Rain King
A Murder Of One
Omaha
Angels Of The Silences
Colorblind
August And Everything After (I have a live version of the song. Pwn)
Anna Begins
Cowboys
Holiday In Spain

Also, Raining In Baltimore was the first song I ever heard by them, so for that reason its close to my heart, but not one of my favorites.


I fucking love the Counting Crows. I may see them in August....and everything after. I will, unfortunately, have to suffer Maroon 5.

Certainly not the worst band of all time but not the best. My roommate listened to them religiously last year and I learned to enjoy them when he put them on. I think some of their Grateful Dead covers are pretty good.

Admittedly, I dont listen to too much current music, but, I dig the CC's, saw them 2 times @ the Aladdin(Vegas), and they kicked ass.

I think they are a wonderful band, but there is definitely better. Mr. Jones of course is a classic though. I just wish they did more up to the calibre of Mr. Jones. Too bad.

I like them, they write awesome tunes. August and Everything After was the disc I loved too, could listen to it for hours.

For my two bits they are not all that bad if you like to listen to what everyone else has listend to for the last 10 years, take all of that in a condensed format and you have the 'counting crows'. I think that these days for a group to get a certain reach/customer base/listerners, they have to provide some amount of originality.

Their lyrics are amazing! I saw them live in concert in 1997 along with a bunch of other bands at Rockfest.

Has anyone heard the new album? It's getting really strong reviews. I'm planning to dig into it this weekend but I was wondering how other fans were taking it. I heard one track and I felt like it was a return to form. Here's a quick review that might be easier to digest than the full Meta-critic page.

Songs of the Week: So, Um, Counting Crows Just Made Their Best Album in 15 Years «

Ony a couple of songs, but man they were good!

I think that the band had a couple of catchy tunes, but died a quick death like Hootie and the Blow Fish and so many other bands from that era..........

Except that their new album might be some of the best stuff they have ever put out. Musically, lyrically, as far as mattering in the long scope of musical history.

I'll not get any support here, The Crows, like DMB and Springsteen seem to be quintessentially America. I suppose that's fine since Crowded House, Oasis, and Robbie Williams never caught on here. Still, Counting Crows music should not be described as "a couple catchy tunes."

Oasis never caught on here? They are a staple from my childhood. Dances, parties, etc, they always got airtime. I guess I never really thought about it because they have always been well liked by the people I was around.

CH and Robbie not so much.

Also, Counting Crows gets a thumbs up from me.

Favorite new track?

Easily "Palisades Park". The rest of the album is good, but that song just surpasses anything they've released with the possible exception of "Mr. Jones". I especially love the lyrics and the fact that it doesn't feel eight minutes long.

I like Palisades Park and God of Ocean Tides. I haven't listened to it in it's entirety though. I skimmed every song after the first verse+chorus. The only song I'm really on the fence about is the country sounding one, Cover Up The Sun.

Yeah, I hear you on that one. I'm also a big fan of Scarecrow and Earthquake Driver, but for different reasons.

Palisades, to me, is vintage Crows as filtered through Springsteens and 1970's Stones.

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Have you heard the Wallflowers' Glad All Over? You might enjoy it. They pulled a similar return to form.

Oh really? You know with that first album and what Jacob has put out solo, I sort of expected them to be better than they ended up. Anything I should try first as a sample?

I was pleasantly surprised. Most of the time, these reunion albums flop, but IMO this was their best work since the '90s, including Jakob's solo work. I really enjoyed the closing track, "One Set of Wings".