August and Everything After | ||||
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Released | September 14, 1993 | |||
Recorded | February−June 1993, in Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Alternative rock [1] | |||
Length | 51:42 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Producer | T Bone Burnett | |||
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Singles from August and Everything After | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Calgary Herald | B [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | D [5] |
MusicHound Rock | [6] |
NME | 6/10 [7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
Uncut | [10] |
The Village Voice | B− [11] |
August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993, on Geffen Records. The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and featured the founding members of the band: Steve Bowman (drums), David Bryson (guitar), Adam Duritz (vocals), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), and Matt Malley (bass). Among the several session musicians used for the album was multi-instrumentalist David Immerglück, who later joined the band as a full-time member in 1999, as well as Burnett, who also provided additional guitar work.
Four singles were released from the album, the highest charting of which was "Mr. Jones", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard US Radio Songs Chart and number 2 on several genre-specific Billboard charts. [12] The album itself was well received by critics and has gone multi-platinum in several countries, including the U.S. where it has sold over seven million copies, and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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; it was not until over a decade later that it was played as part of one of their live concerts. The song "August and Everything After" was released on January 24, 2019, as an Amazon Original. [13]
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 at Gateway Mastering, with six demos added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the August tour, recorded at Élysée 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. More than 6 million copies of the album have been sold by February 2002 in the US. [14]
All tracks are written by Adam Duritz unless otherwise indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Round Here" | Duritz, Dave Janusko, Dan Jewett, Chris Roldan, David Bryson | 5:32 |
2. | "Omaha" | 3:40 | |
3. | "Mr. Jones" | Duritz, Bryson | 4:33 |
4. | "Perfect Blue Buildings" | 5:01 | |
5. | "Anna Begins" | Duritz, Bryson, Marty Jones, Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly | 4:32 |
6. | "Time and Time Again" | Duritz, Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, Steve Bowman, Don Dixon | 5:13 |
7. | "Rain King" | Duritz, Bryson | 4:16 |
8. | "Sullivan Street" | Duritz, Bryson | 4:29 |
9. | "Ghost Train" | 4:01 | |
10. | "Raining in Baltimore" | 4:41 | |
11. | "A Murder of One" | Duritz, Bryson, Matt Malley | 5:44 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Shallow Days" (Acoustic Demo) | Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly | 4:50 |
13. | "Mean Jumper Blues" (Acoustic Demo) | Blind Lemon Jefferson | 4:24 |
14. | "Love and Addiction" (Demo) | Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly | 4:21 |
15. | "Omaha" (Demo) | 3:18 | |
16. | "Shallow Days" (Demo) | Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly | 4:41 |
17. | "This Land Is Your Land" (Acoustic Demo) | Woody Guthrie | 3:44 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Anna Begins" | Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly | 5:21 |
2. | "Omaha" | 3:43 | |
3. | "Jumping Jesus" | Tom Barnes, Jim Gordon | 3:01 |
4. | "Margery Dreams of Horses" | Duritz [15] | 4:13 |
5. | "Perfect Blue Buildings" | 5:18 | |
6. | "Round Here" | Duritz, Janusko, Jewett, Roldan, Bryson | 11:45 |
7. | "Rain King" | Duritz, Bryson | 4:49 |
8. | "Time and Time Again" | Duritz, Bryson, Gillingham, Bowman, Dixon | 6:16 |
9. | "Ghost Train" | 5:38 | |
10. | "Children in Bloom" | 5:27 | |
11. | "A Murder of One" | Duritz, Bryson, Malley | 14:42 |
12. | "Sullivan Street" | Duritz, Bryson | 5:10 |
13. | "The Ghost in You" | Richard Butler, Tim Butler | 3:36 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [39] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [40] | 7× Platinum | 700,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [41] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [42] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [43] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [44] | 7× Platinum | 7,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 10,000,000 [45] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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