August And Everything After

Counting Crows

1993

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August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993, on DGC Records. The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and featured the founding members of the band: Steve Bowman (drums), David Bryson (guitar), Adam Duritz (vocals), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), and Matt Malley (bass). Among the several session musicians used for the album was multi-instrumentalist David Immerglück, who later joined the band as a full-time member in 1999, as well as Burnett, who also provided additional guitar work. Four singles were released from the album, the highest charting of which was "Mr. Jones", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard US Radio Songs Chart and number 2 on several genre-specific Billboard charts. The album itself was well received by critics and has gone multi-platinum in several countries, including the U.S. where it has sold over seven million copies, and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album cover depicts handwritten lyrics to the titular song, but the band decided against featuring the song on the album; it was not until over a decade later that it was played as part of one of their live concerts. The song "August and Everything After" was released on January 24, 2019, as an Amazon Original. 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 at Gateway Mastering, with six demos added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the August tour, recorded at Élysée 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. More than 6 million copies of the album have been sold by February 2002 in the US.

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Jan 25 2026 Author

Round Here and Mr. Jones have been songs I’ve been hearing for decades, but some of the fun of having an album that I knew back in the day come up again is hearing some of the less popular songs that I believe I like even more than the biggest hits. On this album it was wonderful to hear Rain King and A Murder of One again! Great to hear this again!

Jan 26 2026 Author

This is, without question, the best album Counting Crows ever made, and honestly, the only truly great one. “Round Here” says most of what needs to be said. It’s a beautiful song, built on subtle tempo shifts and emotional restraint. Intimate and unadorned, it feels completely honest. The rest of the album maintains that standard. This is Counting Crows at their most focused and disciplined. What they get exactly right here is minimalism. Less is more. Listen to “Anna Begins”: each instrument is given space, nothing crowds the song, and the arrangement quietly supports Adam Duritz’s story rather than competing with it. The song only works because of that restraint. That kind of control and trust in the material is something only a very good band can pull off. Which makes the rest of their career all the more puzzling. Recovering the Satellites has flashes of quality and a rougher, rockier edge, but it already feels overworked and over-polished. Everything that follows never comes close. The subtlety, patience, and emotional honesty that define this album quietly disappear. Why they never reached this level again remains one of rock’s smaller mysteries. But this album stands on its own.

Jan 27 2026 Author

In my DNA. I met 6 out of the 7 band members at their gig in Auckland in 2003, and they signed my fave album of theirs, Recovering The Satellites. And Adam signed the T-shirt I was wearing. The magic sloooooowly disappeared from album 2 onwards, with a scattering of truly great tracks on albums 3 and 4, then poof. But this.. this is magic.

Jan 24 2026 Author

I wouldn't know how often I listened to "August And Everything After" at the time it came out. It was everywhere. Now turning it on 30 years later, it is still a nice album. I understand that people get annoyed by hearing Adam Duritz his voice for a full album. Also apart from good songs ("Round Here", "Omaha", "Mr. Jones", "Time and Time Again" and "Rain King") there is certainly some filler.

Jan 25 2026 Author

Classic 90’s pop rock deserves to be on the orginal list.

Jan 23 2026 Author

Counting Crows exist to listen to while staring longingly out a slightly frozen window in a moving vehicle

Jan 26 2026 Author

HL: "Omaha", "Mr. Jones", "Rain King" Solid

Jan 25 2026 Author

I was dreading this one a bit, mainly due to my exhausting experience with 'Mr. Jones' which was the victim of constant radio oversaturation in the early aughts. Found myself mostly enjoying the rest of the album, though, which is especially surprising given my preference for uptempo, instrumental tracks rather than the slower songs here. The vocals walk a fine line between annoying and emotional, but mostly stick to the latter and suit the solid instrumentals well. This LP has aged decently compared to similar artists from the 90s', and I even felt a bit nostalgic for a time where these simple but well-done guitar + piano tracks soundtracked a simpler world.