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Today's album of the day

August And Everything After by Counting Crows (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1993.
Country:
Overall rank: 658
Decade rank: 112
Year rank: 10
Discography rank: 1 (out of 15 albums on BEA)
Average rating: 73/100 (from 623 votes).



Tracks:
1. Round Here
2. Omaha
3. Mr. Jones
4. Perfect Blue Buildings
5. Anna Begins
6. Time And Time Again
7. Rain King
8. Sullivan Street
9. Ghost Train
10. Raining In Baltimore
11. A Murder Of One

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Top voted comments:

"What a record this album is! It is full of high quality music throughout the whole release with no song feeling like filler or like it is being elongated. This leads to a very compact, cohesive and fulfilling listen for us as there is no time we aren't entertained on here. The piano is beautiful throughout and works wonders on the slower, ballad like songs as it fills them with emotion and passion. The other instrumentation is great with the drum work being another favourite as it carries some of the songs such as the album closer. On top of this we get the vocal and lyrics which I think are both great. Vocally, he is emotional, raw and feels like he is singing because he believes in the words that he is saying. This leads to some very open and fantastic moments for us to be able to enjoy and be able to connect to the group. Overall, I am shocked at the dislike for this record as it is so amazing quality wise and is also such an enjoyable record to listen to and I love revisiting it."
- Untitled (Rating: 90/100)
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"Adam Duritz and is stream-of-consciousness-lyrics! Counting Crows are most known for this album and at the time time it sounded so unique and different than other bands.

Later, with each subsequent release we come to find that this is really all the Crow's can do. And Duritz's sad sap, me against the world and women schtick gets harder and harder to listen to as he gets older and no wiser.

But August and Everything After is excellent.

Round Here is one of my all time favorite songs and a stellar opener flexing the lyrical muscle of Duritz with lines such as "step outside the front door like a ghost into a fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white". Excellent.

Anna Begins is the next standout. Omaha, Mr Jones, Rain King, Murder Of one, Sullivan Street are all excellent.

Time and Time again and Perfect Blue Buildings are good but meander for too long

Ghost Train and Raining Baltimore are bland meh.

A classic release in the 90's and now with some time added on it is still excellent but not a masterpiece."
- Edwarda85 (Rating: 90/100)
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[Milhaud]

My favourite album of all time. No matter how many years go by, I still go back to it and enjoy from start to finish.

Some people think that it's just “Mr Jones” and a bunch of fillers, but if you listen to it properly, you will discover its unique sound the depth of meaning. “Round Here” and “Raining in Baltimore” are probably two of the saddest yet most beautiful songs ever written.

[Johnnyo]

Very good album indeed. Rather unappreciated I think