August and Everything After

August and Everything After
Studio album by Counting Crows
Released	September 14, 1993
Recorded	1993, Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	51:42
Label	Geffen
Producer	T-Bone Burnett
Counting Crows chronology
August and Everything After (1993) Recovering the Satellites (1996)
Singles from August and Everything After
"Mr. Jones" Released: December 1993 "Round Here" Released: 1994 "Rain King" Released: 1994 "A Murder of One" Released: 1995

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	D[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Uncut	[5]
The Village Voice	B−[6]

August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen Records.

The album cover depicts handwritten lyrics to a song called "August and Everything After", but the band decided against featuring the song on the album of the same name; it was not until over a decade later that it was played as part of one of their live concerts.

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 and Stephen Marcussen, with six demos added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the August tour, recorded at the Elysée 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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Adam Duritz unless otherwise indicated.

Standard edition

1. "Round Here" (Duritz, Dave Janusko, Dan Jewett, Chris Roldan, David Bryson) – 5:32
2. "Omaha" – 3:40
3. "Mr. Jones" (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:33
4. "Perfect Blue Buildings" – 5:01
5. "Anna Begins" (Duritz, Bryson, Marty Jones, Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly) – 4:32
6. "Time and Time Again" (Duritz, Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, Steve Bowman, Don Dixon) – 5:13
7. "Rain King" (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:16
8. "Sullivan Street" (Duritz, Bryson) – 4:29
9. "Ghost Train" – 4:01
10. "Raining in Baltimore" – 4:41
11. "A Murder of One" (Duritz, Bryson, Matt Malley) – 5:44

2007 deluxe edition additional tracks

Additional tracks produced by David Bryson

12. "Shallow Days" (Acoustic Demo) (Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly) – 4:50
13. "Mean Jumper Blues" (Acoustic Demo) (Blind Lemon Jefferson) – 4:24
14. "Love and Addiction" (Demo) (Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly) – 4:21
15. "Omaha" (Demo) – 3:18
16. "Shallow Days" (Demo) (Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly) – 4:41
17. "This Land Is Your Land" (Acoustic Demo) (Woody Guthrie) – 3:44

2007 deluxe edition bonus disc (Live at the Elysée Montmartre)

1. "Anna Begins" (Duritz, Bryson, Jones, Hawkins, Holly) – 5:21
2. "Omaha" – 3:43
3. "Jumping Jesus" (Tom Barnes, Jim Gordon) – 3:01
4. "Margery Dreams of Horses" (Duritz^[7]) – 4:13
5. "Perfect Blue Buildings" – 5:18
6. "Round Here" (Duritz, Janusko, Jewett, Roldan, Bryson) – 11:45
7. "Rain King" (Duritz, Bryson)– 4:49
8. "Time and Time Again" (Duritz, Bryson, Gillingham, Bowman, Dixon) – 6:16
9. "Ghost Train" – 5:38
10. "Children in Bloom" – 5:27
11. "A Murder of One" (Duritz, Bryson, Malley)– 14:42
12. "Sullivan Street" (Duritz, Bryson) – 5:10
13. "The Ghost in You" (Richard Butler, Tim Butler) – 3:36

Personnel

• Steve Bowman – drums, vocals
• David Bryson – guitars, vocals
• Adam Duritz – vocals, piano, harmonica
• Charlie Gillingham – piano, Hammond B3, accordion, Chamberlin, vocals
• Matt Malley – bass, guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

• T-Bone Burnett – guitar, producer
• Bill Dillon – guitar, guitorgan
• Denny Fongheiser – percussion, drums on track 3
• David Immerglück – guitars, mandolins, pedal steel guitar, mandocello, vocals
• Gary Louris – backing vocals
• Maria McKee – backing vocals
• Mark Olson – backing vocals

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	Billboard Heatseekers	2
1994	The Billboard 200	4
	UK Albums Chart	16
	Australian Albums Chart	12
	Canadian RPM Albums Chart	2

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Mr. Jones"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	2
1994		UK Top 40	28
		Billboard Adult Contemporary	25
		Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
		Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	2
	"Rain King"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
		Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	31
	"Round Here"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	11
		Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	7
		Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	10
	"A Murder of One"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	17

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200[8]	66

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	January 28, 1994
	Platinum	March 1, 1994
	Double Platinum	May 13, 1994
	Triple Platinum	August 1, 1994
	4× Platinum	October 18, 1994
	5× Platinum	December 6, 1994
	6× Platinum	January 25, 1996
	7× Platinum	October 25, 1996
BPI – UK	Gold	November 1, 1994
CRIA – CAN	Gold	February 16, 1994
	Platinum	March 17, 1994
	Double Platinum	May 13, 1994
	Triple Platinum	July 11, 1994
	4× Platinum	August 17, 1994
	5× Platinum	November 18, 1994
	6× Platinum	August 25, 1995
	7× Platinum	August 25, 1995

References

1. DeGagne, Mike. "August and Everything After – Counting Crows". AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
3. Browne, David (February 18, 1994). "August and Everything After". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
4. Jurek, Thom (October 28, 1993). "August And Everything After: Counting Crows". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
5. McKay, Alastair (January 23, 2008). "Counting Crows – August And Everything After". Uncut. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
6. Christgau, Robert (July 26, 1994). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
7. according to the 2007 Deluxe Edition liner notes as well as this tweet ("1st song I wrote for CC")
8. Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.