RDF ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ · │ artist : counting crows · title : august and everything after label : geffen · released : 09/14/1993 │ kbps : VBR │ · ┌──────┼──────────··───────────────────────────────··──────────┼──────┐ │ │ notes │ │ │ └──────────────────────────···──────────────────────────┘ │ │ · │ When the prevailing guitar jingle of "Mr. Jones" cascaded over │ radio in the early '90s, it was a sure sign that the Counting │ Crows were a musical force to be reckoned with. Their debut │ album, August and Everything After, burst at the seams with │ both dominant pop harmonies and rich, hearty ballads, all │ thanks to lead singer Adam Duritz. The lone guitar work of │ "Mr. Jones" coupled with the sweet, in-front pull of Duritz's │ voice kicked off the album in full force. The starkly │ beautiful and lonely sounding "Round Here" captured the band's │ honest yet subtle talent for singing ballads, while "Omaha" is │ lyrically reminiscent of a Springsteen tune. The fusion of │ hauntingly smooth vocals with such instruments as the Hammond │ B-3 organ and the accordion pumped new life into the music │ scene, and their brisk sound catapulted them into stardom. On │ "Rain Kings," the piano takes over as its aloof flair dances │ behind Duritz with elegant crispness. The slower-paced │ "Raining in Baltimore" paints a perfectly grey picture and │ illustrates the band's ease at conveying mood by eliminating │ the tempo. Most of the songs here engage in overly contagious │ hooks that won't go away, making for a solid bunch of tunes. │ Containing the perfect portions of instrumental and vocal │ conglomeration, the Counting Crows showed off their appealing │ sound to its full extent with their very first album. ù Mike │ DeGagne │ · └──·───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────·──┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ track listing │ ┌──────┴──·───────────────────────· ·───────────────────────·──┴──────┐ │ · │ 01 round here 05:31 │ 02 omaha 03:39 │ 03 mr. jones 04:33 │ 04 perfect blue buildings 05:01 │ 05 anna begins 04:31 │ 06 time and time again 05:15 │ 07 rain kings 04:16 │ 08 sullivan street 04:30 │ 09 ghost train 04:03 │ 10 raining in baltimore 04:42 │ 11 a murder of one 05:48 │ · └─·────────────────────────────────·────────────────────────────────·─┘ redefine - will rip for sex