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- August & Everything After
- Released 1993
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- Films About Ghosts (The Best Of Counting Crows)
- Released 2003
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- This Desert Life
- Released 1999
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With their angst-filled hybrid of Van Morrison, the Band, and R.E.M., Counting Crows became an overnight sensation in 1994. Only a year earlier, the band was a group of unknown musicians, filling in for the absent Van Morrison at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony; they were introduced by an enthusiastic Robbie Robertson. Early in 1993, the band recorded their debut album, August and Everything After, with T-Bone Burnett. Released the fall, it was a dark and somber record, driven by the morose lyrics and expressive vocals of Adam Duritz. The only up-tempo song, "Mr. Jones," became their ticket to stardom, and Counting Crows enjoyed a significant amount of success throughout the '90s and beyond.
What made Counting Crows unique was how they were able to balance Duritz's tortured lyrics with the sound of the late '60s and early '70s; it made them one of the few alternative bands to appeal to listeners who thought that rock & roll died in 1972. Recovering the Satellites followed in 1996, and "A Long December" was a Top 10 hit on both the Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts. The band issued the two-disc Across a Wire: Live in New York in 1998, and the following year saw the release of Counting Crows' third studio album, This Desert Life. In the midst of recording and collaborating with Ryan Adams on his sophomore album, Gold, Duritz joined his band in the studio as well. The fruit of those sessions was the Steve Lillywhite-produced fourth album, Hard Candy. The next year saw the release of the best-of Films About Ghosts, and in 2004 Counting Crows reminded fans of their ability to write a hit single with "Accidentally in Love," which appeared on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Two years later, New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall, recorded from a show on February 6, 2003, was made available to the public. Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings appeared in 2008. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
What made Counting Crows unique was how they were able to balance Duritz's tortured lyrics with the sound of the late '60s and early '70s; it made them one of the few alternative bands to appeal to listeners who thought that rock & roll died in 1972. Recovering the Satellites followed in 1996, and "A Long December" was a Top 10 hit on both the Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts. The band issued the two-disc Across a Wire: Live in New York in 1998, and the following year saw the release of Counting Crows' third studio album, This Desert Life. In the midst of recording and collaborating with Ryan Adams on his sophomore album, Gold, Duritz joined his band in the studio as well. The fruit of those sessions was the Steve Lillywhite-produced fourth album, Hard Candy. The next year saw the release of the best-of Films About Ghosts, and in 2004 Counting Crows reminded fans of their ability to write a hit single with "Accidentally in Love," which appeared on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. Two years later, New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall, recorded from a show on February 6, 2003, was made available to the public. Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings appeared in 2008. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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countingcrows: Just woke up and realized I'm 500 followers away from 1million.
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- countingcrows: Just woke up and realized I'm 500 followers away from 1million.
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countingcrows: @2realagl Check out The Bonnie Hunt Show on Wed. Apparently ER gave you an on-air shout out, complete w/autographed forearm
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- countingcrows: @2realagl Check out The Bonnie Hunt Show on Wed. Apparently ER gave you an on-air shout out, complete w/autographed forearm
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countingcrows: Some thought "freaking" or "friggin" might be better but somehow changing "You fucking idiots!" to "You Viking idiots!" seemed funnier to me
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- countingcrows: Some thought "freaking" or "friggin" might be better but somehow changing "You fucking idiots!" to "You Viking idiots!" seemed funnier…
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countingcrows: Got it in my head that making sense was less important than making non-sense so I decided to change all my usage of "fucking" to "Viking".
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- countingcrows: Got it in my head that making sense was less important than making non-sense so I decided to change all my usage of "fucking" to "Viki…
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countingcrows: Flew to LA yesterday to dub in clean dialogue to replace "unclean dialogue" in "Freeloaders" for censored network TV & airplane viewing.
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- countingcrows: Flew to LA yesterday to dub in clean dialogue to replace "unclean dialogue" in "Freeloaders" for censored network TV & airplane viewin…
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TheRainQueen
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- By TheRainQueen
- 5/15/2009 22:05:55
- Counting Crows are the Best Band EVER.....Adam is a God!!!I can't say enough how much I love the band.The are the greatest live band I have ever seen!!!
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Counting Crows...
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- By Xeinixen
- 5/11/2009 09:26:22
- Are one of the best bands ever. Surely up their with the rock greats. Their music is beautiful "and we all want something beutiful".
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August and Everything After...
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- By EnglishLove
- 12/1/2008 00:27:21
- Is a great album. I could listen to Round Here, and Mr. Jones all day. There is just so much soul!
- 4 out of 4 people
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