Counting Crows
About
The band's debut album August and Everything After, produced by T-Bone Burnett, was released in the autumn of 1993.
Counting Crows played only two gigs in 1995. This allowed Duritz to write a set of songs that became the band's second album, Recovering the Satellites released October 15, 1996.
On July 9, 2002, the band released their fourth studio album, Hard Candy. The album included a cover of Joni Mitchell's song "Big Yellow Taxi." Vanessa Carlton contributed backing vocals to the single edit of the track, which appeared on the soundtrack for Two Weeks Notice.
In June 2006, the band released New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall, a live album assembled from performances on their 2003 tour in support of Hard Candy.
On September 18, 2007, Counting Crows played a show at Town Hall in New York City, during which they played August and Everything After from beginning to end. They also played several songs from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings. This show was recorded for an upcoming DVD release.
The band announced on December 21, 2007 that the album will be released in the U.S. on March 25, 2008.
On January 16, 2008, the band released a digital single on their official web-site to precede the release of the album, as a free download. It features "1492" from the "Saturday Nights" half of the disc and "When I Dream Of Michelangelo" from the "Sunday Mornings" half as its B-side.
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