August and Everything After

{{Infobox album

| name = August and Everything After

| type = studio

| artist = Counting Crows

| cover = Counting Crows - August and Everything After.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1993|09|14}}

| recorded = February−June 1993

| venue =

| studio = Counting Crows' home studio, Kiva West Recording Studios, Conway Recording Studios, Village Recorders, and Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles

| genre = * Alternative rock{{cite web|last=Kornelis|first=Chris|date=August 10, 2010|title=An Incomplete History|url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/an-incomplete-history/|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Seattle Weekly}}

country rock{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Chris |title=Counting Crows - August and Everything After Review |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6v3n/ |website=BBC |access-date=26 April 2025 |date=2008}}

| length = 51:42

| label = DGC

| producer = * T Bone Burnett

Gary Gersh (exec.)

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Recovering the Satellites

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Singles

| name =

| type = studio

| single1 = Mr. Jones

| single1date = December 1, 1993

| single2 = Round Here

| single2date = June 20, 1994

| single3 = Rain King

| single3date = October 3, 1994

| single4 = A Murder of One

| single4date = 1995

}}

August and Everything After is the debut studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released September 14, 1993, on DGC Records. The album was produced by T Bone Burnett and featured the founding members of the band: Steve Bowman (drums), David Bryson (guitar), Adam Duritz (vocals), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), and Matt Malley (bass). Among the several session musicians used for the album was multi-instrumentalist David Immerglück, who later joined the band as a full-time member in 1999, as well as Burnett, who also provided additional guitar work.

Four singles were released from the album, the highest charting of which was "Mr. Jones", which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard US Radio Songs Chart and number 2 on several genre-specific Billboard charts.{{cite magazine |title=Counting Crows: Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/counting-crows/chart-history/art/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 25, 2022}} The album itself was well received by critics and has gone multi-platinum in several countries, including the U.S. where it has sold over seven million copies, and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

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; it was not until over a decade later that it was played as part of one of their live concerts. The song "August and Everything After" was released on January 24, 2019, as an Amazon Original.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M9TJLJM/ref=ap_ws_tlw_trk5#|title=August and Everything After (Amazon Original) by Counting Crows on Amazon Music - Amazon.com|website=www.amazon.com|access-date=January 24, 2019}}

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 at Gateway Mastering, with six demos added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the August tour, recorded at Élysée 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. More than 6 million copies of the album have been sold by February 2002 in the US.{{cite web|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Industry_Article.cfm?article_id=2593|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020302141420/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Industry_Article.cfm?article_id=2593|title=Counting Crows To Headline NARM Event|website=hive4media.com|archive-date=March 2, 2002|date=February 12, 2002|access-date=September 25, 2019|url-status=live}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| subtitle = Initial reviews (in 1993/1994)

| rev1 = Calgary Herald

| rev1score = BTremblay, Mark (September 26, 1993). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = D{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1994/02/18/august-and-everything-after |title=August and Everything After |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 18, 1994 |access-date=October 9, 2016 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = 6/10{{cite magazine|first=Stuart|last=Bailie|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53100861007/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=March 5, 1994|page=52|access-date=August 13, 2023}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/118963/review/19171947/augustandeverythingafter |title=August And Everything After: Counting Crows |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 28, 1993 |access-date=October 9, 2016 |last=Jurek |first=Thom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116080732/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/118963/review/19171947/augustandeverythingafter |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

| rev5 = Select

| rev5score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{cite magazine|first=Clark|last=Collis|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/07/albums1.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=April 1994|page=88|access-date=December 20, 2024}}

| rev6 = The Village Voice

| rev6score = B−{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv794-94.php |title=Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |date=July 26, 1994 |access-date=October 9, 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| subtitle = Retrospective reviews (after 1993/1994)

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/august-and-everything-after-mw0000185615 |title=August and Everything After – Counting Crows |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=October 9, 2016 |last=DeGagne |first=Mike}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev3 = MusicHound Rock

| rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite book |last=Schwager |first=Jeff |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |pages=277–279}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Counting Crows|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2004|edition=4th|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/195 195]}}

| rev5 = Uncut

| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/counting-crows-august-and-everything-after |title=Counting Crows – August And Everything After |magazine=Uncut |date=January 23, 2008 |access-date=October 9, 2016 |last=McKay |first=Alastair}}

}}

The Washington Post wrote: "Enlisting accordions, mandolin, pedal steel, and harmonica to flavor the usual rock instrumentation, the Crows play transliterated Celtic-rock not unlike the Hooters'. Such music seems to require a sense of self importance, and the quintet is not lacking".{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=The Heroic Sweep of, Well ... Crows |work=The Washington Post |date=Oct 8, 1993 |page=N14}}

Rolling Stone placed the album at 67 on its list of the "100 Best Albums of the ’90s", published in October 2019.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-90s-152425/moby-everything-is-wrong-89935/

Track listing

=Original release=

{{Track listing

|headline=August and Everything After track listing

| all_writing = Adam Duritz unless otherwise indicated.

| title1 = Round Here

| writer1 = {{hlist|Duritz|Dave Janusko|Dan Jewett|Chris Roldan|David Bryson}}

| length1 = 5:32

| title2 = Omaha

| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = Mr. Jones

| writer3 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson}}

| length3 = 4:33

| title4 = Perfect Blue Buildings

| length4 = 5:01

| title5 = Anna Begins

| writer5 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Marty Jones|Toby Hawkins|Lydia Holly}}

| length5 = 4:32

| title6 = Time and Time Again

| writer6 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Charlie Gillingham|Steve Bowman|Don Dixon}}

| length6 = 5:13

| title7 = Rain King

| writer7 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson}}

| length7 = 4:16

| title8 = Sullivan Street

| writer8 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson}}

| length8 = 4:29

| title9 = Ghost Train

| length9 = 4:01

| title10 = Raining in Baltimore

| length10 = 4:41

| title11 = A Murder of One

| writer11 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Matt Malley}}

| length11 = 5:44

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2007 deluxe edition additional tracks (produced by David Bryson)

| title12 = Shallow Days

| note12 = Acoustic Demo

| writer12 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Jones|Hawkins|Holly}}

| length12 = 4:50

| title13 = Mean Jumper Blues

| note13 = Acoustic Demo

| writer13 = Blind Lemon Jefferson

| length13 = 4:24

| title14 = Love and Addiction

| note14 = Demo

| writer14 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson Jones|Hawkins|Holly}}

| length14 = 4:21

| title15 = Omaha

| note15 = Demo

| length15 = 3:18

| title16 = Shallow Days

| note16 = Demo

| writer16 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Jones|Hawkins|Holly}}

| length16 = 4:41

| title17 = This Land Is Your Land

| note17 = Acoustic Demo

| writer17 = Woody Guthrie

| length17 = 3:44

}}

=2007 deluxe edition bonus disc=

{{Track listing

| headline = Live at Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France, December 9, 1994

| title1 = Anna Begins

| writer1 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Jones|Hawkins|Holly}}

| length1 = 5:21

| title2 = Omaha

| length2 = 3:43

| title3 = Jumping Jesus

| writer3 = {{hlist|Tom Barnes|Jim Gordon}}

| length3 = 3:01

| title4 = Margery Dreams of Horses

| writer4 = Duritzaccording to the 2007 Deluxe Edition liner notes as well as [https://twitter.com/CountingCrows/status/78735388587466752 this tweet] ("1st song I wrote for CC")

| length4 = 4:13

| title5 = Perfect Blue Buildings

| length5 = 5:24

| title6 = Round Here

| writer6 = {{hlist|Duritz|Janusko|Jewett|Roldan|Bryson}}

| length6 = 11:45

| title7 = Rain King

| writer7 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson}}

| length7 = 4:49

| title8 = Time and Time Again

| writer8 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Gillingham|Bowman|Dixon}}

| length8 = 6:16

| title9 = Ghost Train

| length9 = 5:38

| title10 = Children in Bloom

| length10 = 5:27

| title11 = A Murder of One

| writer11 = {{hlist|Duritz|Bryson|Malley}}

| length11 = 14:42

| title12 = Sullivan Street

| writer12 = Duritz, Bryson

| length12 = 5:10

| title13 = The Ghost in You

| writer13 = {{hlist|Richard Butler Tim Butler}}

| length13 = 3:36

}}

Personnel

Counting Crows

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

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
T Bone Burnett – guitar, producer
Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
Adam Ayan – 2007 Deluxe Edition mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Charts

= Weekly charts =

scope="col"\| Chart (1993–1994) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{album chart\|Australia\|12\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
{{album chart\|Austria\|24\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
scope="row"\|Canada Top Albums/CD's (RPM){{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RggEAAAAMBAJ&q=counting+crows&pg=PA65-IA8 \|title=August and Everything After \|magazine=Billboard \|date=30 April 1994 \|access-date=January 9, 2024 }} \|style="text-align: center; "\|1
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|58\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
scope="row"\|European Albums (European Top 100 Albums){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-05-21.pdf\|title=Eurochart Top 100 Albums - May 21, 1994\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=16\|issue=49\|page=14\|date=May 21, 1994\|access-date=January 8, 2024}} \|37
{{album chart\|Germany4\|56\|id=7930\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
{{album chart\|New Zealand\|12\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
{{album chart\|Portugal\|10\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
{{album chart\|Scotland\|23\|date=19940305\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 13, 2021}}
{{album chart\|Spain\|8\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|22\|artist=Counting Crows\|album=August and Everything After\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
{{album chart\|UK\|16\|artist=Counting Crows\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|4\|artist=Counting Crows\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
scope="row"\|US Cashbox Album Charts{{Cite web\|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm\|access-date=2020-11-06\|website=worldradiohistory.com\|archive-date=2020-11-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115212158/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm\|url-status=live}} \|align="center"\|1

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Chart (2001) !scope="col"\|Peak position.
scope="row"\|Irish Albums (IRMA){{cite web\|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Counting+Crows\|title=Discography Counting Crows\|publisher=Hung Medien\|access-date=November 22, 2021}} \|align="center"\|24

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Chart (2001)

!scope="col"|Peak
position.

scope="row"|Irish Albums (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Counting+Crows|title=Discography Counting Crows|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=November 22, 2021}}

|align="center"|24

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1994)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1994/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1994|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=June 9, 2021}}

| 29

scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM){{cite magazine |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2686&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1994 |magazine=RPM |date=December 12, 1994 |access-date=May 24, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311083738/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2686&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |archive-date=March 11, 2016 }}

scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media){{cite journal|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-12-24.pdf|title=1994 Year in Review|date=December 24, 1994|access-date=June 10, 2018|journal=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=52|page=12}}

|94

scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1994-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1994|publisher=RIANZ|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-date=August 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831182712/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3883|url-status=live}}

| 18

scope="row"| Spanish Albums (AFYVE){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818120257/http://www.anuariossgae.com/1999/pdfs/grabada/grabada%20anexos.pdf#page=9|archive-date=August 18, 2012|url=http://www.anuariossgae.com/1999/pdfs/grabada/grabada%20anexos.pdf#page=9|title=LOS 50 TÍTULOS CON MAYORES VENTAS EN LAS LISTAS DE VENTAS DE AFYVE EN 1994/1995|language=es|publisher=Anuarios SGAE|access-date=May 31, 2023}}

| 30

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 9, 2021}}

| 5

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://uktop40.republika.pl/najlep%20sprzalbumy%20uk%201994.html |title=Najlepiej sprzedające się albumy w W.Brytanii w 1994r |language=pl |publisher=Z archiwum...rocka |access-date=October 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927003211/http://uktop40.republika.pl/najlep%20sprzalbumy%20uk%201994.html |archive-date=September 27, 2012 }}

|120

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=June 9, 2021}} \| 63

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1995)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 9, 2021}}

| 63

= Decade-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
Chart (1990–1999) !Position
scope="row"\|US Billboard 200{{cite book \| last = Geoff Mayfield \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4 \| title = 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 \| publisher = Billboard \| date = December 25, 1999 \| access-date = October 15, 2010}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|66

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

Chart (1990–1999)

!Position

scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite book | last = Geoff Mayfield | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4 | title = 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 | publisher = Billboard | date = December 25, 1999 | access-date = October 15, 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|66

Certifications

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Counting Crows|title=August and Everything After|award=Platinum|certref={{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}|access-date=January 5, 2019|relyear=1993}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Counting Crows|title=August and Everything After|award=Platinum|number=7|salesamount=831,000|salesref={{cite news|url= https://bestsellingalbums.org/album/9608|title=August and Everything After

|newspaper=Bestsellingalbums|date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=April 21, 2018}}}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Counting Crows|title=August and Everything After|award=Platinum|certref={{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/1995-02-24 |title=New Zealand Certification - "August and Everything After"|publisher=Recorded Music NZ}}|relyear=1996|access-date=January 5, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=Counting Crows|title=August and Everything After|relyear=1991|certyear=1993|award=Gold|certref={{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|year=2005|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=8480486392}}|access-date=August 20, 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Counting Crows|title=August and Everything After|award=Platinum|certyear=2013|relyear=1993|id=615-1441-2}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Counting Crows|title=August and Everything After|award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=1996|relyear=1993}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=10,000,000|salesref={{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10001186/Counting-Crows-Adam-Duritz-interview.html|title=Counting Crows: Adam Duritz interview

|newspaper=Telegraph |date=April 17, 2013 |access-date=April 21, 2018}}}}

References

Category:1993 debut albums

Category:Albums produced by T Bone Burnett

Category:Counting Crows albums

Category:DGC Records albums