Editing Brave and Crazy (section)

{{Short description|1989 album by Melissa Etheridge}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox album|
| name       = Brave and Crazy
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Melissa Etheridge]]
| cover      = Melissa Etheridge - Brave and Crazy.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 11, 1989
| recorded   = January 24–26, March 1 and May 24–26, 1989
| venue      =
| studio     = [[A&M Studios]] <small>(Hollywood, CA)</small><br>[[Devonshire Sound Studios]] <small>(North Hollywood, CA)</small>
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     = 44:13
| label      = [[Island Records|Island]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Melissa Etheridge]]|[[Niko Bolas]]|Kevin McCormick}}
| prev_title = [[Melissa Etheridge (album)|Melissa Etheridge]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Never Enough (Melissa Etheridge album)|Never Enough]]
| next_year  = 1992
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6882/review|pure_url=yes}} Brave and Crazy Review by Alex Henderson], AllMusic.</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1231776&style=music Album Reviews at CD Universe]</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book| last = Brackett  | first = Nathan  |author2=Christian Hoard  | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide  | publisher = Simon and Schuster  | year = 2004  | location = New York City  | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/283 283]  | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8  | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration  | quote = rolling stone melissa etheridge album guide.  }}</ref>
}}
'''''Brave and Crazy''''' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Melissa Etheridge]], released by [[Island Records]] on September 11, 1989. As of 2010, the album has sold  632,000 copies in the United States alone, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/958305/ask-billboard-records-about-records|title=Ask Billboard: Records About Records|publisher=Billboard|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=August 5, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref>