Across a Wire: Live in New York City is the third album released by Counting Crows

Counting Crows

Counting Crows is an American rock band originating from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1991, the group gained popularity following the release of its debut album in 1993, August and Everything After, which featured the hit single "Mr. Jones"...

, released on July 14, 1998. It is a double-live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

, featuring songs from their first two albums, August and Everything After

August and Everything After

August and Everything After is the first commercially released album of the American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993....

(1993) and Recovering the Satellites

Recovering the Satellites

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(1996). Because the album contained two discs, the release was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies.

The first disc, recorded for VH1 Storytellers

VH1 Storytellers

Storytellers is a television music series produced by the VH1 network.In each episode artists perform in front of a live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories, somewhat similar to MTV Unplugged...

, is acoustic and intimate; it also contains a previously unreleased hidden track

Hidden track

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...

, "Chelsea". The second disc, recorded for MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's Live from the 10 Spot show, is rocky and direct.

Track listing

All tracks written by Adam Duritz

Adam Duritz

Adam Fredric Duritz is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. He is best known for his role as frontman and vocalist for the rock band Counting Crows, in which he is a founding member and principal composer of their catalogue of songs.Duritz has recorded solo...

 unless otherwise indicated.

Disc one

1. "Round Here
   Round Here
   "Round Here" was released in 1994 from Geffen Records as the second single from the Counting Crows' debut album, August and Everything After ....
   
   " (Duritz, Dave Janusko
   Dave Janusko
   Dave Janusko is a BMI Award-winning songwriter, musician, producer, DJ, and remixer. He lives in San Francisco.-Career:Janusko studied graphic design at Kent State University, then moved to New York City in 1988...
   
   , Dan Jewett
   Dan Jewett
   Daniel Ryan Jewett is a musician and journalist.He was born in Orange, California, USA and has lived in New Mexico, Colorado, San Francisco, and, most recently, Oakland...
   
   , Chris Roldan, David Bryson) – 6:16
2. "Have You Seen Me Lately?" – 3:57
3. "Angels of the Silences
   Angels of the Silences
   "Angels of the Silences" is a song by American alternative rock band Counting Crows. It is the lead single and second track from their second album, Recovering the Satellites . The song peaked at number three on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it the highest-placing single from the...
   
   " (Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Matt Malley, Ben Mize, Bryson, Dan Vickrey
   Dan Vickrey
   Daniel Vickrey is an American musician. He has performed since 1994 as a lead guitarist in the alternative rock band, Counting Crows...
   
   ) – 3:57
4. "Catapult" (Duritz, Malley, Vickrey, Mize, Bryson, Gillingham) – 3:57
5. "Mr. Jones" (Duritz, Bryson) – 5:17
6. "Rain King
   Rain King (Counting Crows song)
   "Rain King" is a single by the rock band Counting Crows. It was released as the band's fourth single . The title is a reference to Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King....
   
   " (Duritz, Bryson) – 5:51
7. "Mercury" – 3:45
8. "Ghost Train" – 5:27
9. "Anna Begins" (Duritz, Bryson, Marty Jones, Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly) – 13:54
10. "Chelsea" (Duritz, Bryson, Gillingham, Malley) – 6:15

Disc two

1. "Recovering the Satellites" – 5:49
2. "Angels of the Silences" (Duritz, Gillingham, Malley, Mize, Bryson, Vickrey) – 3:34
3. "Rain King" (Duritz, Bryson) – 5:48
4. "Sullivan Street" (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:37
5. "Children in Bloom" – 5:19
6. "Have You Seen Me Lately?" – 4:10
7. "Raining in Baltimore" – 5:34
8. "Round Here" (Duritz, Janusko, Jewett, Roldan, Bryson) – 10:00
9. "I'm Not Sleeping" – 4:58
10. "A Murder of One
    A Murder of One
    "A Murder of One" is a song by Counting Crows, released as the fourth single from their debut album, August And Everything After.Frontman Adam Duritz explained the song's meaning:"I can remember being eight years old and having infinite possibilities...
    
    " (Duritz, Vickrey) –– 5:35
11. "A Long December
    A Long December
    "A Long December" is a song by American alternative rock band Counting Crows. It is the second single and thirteenth track from their second album, Recovering The Satellites . The song peaked at number five on the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks....
    
    " – 6:06
12. "Walkaways" – 1:50

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1998	UK Album Charts	27

Year	Chart	Position
1998	The Billboard 200	19

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	September 22, 1998
	Platinum	October 25, 2005