August and Everything After
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August and Everything After is the first commercially released album
of the American
rock band
Counting Crows
, released September 14, 1993.
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 songs (including three 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.
unless otherwise indicated.
2007 deluxe edition additional tracks
2007 deluxe edition bonus disc (Live at the Elysée Montmartre
)
Additional personnel
Single
Album
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of the American
United States
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rock band
Rock Band
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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 September 14, 1993.
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
Special edition
The terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...
of the album was issued. The first disc contains the original album, remastered by Adam Ayan and Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer of Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California. Marcussen is one of the most sought-after mastering engineers in the music industry and his expertise has been coveted by a wide range of artists over the years...
, with six songs (including three demos
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
) added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the August tour, recorded at the Elysée Montmartre
Elysée Montmartre
Open in 1807, the Élysée Montmartre is a music venue, at 72 Boulevard de Rochechouart, in Paris, France. It has a capacity of 1,200 patrons. The nearest métro station is Anvers.In 1900, the venue was damaged by fire, and was re-decorated...
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.
Track listing
All tracks written by Adam DuritzAdam 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.
- "Round HereRound 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 JanuskoDave JanuskoDave 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 JewettDan JewettDaniel 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) – 5:32 - "Omaha" – 3:40
- "Mr. Jones" (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:33
- "Perfect Blue Buildings" – 5:01
- "Anna Begins" (Duritz, Bryson, Marty Jones, Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly) – 4:32
- "Time and Time Again" (Duritz, Bryson, Charlie GillinghamCharlie GillinghamCharlie Gillingham is best known for his performance on the Hammond B-3 organ, accordion, piano, and keyboards for the band Counting Crows...
, Steve BowmanSteve BowmanSteve Bowman is an American rock drummer and songwriter. He was a founding member and drummer for the Counting Crows during the recording and period of time following their debut album, August and Everything After. The band's unexpected success led them to performancess on Late Night with David...
, Don Dixon) – 5:13 - "Rain KingRain 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) – 4:16 - "Sullivan Street" (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:29
- "Ghost Train" – 4:01
- "Raining in Baltimore" – 4:41
- "A Murder of OneA 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, Bryson, Matt Malley) – 5:44
2007 deluxe edition additional tracks
- "Shallow Days" – 4:50
- "Mean Jumper Blues" (Blind Lemon JeffersonBlind Lemon Jefferson"Blind" Lemon Jefferson was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled "Father of the Texas Blues"....
) – 4:24 - "Love and Addiction" (Demo) – 4:21
- "Omaha" (Demo) – 3:18
- "Shallow Days" (Demo) – 4:41
- "This Land Is Your LandThis Land Is Your Land"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", which Guthrie considered unrealistic and complacent. Tired of hearing Kate Smith sing it on...
" (Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
) (Demo) – 3:44
2007 deluxe edition bonus disc (Live at the Elysée Montmartre
Elysée Montmartre
Open in 1807, the Élysée Montmartre is a music venue, at 72 Boulevard de Rochechouart, in Paris, France. It has a capacity of 1,200 patrons. The nearest métro station is Anvers.In 1900, the venue was damaged by fire, and was re-decorated...
)
- "Anna Begins" (Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly) – 5:21
- "Omaha" – 3:43
- "Jumping Jesus" – 3:01
- "Margery Dreams of Horses" – 4:13
- "Perfect Blue Buildings" – 5:18
- "Round Here" (Duritz, Janusko, Jewett, Roldan, Bryson) – 11:45
- "Rain King" (Duritz, Bryson)– 4:49
- "Time and Time Again" (Duritz, Bryson, Gillingham, Bowman, Dixon) – 6:16
- "Ghost Train" – 5:38
- "Children in Bloom" – 5:27
- "A Murder of One" (Duritz, Bryson, Malley)– 14:42
- "Sullivan Street" (Duritz, Bryson) – 5:10
- "The Ghost in YouThe Ghost in You"The Ghost in You" is a song by The Psychedelic Furs. It was written by Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler, and later released in their album Mirror Moves. It was released as the second single from the album and charted in both the U.S...
" (Richard Butler, Tim ButlerTim ButlerTim Butler is an English songwriter and musician. He is the bass player, and co-founder of the Psychedelic Furs. He is also the youngest of three brothers....
) – 3:36
Personnel
- Matt Malley – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, guitar, vocals - Charlie GillinghamCharlie GillinghamCharlie Gillingham is best known for his performance on the Hammond B-3 organ, accordion, piano, and keyboards for the band Counting Crows...
– pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, Hammond B3 organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, ChamberlinChamberlinThe Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron. It was developed and patented by Iowa, Wisconsin inventor Harry Chamberlin from 1949 to 1956, when the first model was introduced. Various models and versions of these Chamberlin music instruments...
, vocals - Adam DuritzAdam DuritzAdam 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...
– vocals, piano, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes... - Steve BowmanSteve BowmanSteve Bowman is an American rock drummer and songwriter. He was a founding member and drummer for the Counting Crows during the recording and period of time following their debut album, August and Everything After. The band's unexpected success led them to performancess on Late Night with David...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals - David Bryson – guitars, vocals
Additional personnel
- David ImmerglückDavid ImmerglückDavid Immerglück is an American multi-instrumentalist who is best known as a guitarist in the alternative rock bands Counting Crows, Camper Van Beethoven and the Monks of Doom...
– guitars, mandolins, pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
, mandocelloMandocelloThe mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It has eight strings in four paired courses, tuned in 5ths like a mandolin, but is larger, and tuned CC-GG-dd-aa . It is to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.-Construction:Mandocello construction is similar to the...
, vocals - Bill Dillon – guitar, guitorganGuitorganA Guitorgan is an electric guitar with electronic organ components added. Each guitar fret is separated into six segments, creating independent contact switches for each string. The organ notes are keyed when a string touches a specific segment...
- Denny Fongheiser – percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, drums on 3 - T-Bone BurnettT-Bone BurnettJoseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...
– guitar - Gary LourisGary LourisGary Louris is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band The Jayhawks, and their principal songwriter and vocalist after the departure of Mark Olson; he is often credited with the band's subsequent move from...
– backing vocals - Mark OlsonMark Olson (musician)Mark Olson is an American musician. He is one of the founding members of acclaimed alternative country bands The Jayhawks and The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers and a respected singer/songwriter in his own right....
– backing vocals - Maria McKeeMaria McKeeMaria Luisa McKee is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice and her 1990 UK solo chart-topping hit, "Show Me Heaven".-Music:...
– backing vocals
Charts
Album| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Heatseekers |
2 |
| 1994 | The Billboard 200 | 4 |
| UK Albums Chart | 16 | |
| Australian Albums Chart | 12 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Mr. Jones" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1994 | UK Top 40 | 28 | |
| Billboard Adult Contemporary | 25 | ||
| Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 | ||
| Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 2 | ||
| "Rain King" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 | |
| Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 31 | ||
| "Round Here" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 11 | |
| Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 7 | ||
| Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 10 | ||
| "A Murder of One" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 17 |
End of decade charts
| Chart (1990-1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 66 |
Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|
| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | January 28, 1994 |
| Platinum | March 1, 1994 | |
| Double Platinum | May 13, 1994 | |
| Triple Platinum | August 1, 1994 | |
| 4X Platinum | October 18, 1994 | |
| 5X Platinum | December 6, 1994 | |
| 6X Platinum | January 25, 1996 | |
| 7X Platinum | October 25, 1996 | |
| BPI – UK | Gold | November 1, 1994 |