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August and Everything After | 
 enlarge | Artist: Counting Crows
Label: Geffen Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  284 reviews
Sales Rank: 1716
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 24528
UPC: 720642452820
EAN: 0720642452820
ASIN: B000003TAP
Release Date: September 14, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Round Here | | • | Omaha | | • | Mr. Jones | | • | Perfect Blue Buildings | | • | Anna Begins | | • | Time and Time Again | | • | Rain King | | • | Sullivan Street | | • | Ghost Train | | • | Raining In Baltimore | | • | A Murder Of One |
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Amazon.com
It's amazing the difference a year makes. Upon its release, August and Everything After sounded remarkably fresh, a welcome change from the crunch and screech of grunge. Blending the vocal athleticism of Van Morrison with the moody rock of The Band, the Counting Crows turned on a whole legion of fans turned off by modern rock. But what sounded fresh soon became stale as dozens of bands flocked to the radio with euthanized versions of the Counting Crows' sound. But you shouldn't hold that against the Crow boys. August and Everything After is a fantastic rock album. Though "Mr. Jones" was the moneymaker, the disc features such standout cuts as the dark lilt of "Anna Begins," the morose "Rain King," and the outstanding U2-meets-Grant Lee Buffalo anthem "Murder of One." Maybe time, and another listen, will heal the damage wrought. --Tod Nelson
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| Customer Reviews: Read 279 more reviews...
 What's all the fuss about? August 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's funny to me how fans latch onto a particular band or artist and no matter what they come out with, it's "awesome". To me, this album is just average. It's sound is predictable, the songwriting is nothing special. And every track pretty much sounds the same.
Go ahead and send the hate mail, I can handle it. But I picked up the album because it was recommended by Amazon customers. I love you all, and I have used your recommendations many times. This will remain in my collection, and maybe after time, it will grow on me, but not now.
 Uggghhhhhhhhhh....... August 26, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
If this is the kind _____ that I have to deal with when I get into college a couple of years, then you might as well tell all future frat ___________ in advance to murder my soul.
Good lord, this is TERRIBLE. I can't even describe what it sounds like, the only thing I can describe it as dull boring guitars and a vocalist that sounds like Rob Thomas (which is a VERY bad thing). This is draining to the ninth degree. I even think that they take all of the groove, the instrumentation, and the voice out of Dave Matthews Band and blend it with the equally terrible Matchbox 20 and put it into a blender.
Each and every song is a mix up bland ripped off guitars and melodies of the worst music every, without any sappy, drippy, birthday cake fake melodies, replacing it with none of that. Seriously, I think Brittany Spears is more catchy than this, and it's all delivered in a mindless pop format with a singer more boring than Coldplay. So what is it in one sentence: uber-bland muzak with disposable, boring "pop" tendencies. This won't soothe you, it will just make you lightheaded from boredom.
Don't come near this sissy music. Resist the college radio junk in college and please, don't even buy this junk. Your listening will be all the better for it. College radio is just a subset of mindless radio junk, less mainstream but still mindless radio junk, just not spread into the airways.
1.5/10
 Very Good CD July 6, 2008
This CD is a very good Counting Crows CD. I am not a major fan of the counting crows but I do like some of their music...and would recomment this CD. There is not a song on it that I do not enjoy listening to.
Great! June 11, 2008
Beautiful CD! Great place to start for anyone looking to get into Counting Crows. This is my favorite of their albums, although you cannot go wrong with any of them.
A 90's Masterpiece May 27, 2008
1994 was a great year for rock. In my opinion it was the last truly great year for rock and this CD is one of the reasons why. Alot of people dis the Counting Crows now but back in '94 this type of music was fresh and unique. They were grouped with the alternative bands that were becoming the mainstream at the time but they had this timeless, classic air about them. They sounded like a new band with an old soul. Adam Duritz was singing about dark stuff but rather than screaming angrily about it, he put it to some of the most beautiful tunes out there. Everyone has heard "Mr. Jones" and that was the big hit on here along with "Round Here" but these are far from the only great songs on here. "Perfect Blue Buildings" is fantastic! Possibly my favorite Crows song of all time. "Anna Begins", "Ghost Train", "Rain King" all great. At the time I couldn't get into "Raining in Baltimore" but over the years I've gained a new appreciation for that song as well.
Unfortunately the Crows have never reached this level of greatness since. There have been flashes of it but they've not been able to put a full album of it together since like they did here. They truly caught lighning in a bottle with "August..."
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