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Track List
01) Round Here
02) Omaha
03) Mr. Jones
04) Perfect Blue Buildings
05) Anna Begins
06) Time and Time Again
07) Rain King
08) Sullivan Street
09) Ghost Train
10) Raining in Baltimore
11) A Murder of One
01) Round Here
02) Omaha
03) Mr. Jones
04) Perfect Blue Buildings
05) Anna Begins
06) Time and Time Again
07) Rain King
08) Sullivan Street
09) Ghost Train
10) Raining in Baltimore
11) A Murder of One
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1993
Alternative Rock
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August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen Records.
The album cover depicts handwritten lyrics to a song called "August and Everything After", but the band decided against featuring the song on the album of the same name; it was not until over a decade later that it was played as part of one of their live concerts.
On September 18, 2007, a two-disc deluxe edition of the album was issued. The first disc contains the original album, remastered by Adam Ayan and Stephen Marcussen, with six demos added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the August tour, recorded at the Elysée Montmartre in Paris, France on December 9, 1994.
The album August & Everything After – Live at Town Hall was released on August 29, 2011, featuring live recordings of the songs from this album.
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For a brief period in the early 1990s, San Francisco's Counting Crows were one of the most critically acclaimed bands on the planet. Led by the charismatic and literate Adam Duritz, the six-piece developed a winning blend of rootsy, country-rock arrangements and instantly catchy choruses, invoking the spirit of many of America's musical greats from The Band and the Eagles to Springsteen and R.E.M.
Their legacy is based largely on just one record, 1993's universally lauded debut album August And Everything After. After seeing their career slowly peter out since, it's perhaps inevitable that the group has released a re-packaged deluxe edition of their defining moment in the absence of any new material of consequence, with the added lure of bonus tracks and a live CD to seduce the die-hards. The question is, have Counting Crows at their best stood the test of time well?
Generally the answer is yes. Global hit single, Mr Jones, is as infectious as ever, Round Here remains an affecting portrayal of small town ennui and Sullivan Street soars triumphantly. These are big songs performed with confidence and poise by some accomplished musicians, not least front man Duritz, whose anguished vocals and Dylanesque imagery are central to proceedings throughout. Raining In Baltimore, a stately piano-led ballad reminiscent of a more earnest Randy Newman, slows the pace to allow him the room to deliver a performance that's arguably the record's high point. The first disc is rounded off by six bonus tracks, including a cover of Woody Guthrie’s seminal This Land is Your Land, all of which are pleasant without matching up to the album proper.
Considering Counting Crows' reputation as a somewhat anaemic live act, the second disc, recorded at the Elysee Montmartre, Paris in 1994, is surprisingly impressive. While some renditions, like the 15 minute-long A Murder Of One, are bloated and self-indulgent, others, notably Rain King and the elegiac, organ-heavy Perfect Blue Buildings, actually improve on the studio versions.
Few artists have released debut albums with the immense assurance of August and Everything After. It showcases a band that strode boldly into the limelight with their sound already meticulously honed and fully-formed, yet it can be argued that by getting things so right first time out, they left themselves creatively spent with nowhere to go next - Counting Crows were never remotely this good again.
- BBC
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August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen Records.
The album cover depicts handwritten lyrics to a song called "August and Everything After", but the band decided against featuring the song on the album of the same name; it was not until over a decade later that it was played as part of one of their live concerts.
On September 18, 2007, a two-disc deluxe edition of the album was issued. The first disc contains the original album, remastered by Adam Ayan and Stephen Marcussen, with six demos added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the August tour, recorded at the Elysée Montmartre in Paris, France on December 9, 1994.
The album August & Everything After – Live at Town Hall was released on August 29, 2011, featuring live recordings of the songs from this album.
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For a brief period in the early 1990s, San Francisco's Counting Crows were one of the most critically acclaimed bands on the planet. Led by the charismatic and literate Adam Duritz, the six-piece developed a winning blend of rootsy, country-rock arrangements and instantly catchy choruses, invoking the spirit of many of America's musical greats from The Band and the Eagles to Springsteen and R.E.M.
Their legacy is based largely on just one record, 1993's universally lauded debut album August And Everything After. After seeing their career slowly peter out since, it's perhaps inevitable that the group has released a re-packaged deluxe edition of their defining moment in the absence of any new material of consequence, with the added lure of bonus tracks and a live CD to seduce the die-hards. The question is, have Counting Crows at their best stood the test of time well?
Generally the answer is yes. Global hit single, Mr Jones, is as infectious as ever, Round Here remains an affecting portrayal of small town ennui and Sullivan Street soars triumphantly. These are big songs performed with confidence and poise by some accomplished musicians, not least front man Duritz, whose anguished vocals and Dylanesque imagery are central to proceedings throughout. Raining In Baltimore, a stately piano-led ballad reminiscent of a more earnest Randy Newman, slows the pace to allow him the room to deliver a performance that's arguably the record's high point. The first disc is rounded off by six bonus tracks, including a cover of Woody Guthrie’s seminal This Land is Your Land, all of which are pleasant without matching up to the album proper.
Considering Counting Crows' reputation as a somewhat anaemic live act, the second disc, recorded at the Elysee Montmartre, Paris in 1994, is surprisingly impressive. While some renditions, like the 15 minute-long A Murder Of One, are bloated and self-indulgent, others, notably Rain King and the elegiac, organ-heavy Perfect Blue Buildings, actually improve on the studio versions.
Few artists have released debut albums with the immense assurance of August and Everything After. It showcases a band that strode boldly into the limelight with their sound already meticulously honed and fully-formed, yet it can be argued that by getting things so right first time out, they left themselves creatively spent with nowhere to go next - Counting Crows were never remotely this good again.
- BBC
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