Counting Crows discography

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Counting Crows discography
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Adam Duritz, lead singer of Counting Crows
Studio albums7
Live albums5
Compilation albums2
EPs1
Singles32

The American rock group Counting Crows has released seven studio albums, one extended play, two compilation albums and five live albums. Five of the band's singles ("Mr. Jones", "A Long December", "Hanginaround", "Round Here", and "Accidentally in Love") charted within the top 40 of the US Radio Songs chart, and "Mr. Jones" and "A Long December" reached the top 10. [1]

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Counting Crows's debut album, August and Everything After , was released in September 1993. The album charted within the Top Five of the Billboard 200. [1] August and Everything After was certified seven-times platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association [ citation needed ] and seven-times platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [2] [3] The band's second album, Recovering the Satellites , peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. [1]

Six of the band's albums have charted on the Billboard 200 [1] and four have been certified gold or platinum by the RIAA. [3] Other certified gold releases include the 2003 single "Big Yellow Taxi" and the 2004 single "Accidentally in Love". [3] The latter was released on the Shrek 2 soundtrack. [4]

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
BEL
[7]
CAN
[8]
GER
[9]
IRE
[10]
NLD
[11]
NZ
[12]
SWE
[13]
UK
[14]
August and Everything After 4121562458122216
Recovering the Satellites
  • Released: October 14, 1996
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
172134054464
This Desert Life
  • Released: November 1, 1999
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl
820267365621192019
Hard Candy
  • Released: July 8, 2002
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD
513142841015199
Saturday Nights
& Sunday Mornings
  • Released: March 24, 2008
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, download
32231857285363212
Underwater Sunshine (or What
We Did on Our Summer Vacation)
  • Released: April 10, 2012
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, download, vinyl
1140461123
Somewhere Under Wonderland
  • Released: September 2, 2014
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, download, vinyl
627271056131215
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
  1. A 2-disc Deluxe Edition was released on September 18, 2007, which included the album and acoustic & unreleased demos on the first disc, and a live performance at Élysée Montmartre in Paris from 1994 on the second disc.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
BEL
[7]
IRE
[10]
NLD
[11]
UK
[14]
Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)
  • Released: November 25, 2003
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, download
32707341115
Aural 6
  • Released: November 27, 2008
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, download
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
BEL
[7]
CAN
[23]
GER
[24]
IRE
[10]
NLD
[11]
NZ
[12]
UK
[14]
Across a Wire: Live in New York City
  • Released: July 13, 1998
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, cassette
193416427463143427
New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall
  • Released: June 19, 2006
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: CD, download
5232143
iTunes: Live from SoHo
  • Released: July 22, 2008
  • Label: Geffen
  • Formats: Download
66
August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall
  • Released: August 29, 2011
  • Label: Eagle Rock
  • Formats: CD, download, vinyl
73
Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow
  • Released: April 8, 2013
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, download, vinyl
80
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Butter Miracle, Suite One
  • Released: May 21, 2021
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: Download, vinyl

Singles

1990s

YearTitlePeak chart positions Certifications Album
US Air.
[25]
US Alt.
[26]
US Main.
[27]
AUS
[6]
CAN
[28]
FRA
[29]
IRE
[10]
NLD
[11]
NZ
[12]
UK
[14]
1993"Mr. Jones"522131775424928August and Everything After
1994"Round Here"3171158670
"Omaha"85
"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"451 DGC Rarities Vol. 1
"Rain King"6641849August and Everything After
1995"A Murder of One"1738
1996"Angels of the Silences"453477841Recovering the Satellites
"A Long December"6598616862
1997"Daylight Fading"5126242654
"Have You Seen Me Lately?"343450
1999"Colorblind"144 Cruel Intentions (soundtrack)
"Hanginaround"19173765339873846This Desert Life
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2000s

YearTitlePeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[25]
US AAA
[30]
US
Adult

[31]
AUS
[6]
BEL
[7]
GER
[32]
IRE
[10]
NLD
[11]
NZ
[12]
UK
[14]
2000"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"340This Desert Life
"All My Friends"7
2002"American Girls" (featuring Sheryl Crow)124477733Hard Candy
"Miami"9
2003"Big Yellow Taxi" (featuring Vanessa Carlton)422533367723416
"If I Could Give All My Love"89409750
"She Don't Want Nobody Near"120Films About Ghosts
(The Best Of...)
2004"Accidentally in Love"391311863143928 Shrek 2 (soundtrack)
"Holiday in Spain" (featuring BLØF)521Het eind van het begin
2008"1492"Saturday Nights
& Sunday Mornings
"You Can't Count on Me" [upper-alpha 1] 13469
"Come Around"1
"When I Dream of Michelangelo"7
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

2010s and 2020s

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
US AAA
[30]
US
Rock

[37]
BEL
Tip

[7]
2012"Untitled (Love Song)"19Underwater Sunshine
2014"Palisades Park"33Somewhere Under Wonderland
"Scarecrow"764
"God of Ocean Tides"42
"Earthquake Driver"3088
2021"Elevator Boots"2Butter Miracle, Suite One
2023"Almost Woke You Up" (with Stephen Kellogg) [38] [39]
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
  1. "You Can't Count on Me" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [36]

Other contributions

Album

YearSongAlbum
1994"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" DGC Rarities Vol. 1
1995"The Ghost in You" Clueless (Soundtrack) [40]
1999"Colorblind" Cruel Intentions (Soundtrack) [41]
2000"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" (Live) On the Mountain Six * [42]
2002"Goin' Down to New York Town" Mr. Deeds (Soundtrack) [43]
2002"American Girls" Live at the World Café: Handcrafted [44]
2004"Accidentally in Love"**†‡ Shrek 2 (Soundtrack) [45]
* Track also appears on Live from the Mountain Music Lounge Volume 10 Plus Best of Volumes 1-9 (2004). [46]

† Nominated for Best Original Song at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards.
‡ Nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 47th Grammy Awards.

Non-album

YearSongProject
1998"Baby, I'm a Big Star Now" Rounders (film only*)
2000"My Love" Ropewalk (film only†)
"Here Comes That Feeling Again"
2002"Big Yellow Taxi" (featuring Vanessa Carlton) Two Weeks Notice (film only‡)
2012"Just Like A Woman" (with Augustana) Roadie (film only†) [47]
2012"Load Out" (as Adam Duritz and the Devil and the Bunny Show) Roadie (film only†) [47]
2019"August and Everything After" Amazon Music Exclusive [48]
* Though a soundtrack for Rounders was released, this song was not included.

† There has been no soundtrack release for Ropewalk or Roadie.
‡ The instrumental score for Two Weeks Notice was released, but no soundtrack has been released.

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