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Counting Crows
Formed in 1991
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Counting Crows is an American rock band from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of rhythm guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, multi-instrumentalist David Immerglück, bassist Millard Powers, and lead guitarist Dan Vickrey. Past members include drummers Steve Bowman (1991–1994) and Ben Mize (1994–2002), and bassist Matt Malley (1991–2005).
Counting Crows gained popularity following the release of their first album, August and Everything After (1993). With the breakthrough hit single "Mr. Jones" (1993), the album sold more than seven million copies in the United States. The band received two Grammy Awards nominations in 1994, one for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" (for "Round Here") and one for "Best New Artist". The follow-up album, Recovering the Satellites, reached number one on the US Billboard 200 album chart and reached number one in several other countries. All but one of their subsequent albums reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 list.
Their hit singles include the aforementioned "Mr. Jones" as well as "Rain King", "A Long December", "Hanginaround", and a cover version of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". Counting Crows received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for the single "Accidentally in Love", which was included in the film Shrek 2. The band has sold more than 20 million albums and is known for its dynamic live performances. Billboard has also ranked the band as the 8th greatest Adult Alternative Artist of all time.
The band released the album Somewhere Under Wonderland in 2014. They released a four-song EP in 2021 titled Butter Miracle, Suite One. This was expanded into Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!, a full-length album with five additional songs at the start, in May 2025.
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Counting Crows est un groupe de folk rock et rock alternatif américain, originaire de Berkeley, en Californie. Le chanteur Adam Duritz et le guitariste David Bryson (tous deux membres du groupe The Himalayans) forment Counting Crows à San Francisco en 1991. Leur premier album, August and Everything After, contenant la chanson Mr. Jones, sort en 1993. Le groupe devient mondialement connu avec la chanson Mr. Jones dont les paroles sont inspirées de l'enfance de Marty Jones, ami d'Adam et bassiste dans les Himalayans.
C'est en 1996 que sort Recovering the Satellites, leur second album. Plus mélodique que le précédent, il contient des titres calmes comme Recovering the Satellites ou les singles A Long December et Miller's Angels. Puis en 1999 This Desert Life sort à son tour. Cet album connait rapidement du succès, notamment grâce à Hanginaround et surtout à Colorblind qui figurera sur la bande originale du film Sexe intentions. Mise à part la sortie de leur quatrième album Hard Candy en 2002, Counting Crows reprend la chanson de Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi 1970. Le groupe semble se rapprocher d'un rock plus classique. Il reprend notamment en live, des chansons d'artistes tels que Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Pure Prairie League, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, U2 et Oasis.
En 2004 le groupe voit la chanson Accidentally in Love apparaître sur la bande originale du film Shrek 2, et deviendra elle aussi très populaire et est nommée pour un Oscar du cinéma. En 2009, ils quittent leur label Geffen Records, filiale de Universal Music, afin de s'autoproduire via internet.
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Discography
Albums
- 1993 August and Everything After
- 1996 Recovering the Satellites
- 1999 This Desert Life
- 2002 Hard Candy
- 2008 Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
- 2012 Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)
- 2014 Somewhere Under Wonderland
- 2019 Unplugged & Rare: The Acoustic Broadcasts
- 2025 Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!
EPs
Singles
- 1993 A Murder of One
- 1994 Omaha
- 1994 Mr. Jones
- 1994 Round Here
- 1994 Rain King
- 1996 A Long December
- 1996 Angels of the Silences
- 1997 Daylight Fading
- 1999 Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
- 1999 Hanginaround
- 2000 All My Friends
- 2002 Big Yellow Taxi
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- 2002 American Girls
- 2003 Miami
- 2003 If I Could Give All My Love
- 2003 She Don’t Want Nobody Near
- 2004 Accidentally in Love
- 2004 Holiday in Spain
- 2008 You Can’t Count on Me
- 2008 Washington Square
- 2014 Scarecrow
- 2014 Earthquake Driver
- 2019 August and Everything After (Amazon original)
- 2021 Elevator Boots
- 2025 Spaceman in Tulsa
- 2025 Under the Aurora