August and Everything After

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.

August and Everything After
Studio album by Counting Crows
Released	September 14, 1993 (1993-09-14)
Recorded	February−June 1993
Studio	Counting Crows' home studio, Kiva West Recording Studios, Conway Recording Studios, Village Recorders, and Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative rock[1] country rock[2]
Length	51:42
Label	DGC
Producer	T Bone Burnett Gary Gersh (exec.)
Counting Crows chronology
August and Everything After (1993) Recovering the Satellites (1996)
Singles from August and Everything After
"Mr. Jones" Released: December 1, 1993 "Round Here" Released: June 20, 1994 "Rain King" Released: October 3, 1994 "A Murder of One" Released: 1995

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Initial reviews (in 1993/1994)
Review scores
Source	Rating
Calgary Herald	B[6]
Entertainment Weekly	D[7]
NME	6/10[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Select	[10]
The Village Voice	B−[11]

Professional ratings

Retrospective reviews (after 1993/1994)
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[13]
MusicHound Rock	[14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[15]
Uncut	[16]

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".^[17]

Rolling Stone placed the album at 67 on its list of the "100 Best Albums of the ’90s", published in October 2019.^[18]

Track listing

Original release

August and Everything After track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

All tracks are written by Adam Duritz unless otherwise indicated.

2007 deluxe edition additional tracks (produced by David Bryson)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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 Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France, December 9, 1994

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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[19]	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

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 Chart (1993–1994) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 12 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 24 Canada Top Albums/CD's (RPM)[22] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23] 58 European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[24] 37 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 56 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 12 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[27] 10 Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] 23 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[29] 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 22 UK Albums (OCC)[31] 16 US Billboard 200[32] 4 US Cashbox Album Charts[33] 1 Chart (2001) Peak position. Irish Albums (IRMA)[34] 24

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[35] 29 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[36] 3 European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)[37] 94 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[38] 18 Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[39] 30 US Billboard 200[40] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[41] 120 Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200[42] 63 Decade-end charts Chart (1990–1999) Position US Billboard 200[43] 66

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[44]	Platinum	70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[45]	7× Platinum	831,000[46]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[47]	Platinum	15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[48]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[49]	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA)[50]	7× Platinum	7,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide	—	10,000,000[51]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.