Product Description

With their stunning craftsmanship and a classic sound DEEPLY rooted in whistlestop America, the anthems and rural overtones which distinguish the songs on AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER evoke the same kind of visceral reaction which once greeted The Band. But AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER is not an exercise in nostalgia.
Some listeners have reacted to vocalist Adam Duritz's gruff, ecstatic vocals in the way they once responded to such dark angels of revelation and regret as Van Morrison and Michael Stipe. On "Time And Time Again", Duritz conjures up a startling sense of longing and loneliness, as the listener is drawn in and consumed by a spooky sense of space and solitude.
Credit must go to producer T-Bone Burnett, who has gotten a lot of mileage out of similar themes and sounds. He frames Duritz's fervent vocals in Charlie Gillingham's mysterious keyboards and David Bryson's supple guitar, to particular effect on "Sullivan Street", where Maria McKee's harmonies give the tune a forlorn country resonance. All in all, there's a tactile, spiritual air to Counting Crows' tunes, as if by losing yourself in their lyric loneliness, by boarding their "Ghost Train", you could lose your own isolation.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Round Here
2. Omaha
3. Mr. Jones
4. Perfect Blue Buildings
5. Anna Begins
6. Time And Time Again
7. Rain King
8. Sullivan Street
9. Ghost Train
10. Raining In Baltimore
11. A Murder Of One
12. Shallow Days
13. Mean Jumper Blues
14. Love And Addiction
15. Omaha
16. Shallow Days
17. This Land Is Your Land

Disc 2:

1. Anna Begins
2. Omaha
3. Jumping Jesus
4. Margery Dreams Of Horses
5. Perfect Blue Buildings
6. Round Here
7. Rain King
8. Time And Time Again
9. Ghost Train
10. Children In Bloom
11. A Murder Of One
12. Sullivan Street
13. The Ghost In You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31154 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-28
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .38 pounds
• Running time: 157 minutes

Customer Reviews

Counting Crows
The above review misses one minor detail - there is a new album, and it's coming out in November. This however is still a pretty good repackaging of one of the defining albums of the 90s - plus you get a good chunk of new music and a live disc as well. Seems like a good deal to me...

Live Crows!!
Ok this is repackaging of an earlier cd,but if you are a Crows fan then just to hear an incredible live version of "Time and Time Again" is well worth the outlay.

New to the band? Or just craving something new?
I've just come from YouTube, where a comment I read filled me with excitement.

Counting Crows to release a new album? Wow - it had been such a long time.

I'm very disappointed that what I found was a reissue of 94's excellent 'August and everything after' album, with some live tracks.

If you're new to counting crows, you're in for a treat, but please don't but this, go for each and every studio album they've produced.

But not this.