc artwork is designed after a centaur with a crow's head in place of the man's head.

On the day the album was released, the band appeared at a Tower Records store in Manhattan to sign autographs and give away 1,000 tickets to that night's private show at Irving Plaza.[36] By Your Side debuted at its peak position of number 26 on the Billboard 200 on January 30.[37] The album has sold 271,000 copies in the US as of January 2002.[38] The next two weeks were filled with radio and television appearances in Canada,[39][40] Belgium,[41] France,[42] Sweden,[43] and Italy.[44] The Black Crowes returned to the US to perform during pre-game festivities at Joe Robbie Stadium before Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31.[45] While on tour in support of the album in February, the band performed the second single, "Only a Fool", on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[46] The single was released in mid-February and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[47] The accompanying promotional video was directed by "Weird Al" Yankovic.[48] After an early April stop at an Atlanta radio station where the band played a half-hour acoustic set,[49] The Black Crowes made a third late night television appearance at the end of that month, playing the album's third single, "Go Faster", on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[50] "Go Faster" peaked at number 24 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in July.[51] Also in late April, Chris Robinson promoted By Your Side in an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.[52]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [53]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[54]
The Globe and Mail    [55]
Houston Chronicle    [56]
The New Zealand Herald     [57]
NME7/10[58]
Rolling Stone     [59]
Toronto Sun     [60]
Wall of Sound83/100[61]

By Your Side was generally well received by critics. Regarding the songwriting, most reviewers praised The Black Crowes for returning to the straightforwardness of Shake Your Money Maker (1990) following the more adventuresome Amorica (1994) and Three Snakes and One Charm.[53][55][62] Gemma Tarlach of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel welcomed the album "because it represents a great band's return to what it does best", calling it "45 minutes of good, dirty fun".[63] Wall of Sound's Russell Hall found that the band's emergence from "the jam-band haze that's infected" their recent work resulted in a "laser-sharp focus".[61] Mark Falkner of The Florida Times-Union said that beyond the band's mastery of their influences' musical styles, what prevents them "from being just another tribute act is that they have (also) mastered the power, the passion and the fun that made the mix work".[64] Some critics, also noting the change in approach, derided the band for returning to mine the same influences perceived in their debut album. Jim Farber of the Daily News thus described By Your Side as "a copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy" and marked "Go Faster" a sped-up version of Humble Pie's "Hot 'n' Nasty".[20] The Times' Nigel Williamson called "HorseHead" "Zeppelinesque" and labeled "By Your Side" "a kicking boogie half way between [the Faces'] 'Cindy Incidentally' and [The Rolling Stones'] 'Tumbling Dice'".[19] Steve Dougherty of People summed up by commenting, "Purists will wonder why to buy this album when [The Rolling Stones'] 1972 Exile on Main Street or [Rod] Stewart's 1970 Gasoline Alley exist on CD."[65]

On some tracks, the influence of soul music was perceived. Richard Harrington of The Washington Post wrote that "Only a Fool" "conjures '60s-era Stax-Volt passions while Robinson's jubilant vocals evoke Redding's rough-edged insistence" and compared "Diamond Ring" to Al Green's work.[66] The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's playing on "Welcome to the Goodtimes" was called "infectious" by Wayne Bledsoe of The Knoxville News-Sentinel.[67]

 
"Virtue and Vice"
Dan Aquilante of the New York Post found "Virtue and Vice" to be the most unusual song on By Your Side and reminiscent of Traffic as Eddie Harsch's "jazzy piano [duels] with Rich Robinson's fat guitar work".[68]
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The musical performances and sound of the album were frequently hailed by critics. Lorraine Ali of Rolling Stone identified Rich Robinson's guitar playing as "brilliant in spots, letting it rip with Southern-rock abandon or lazy, drawling slide guitar".[59] Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the band's retention of the sonic detail from Amorica,[53] and Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun appreciated the "soulful" backing vocals throughout.[60] Echoing those sentiments was CMJ, which noted the "lazy slide-guitar textures, harmonica moans and choirs of soulful singers", but also stated "Chris Robinson's gritty, cocksure vocals blaze the trail."[69] Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club called Robinson's vocal performance on "HorseHead" "an inflection-for-inflection imitation of ... Billy Squier";[70] elsewhere on the album Robinson's voice was compared to that of Rod Stewart.[19][56][57][62] Stewart himself called the album "brilliant" and said it "absolutely knocked [him] out".[71] Robinson's lyrics were alternately praised and panned. The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan called "Go Faster" an amalgam of the band's interests, "including drugs ... nubile wenchhood ... scrapes ... and touring".[72] The Washington Post's Harrington, however, called Robinson "convincing when he sings [in 'Virtue and Vice'], 'I feel so alive today and that's all I want to say/ I hope it stays this way,' adding, 'If not, I'll be okay'".[66]

Concert tours

The Black Crowes played a few shows in the eastern US in early January before the release of By Your Side, then spent the rest of the month promoting the album via television appearances in the US, Canada and Europe. A brief warm-up show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on February 10 preceded a two-month tour of North American theaters, called the Souled Out Tour, with Moke as the opening band.[73][74] Every song from By Your Side was played at some point on this tour – "Go Faster", "Kickin' My Heart Around", "By Your Side" and "Virtue and Vice" were performed at most shows, but "Diamond Ring" was played only twice.[75] A 1963 Fender Esquire guitar belonging to Rich was stolen from the backstage area at DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 16. The band's management waited six weeks before issuing a press release asking for its return, hoping the guitar would turn up in a local pawnshop.[76] No update on the guitar was ever provided. After taking two weeks off, the band spent six weeks playing outdoor amphitheaters in the US on a co-headlining tour with Lenny Kravitz; opening acts were Everlast and Cree Summer.[77]

Beginning in June, The Black Crowes toured Europe for six weeks, opening for Aerosmith in concert halls and at festivals. "Go Faster" and "Kickin' My Heart Around" remained staples of the band's 60- to 75-minute sets. Harsch required emergency surgery for a twisted intestine on June 24 and missed the band's next eight shows.[78] (The crew continued to set up Harsch's keyboards and placed a human-sized inflatable green alien in his spot.)[78][79] One of the shows Harsch missed was a charity concert in London at which The Black Crowes played a 45-minute set of Led Zeppelin songs and blues covers with Jimmy Page.[78] The band's last show in support of By Your Side was a one-off festival date in Niigata, Japan, on July 30.[80]

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson.

  1. "Go Faster" – 4:04
  2. "Kickin' My Heart Around" – 3:40
  3. "By Your Side" – 4:28
  4. "HorseHead" – 4:02
  5. "Only a Fool" – 3:43
  6. "Heavy" – 4:43
  7. "Welcome to the Goodtimes" – 4:00
  8. "Go Tell the Congregation" – 3:36
  9. "Diamond Ring" – 4:09
  10. "Then She Said My Name" – 3:43
  11. "Virtue and Vice" – 4:45

Australian bonus disc

  1. "It Must Be Over" – 4:49
  2. "You Don't Have to Go" – 4:24
  3. "Twice As Hard" (From VH1 Hard Rock Live) – 4:34
  4. "HorseHead" (Acoustic Version) – 4:12

Album session tracks included on single b-sides

  1. "It Must Be Over" – 4:49 (Kickin' My Heart Around)
  2. "You Don't Have to Go" – 4:24 (Kickin' My Heart Around)
  3. "Smile"  – 4:19 (Only A Fool)
  4. "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky" (Bob Dylan) – 4:10 (Only A Fool)
  5. "Grows A Rose"  – 3:17 (By Your Side)
  6. "Peace Anyway"  – 3:46 (By Your Side)
  7. "HorseHead" (Acoustic Version) – 4:12 (By Your Side)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[37] 26
Australia ARIA Album Chart[81] 40
Austria Album Chart[82] 47
Belgium Album Chart[83] 18
Canada RPM Top 100 CDs[84] 10
Finland Album Chart[85] 21
France Album Chart[86] 71
German Albums[87] 28
Netherlands Album Chart[88] 46
Norway Album Chart[89] 23
Scottish Albums[90] 36
Sweden Album Chart[91] 11
UK Albums Chart[92] 34

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For other musical releases with this title see By Your Side disambiguation By Your Side is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Black Crowes It was released in early 1999 on Columbia Records following the band s move from American Recordings after second guitarist Marc Ford and bassist Johnny Colt had left the band in 1997 Audley Freed and Sven Pipien were hired as the new guitarist and bassist respectively although Rich Robinson played all the guitar parts on the album By Your Side was recorded in New York City during the second quarter of 1998 and produced by Kevin Shirley It comprised songs written in the studio revised songs from pre production and re recorded songs from the abandoned 1997 album Band By Your SideStudio album by The Black CrowesReleasedJanuary 12 1999 1999 01 12 Recorded1998 at Avatar Studios New York New YorkGenreBlues rock hard rockLength44 55LabelColumbiaProducerKevin ShirleyThe Black Crowes chronologyThree Snakes and One Charm 1996 By Your Side 1999 Lions 2001 Singles from By Your Side Kickin My Heart Around Released November 2 1998 Only a Fool Released February 1999 By Your Side Released February 16 1999 Europe Go Faster Released June 1999The Black Crowes promoted By Your Side by performing on numerous television programs in North America and Europe The album debuted at its peak position of number 26 on the Billboard 200 and generally received positive reviews While some critics depreciated By Your Side for its similarity to albums by Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones most reviewers lauded The Black Crowes return to the straightforward approach of their debut album Shake Your Money Maker 1990 Chris Robinson s singing and Rich s guitar playing also won praise from critics though reviews of the lyrics were mixed Beginning in February 1999 the band toured North American theaters for two months in support of the album Setlists from the tour known as the Souled Out Tour typically included more than half the album s songs The concerts were followed by a short co headlining tour of US amphitheaters with Lenny Kravitz The band spent the remainder of the summer opening for Aerosmith s European tour Contents 1 Background 2 Writing and production 3 Promotion and release 4 Critical reception 5 Concert tours 6 Track listing 7 Personnel 8 Charts 9 Notes 10 ReferencesBackground EditPersonnel changes and label interference frustrated The Black Crowes attempts to follow up their 1996 album Three Snakes and One Charm During May and June 1997 they recorded an album called Band but it was rejected by their label American Recordings Lead singer Chris Robinson said American couldn t go with the vibe and wanted something more safe 1 In August guitarist Marc Ford was fired due to a heroin habit that impaired his performances 2 Guitarist Rich Robinson said We would be onstage playing Remedy and he would be playing a completely different song We told him to clean up or get out We assumed since he loved music and the band that he would clean up 3 Bassist Johnny Colt had been losing interest in the band since the recording of Three Snakes and One Charm his contributions to that album were minimal as Rich played bass in his stead on all but one track Colt quit in October to become a yoga instructor 3 4 5 Sven Pipien was hired in December to replace Colt 4 Pipien had previously played with Mary My Hope and had been a housemate of Chris 6 Audley Freed was hired as the second guitarist before a 1998 tour in support of the band s Sho Nuff box set 7 Recording sessions for By Your Side were well underway at this point and continued after the tour but Freed did not contribute to the album 8 Chris said of the new members It s great These guys want to be here and we feed off of that And that will become obvious when you see us on the road 5 American Recordings was partially absorbed by Columbia Records in early 1998 9 Though the arrangement preserved the American label The Black Crowes transferred to Columbia after privately expressing their desire to disassociate themselves from American Recordings founder Rick Rubin 10 Despite working under a larger label the band felt they had more freedom and support under Columbia 11 Chris remarked At American I never knew what a record company did We never had an A amp R guy Now we have a product manager It s like I didn t know what the music business was 12 Writing and production EditPre production for By Your Side began in December 1997 with songs that later underwent substantial revision or were dropped altogether Early versions of HorseHead and It Must Be Over were recorded at this point 8 and a reworked riff from Every Little Bit and some lyrics from Tickle Tickle were later incorporated into Heavy 13 Some of the songs ultimately dropped such as Baby and Bled to Death were later rewritten by Rich for his debut solo album Paper 2004 14 15 More songs were introduced in January 1998 including Red Wine Stains which eventually became Go Faster 16 and an early version of Virtue and Vice 8 Some unused sections from this batch were borrowed for Paper as well including the main riffs of what became Tomorrow Is Here and Thrown It All Away 17 18 Kickin My Heart Around source source Incendiary slide guitar and wailing blues harp are featured on Kickin My Heart Around 19 a track that Jim Farber of the New York Daily News wrote splices together Mick Jagger s Memo from Turner with Lynyrd Skynyrd s What s Yer Name 20 Problems playing this file See media help Producer Kevin Shirley was brought in on the advice of Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry 5 As Rich explained We really wanted to work with someone who can come in and say That s not good If Kevin says something I disagree with he ll be the first one to say Hey it s your song but it s healthy for me and Chris to have him come in and be as excited about our songs as we are and say Okay that s cool but what if we tried this 21 At his first meeting with the band Shirley described the songs played for him as having the same old jammy shuffle feel of the last two records I stopped them then and I said to them You ve got to feel like you re teenagers again You need a song like that 22 Shirley s prompting led the band to write Kickin My Heart Around on the spot before he had signed on to produce 22 Rich agreed that Shirley shifted the focus to making a rock record that was focused and concise 23 The Black Crowes recorded By Your Side at Avatar Studios in Manhattan The band hired Shirley and agreed to his recording conditions which meant recording in New York City at Avatar Studios taking weekends off and recording from 1 00 8 00 pm 11 12 Chris said of the rigid schedule We loved it We had lives other than just being in the studio 24 hours a day seven days a week Got a different vantage point on the whole thing 12 Shirley s laid back style also won praise from the band Kevin is the first guy that I ve worked with that just went with it especially my singing A lot of this album is just my scratch vocals It s very loose and Kevin let it go He d say if we didn t get it in two or three takes We ll come back tomorrow said Chris 12 Of the album s lyrical bent Chris said there is a lot of love on it and I ve never written love songs I do think having a muse in my life like the woman I m with now helped I think there s also a lot of humor on this album which is something we haven t touched on before except maybe on Shake Your Money Maker which was a lighter time and a lighter mood 12 There was also a conscious effort to simplify the language 24 which was inspired by Chris s listening to music by Otis Redding George Jones and Muddy Waters I realized how direct and honest those records were and I wanted that here said Chris 5 For the first time on a Black Crowes album Rich was the only guitarist involved in the recording He said recording that way was not a challenge because he recorded most of the guitar parts on Three Snakes and One Charm as well Rich also noted that having only one guitarist gives the band a different dynamic because it affords Pipien and keyboardist Eddie Harsch a lot of space 25 Chris praised his brother s performance saying It sounds like there s two guitarists two distinct personalities 12 Fifteen songs were recorded in the second quarter of 1998 during the main recording session with Kevin Shirley 8 Some were updated versions of songs from pre production a few were totally new others combined newly written music with parts from older shelved songs The main riff of a Three Snakes and One Charm leftover called Pastoral for example was used for the B side You Don t Have to Go while its chorus riff was borrowed for Then She Said My Name 26 Four of the songs were holdovers from the Band sessions Only a Fool and If It Ever Stops Raining were included on the album the latter with new chorus lyrics as By Your Side while Peace Anyway and Smile were released as B sides 1 One cover song Bob Dylan s When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky was recorded during the session and later released as a B side 27 While touring in support of Sho Nuff Chris and Rich finished writing Diamond Ring and Go Tell the Congregation The two songs were recorded after the tour during a planned session for putting finishing touches on By Your Side though the decision delayed the album s release from November 17 to January 12 Rich said It s cool that Columbia Records is backing us on an artistic level and they re being open to all the hassles that come with moving an album into the new year I know we re driving them insane with these last minute changes but we know it s all for the right reasons 28 After finishing the album Chris noted that it has the same sort of energy as Shake Your Money Maker but there is much more to it There are a lot of subtleties in these songs These are rock n roll songs with subversive pop hooks 3 Promotion and release EditThe Black Crowes began promoting By Your Side in September 1998 when they performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City for an episode of the VH1 show Hard Rock Live 29 the episode aired on December 12 30 The first noticeable instance of promotion was Columbia s release of Kickin My Heart Around as the album s first single on November 2 1998 The track spent ten weeks at its peak position of number 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart starting on November 28 31 it also charted in Canada and the UK 32 33 The band s next promotional event was a performance and interview for a live album premiere radio broadcast on January 6 34 On January 11 the Crowes performed Kickin My Heart Around on the Late Show with David Letterman 35 The back of the CD booklet reproduces a nighttime satellite photograph of the contiguous United States similar to this one that shows light pollution in densely populated areas By Your Side was released on January 12 1999 The album s cover art is a blue tinted nighttime photograph of the band all dressed in white and standing in front of a lake The band name is rendered in tiny white lights above their heads and other small white lights are scattered at their feet In keeping with the tiny lights theme the back of the booklet shows a satellite image of the United States at night in which densely populated areas can be discerned by light pollution and the booklet contains drawings of constellations The album s disc artwork is designed after a centaur with a crow s head in place of the man s head On the day the album was released the band appeared at a Tower Records store in Manhattan to sign autographs and give away 1 000 tickets to that night s private show at Irving Plaza 36 By Your Side debuted at its peak position of number 26 on the Billboard 200 on January 30 37 The album has sold 271 000 copies in the US as of January 2002 38 The next two weeks were filled with radio and television appearances in Canada 39 40 Belgium 41 France 42 Sweden 43 and Italy 44 The Black Crowes returned to the US to perform during pre game festivities at Joe Robbie Stadium before Super Bowl XXXIII on January 31 45 While on tour in support of the album in February the band performed the second single Only a Fool on Late Night with Conan O Brien 46 The single was released in mid February and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart 47 The accompanying promotional video was directed by Weird Al Yankovic 48 After an early April stop at an Atlanta radio station where the band played a half hour acoustic set 49 The Black Crowes made a third late night television appearance at the end of that month playing the album s third single Go Faster on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 50 Go Faster peaked at number 24 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in July 51 Also in late April Chris Robinson promoted By Your Side in an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 52 Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 53 Entertainment WeeklyB 54 The Globe and Mail 55 Houston Chronicle 56 The New Zealand Herald 57 NME7 10 58 Rolling Stone 59 Toronto Sun 60 Wall of Sound83 100 61 By Your Side was generally well received by critics Regarding the songwriting most reviewers praised The Black Crowes for returning to the straightforwardness of Shake Your Money Maker 1990 following the more adventuresome Amorica 1994 and Three Snakes and One Charm 53 55 62 Gemma Tarlach of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel welcomed the album because it represents a great band s return to what it does best calling it 45 minutes of good dirty fun 63 Wall of Sound s Russell Hall found that the band s emergence from the jam band haze that s infected their recent work resulted in a laser sharp focus 61 Mark Falkner of The Florida Times Union said that beyond the band s mastery of their influences musical styles what prevents them from being just another tribute act is that they have also mastered the power the passion and the fun that made the mix work 64 Some critics also noting the change in approach derided the band for returning to mine the same influences perceived in their debut album Jim Farber of the Daily News thus described By Your Side as a copy of a copy of a copy and marked Go Faster a sped up version of Humble Pie s Hot n Nasty 20 The Times Nigel Williamson called HorseHead Zeppelinesque and labeled By Your Side a kicking boogie half way between the Faces Cindy Incidentally and The Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice 19 Steve Dougherty of People summed up by commenting Purists will wonder why to buy this album when The Rolling Stones 1972 Exile on Main Street or Rod Stewart s 1970 Gasoline Alley exist on CD 65 On some tracks the influence of soul music was perceived Richard Harrington of The Washington Post wrote that Only a Fool conjures 60s era Stax Volt passions while Robinson s jubilant vocals evoke Redding s rough edged insistence and compared Diamond Ring to Al Green s work 66 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band s playing on Welcome to the Goodtimes was called infectious by Wayne Bledsoe of The Knoxville News Sentinel 67 Virtue and Vice source source Dan Aquilante of the New York Post found Virtue and Vice to be the most unusual song on By Your Side and reminiscent of Traffic as Eddie Harsch s jazzy piano duels with Rich Robinson s fat guitar work 68 Problems playing this file See media help The musical performances and sound of the album were frequently hailed by critics Lorraine Ali of Rolling Stone identified Rich Robinson s guitar playing as brilliant in spots letting it rip with Southern rock abandon or lazy drawling slide guitar 59 Allmusic s Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised the band s retention of the sonic detail from Amorica 53 and Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun appreciated the soulful backing vocals throughout 60 Echoing those sentiments was CMJ which noted the lazy slide guitar textures harmonica moans and choirs of soulful singers but also stated Chris Robinson s gritty cocksure vocals blaze the trail 69 Stephen Thompson of The A V Club called Robinson s vocal performance on HorseHead an inflection for inflection imitation of Billy Squier 70 elsewhere on the album Robinson s voice was compared to that of Rod Stewart 19 56 57 62 Stewart himself called the album brilliant and said it absolutely knocked him out 71 Robinson s lyrics were alternately praised and panned The Guardian s Caroline Sullivan called Go Faster an amalgam of the band s interests including drugs nubile wenchhood scrapes and touring 72 The Washington Post s Harrington however called Robinson convincing when he sings in Virtue and Vice I feel so alive today and that s all I want to say I hope it stays this way adding If not I ll be okay 66 Concert tours EditThe Black Crowes played a few shows in the eastern US in early January before the release of By Your Side then spent the rest of the month promoting the album via television appearances in the US Canada and Europe A brief warm up show in Milwaukee Wisconsin on February 10 preceded a two month tour of North American theaters called the Souled Out Tour with Moke as the opening band 73 74 Every song from By Your Side was played at some point on this tour Go Faster Kickin My Heart Around By Your Side and Virtue and Vice were performed at most shows but Diamond Ring was played only twice 75 A 1963 Fender Esquire guitar belonging to Rich was stolen from the backstage area at DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids Michigan on February 16 The band s management waited six weeks before issuing a press release asking for its return hoping the guitar would turn up in a local pawnshop 76 No update on the guitar was ever provided After taking two weeks off the band spent six weeks playing outdoor amphitheaters in the US on a co headlining tour with Lenny Kravitz opening acts were Everlast and Cree Summer 77 Beginning in June The Black Crowes toured Europe for six weeks opening for Aerosmith in concert halls and at festivals Go Faster and Kickin My Heart Around remained staples of the band s 60 to 75 minute sets Harsch required emergency surgery for a twisted intestine on June 24 and missed the band s next eight shows 78 The crew continued to set up Harsch s keyboards and placed a human sized inflatable green alien in his spot 78 79 One of the shows Harsch missed was a charity concert in London at which The Black Crowes played a 45 minute set of Led Zeppelin songs and blues covers with Jimmy Page 78 The band s last show in support of By Your Side was a one off festival date in Niigata Japan on July 30 80 Track listing EditAll songs written by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson Go Faster 4 04 Kickin My Heart Around 3 40 By Your Side 4 28 HorseHead 4 02 Only a Fool 3 43 Heavy 4 43 Welcome to the Goodtimes 4 00 Go Tell the Congregation 3 36 Diamond Ring 4 09 Then She Said My Name 3 43 Virtue and Vice 4 45Australian bonus disc It Must Be Over 4 49 You Don t Have to Go 4 24 Twice As Hard From VH1 Hard Rock Live 4 34 HorseHead Acoustic Version 4 12Album session tracks included on single b sides It Must Be Over 4 49 Kickin My Heart Around You Don t Have to Go 4 24 Kickin My Heart Around Smile 4 19 Only A Fool When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky Bob Dylan 4 10 Only A Fool Grows A Rose 3 17 By Your Side Peace Anyway 3 46 By Your Side HorseHead Acoustic Version 4 12 By Your Side Personnel EditThe Black CrowesChris Robinson diva vocals and harmonica Rich Robinson the prince guitar Steve Gorman drum schtick drums Eddie Harsch thirty nine keyboards Sven Pipien very bass bass guitar Additional personnelDirty Dozen Brass Band horns Zoe Thrall flute Curtis King Cindy Mizelle Tawatha Agee Brenda White King Vanees Thomas background vocals David Campbell arranger ProductionKevin Shirley producer engineer mixing Rich Alvy engineer Pat Thrall editing George Marino mastering Leon Zervos mastering Pete Angelus personal manager Leslie Langlo A amp R John Kalodner John Kalodner John Cheuse art direction design Josef Astor photography Will Kennedy digital imagingCharts EditChart 1999 PeakpositionUS Billboard 200 37 26Australia ARIA Album Chart 81 40Austria Album Chart 82 47Belgium Album Chart 83 18Canada RPM Top 100 CDs 84 10Finland Album Chart 85 21France Album Chart 86 71German Albums 87 28Netherlands Album Chart 88 46Norway Album Chart 89 23Scottish Albums 90 36Sweden Album Chart 91 11UK Albums Chart 92 34Notes Edit a b The CrowesBase Band crowesbase com Archived from the original on July 30 2012 Retrieved October 27 2008 Goodman Dean February 5 1999 Crowes keep peckers up The New Zealand Herald Auckland Reuters Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Retrieved August 24 2011 a b c Bumgardner Ed March 12 1999 Flying high Cleaned up Black Crowes tap Dixie roots on new album Winston Salem Journal Piedmont Publishing Company p City 1 a b Johnson Tina The Black Crowes Chris Robinson Discusses Band s New Era Allstar News Archived from the original on July 5 1998 Retrieved October 27 2008 a b c d Morse Steve January 8 1999 The Black Crowes tough Side On its 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