Counting Crows

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San Francisco, United States (1990 – present)

Counting Crows became popular in 1993 following the release of their debut album “August and Everything After” featuring the hit song

Mr. Jones. The band was formed by singer Adam Duritz (previously of Himalayans and Sordid Humor) and guitarist David Bryson (Local producer and former member of the band Mr. Dog) in San Francisco, California in 1990. Counting Crows originally performed as an acoustic duo, playing gigs in and around Berkeley and San Francisco. For the first album, Adam and David added bassist Matt Malley, the multiinstrumental Charlie Gillingham, and Drummer Steve Bowman. David Immergluck was the second guitarist on the first album, but did not officially join the band until 1999. Guitarist Dan Vickery was added just as the band set out on their first tour.

Counting Crows, with their intimate and melancholy approach, achieved a large fan base among Generation X alternative rock fans who were looking for something different from the raging guitars of the Seattle music scene.

The band’s most recent success included a … 1 hit with the song

Accidentally in Love, which was featured on the Shrek 2 soundtrack (which has sold over 1,000,000 copies), as well as nominations last year for a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for the track. To date the band has sold over 20 million CDs worldwide. In 2004 the band released their first ever Best Of set, Films about Ghosts, which featured songs from every phase of the Counting Crows recording career.

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August and Everything After
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Top Tracks

1	Mr. Jones full track	4,933
2	Colorblind full track	4,516
3	Accidentally in Love full track	3,572
4	Round Here full track	2,839
5	A Long December full track	2,239
6	Rain King full track	2,162
7	Anna Begins full track	1,907
8	Omaha full track	1,864
9	Big Yellow Taxi	1,678
10	Perfect Blue Buildings full track	1,305
11	A Murder of One full track	1,295
12	Raining in Baltimore full track	1,180
13	Holiday In Spain full track	1,131
14	American Girls full track	1,104
15	Sullivan Street full track	1,087

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LeeSkitzoDancer wrote:
yesterday evening

i am taffy stuck and tongue tied, stutter shook and uptight. i mean, what beautiful, beautiful lyrics. quite clever

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lacent wrote:
Monday afternoon

about richard manuel post ---- because people also have it titled "if i could give all my love", or the long version "if i could give all my love (or) richard manuel is dead".

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sfacets wrote:
Monday morning

Also check out Matt Malley's solo album - http://mattmalley.com/store Good stuff :)

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forkimi wrote:
Sunday afternoon

GreaTT

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apoldecena wrote:
Thursday afternoon

fun song. luv it!

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Germanbabe wrote:
last week

What a sad song...but stops me doing whatever I'm doing to close my eyes.

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Ben_ZeN wrote:
last week

Why is Richard Manuel that low on the charts? :O

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helloor wrote:
11 days ago

Hi! I think you guys might like our band; The Animation! Take a look! http://www.lastfm.se/music/The+Animation or http://www.myspace.com/theanimationmusic Thank you!

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ZviRyatko wrote:
last month

hey, are there any of u guys from Kyiv? or am I the only one fan for the whole city? :(

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SinikkaSorja wrote:
last month

Fajną mają tę piosenkę ze Shreka, tylko tą w sumie kojarzę!! :P

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andydiamonds wrote:
last month

love it

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Willmyers wrote:
last month

One of the most Fantastic band today, Awsome vocals and Lyrical talents around

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gardengnome3 wrote:
last month

Pull me out from inside...

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pamr wrote:
last month

I'm lovin this song. Not a song on the entire album that I don't like. Most albums a song, maybe two and the rest is dreck.

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Remysaus wrote:
last month

where is the love for the new album? i quite like it.

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Fstrat wrote:
last month

Can't believe Miller's Angels ain't one of the top 15... Oh Well still find it funny though that the top 15 is mostly all from August And Everything After.

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MeshControl wrote:
August 2008

awesome band! if you like em check out: http://www.last.fm/music/Nyctophilia ...full tracks on last.fm

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Chenfel wrote:
August 2008

Come to Israel already!!

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fischohnefell wrote:
August 2008

mr jones war, ist, wird immer einer der besten Songs ALLER Zeiten sein

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violinfingers wrote:
August 2008

colorblind gives me chills.

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Stanford ATP Doubles Race leaders Bob and Mike Bryan have played to some big crowds during their careers. But nothing quite prepared them for the buzz of rocking with Counting Crows in front of 25,000 fans at Tampa, Florida last Friday.

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