Counting Crows discography

Counting Crows discography

Adam Duritz, lead singer of Counting Crows
Releases
↙Studio albums	5
↙Live albums	3
↙Compilation albums	2
↙Singles	20

Counting Crows is an American alternative rock group who, to date, have released five studio albums, two compilation albums and two live albums. Since the groups debut in 1993, they have also released twenty singles, of which three made the Billboard Hot 100. Two of those: "Hanginaround" and "Accidentally in Love", charted within the Top 40 of that chart.

Counting Crows' debut album, August and Everything After, was released in September 1993. It was released by Geffen Records, who have also released all of their albums to date. This album charted within the Top 5 of the Billboard 200, and would eventually go on to become one of their highest selling albums, being certified 7× Platinum in both Canada and the United States by the Canadian Recording Industry Association and the Recording Industry Association of America, respectively.

Their second album, Recovering the Satellites, peaked at number-one on the Billboard 200. The albums lead-off single, "Angels of the Silences", was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks (now Alternative Songs). Two more singles were released, both of which were Top 30 hits on the Rock chart.

With the exception of three albums, Counting Crows' albums have been certified Gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America. Other releases being certified is the 2003 single "Big Yellow Taxi" (Gold) and the 2004 single "Accidentally in Love", which is also certified Gold. The latter song was released from the Shrek 2 soundtrack.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	CAN [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NZ [7]	SWE [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]
August and Everything After	Release date: September 14, 1993 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, cassette	4	12	24	—	56	58	12	22	—	16	CAN: 7× Platinum[11] UK: Gold[12] US: 7× Platinum[13]
Recovering the Satellites	Release date: October 15, 1996 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, cassette	1	7	—	19	40	54	4	6	22	4	CAN: 2× Platinum[14] UK: Gold[12] US: 2× Platinum[15]
This Desert Life	Release date: November 2, 1999 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, cassette	8	20	—	8	36	21	19	20	—	19	CAN: Platinum[16] UK: Silver[12] US: Platinum[17]
Hard Candy	Release date: July 9, 2002 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD	5	13	42	—	28	10	15	19	39	9	AUS: Gold[18] UK: Gold[12] US: Gold[19]
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings	Release date: March 25, 2008 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, music download	3	22	—	8	57	5	36	32	57	12
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [1]	AUS [2]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NZ [7]	UK [10]
Across a Wire: Live in New York City	Release date: July 14, 1998 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, cassette	19	34	74	14	34	27	US: Platinum[20]
New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall	Release date: June 20, 2006 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, music download	52	—	—	32	—	143
ITunes Live from SoHo	Release date: July 22, 2008 Label: Geffen Records Formats: music download	66	—	—	—	—	—
August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall	Release date: August 29, 2011 Label: Eagle Rock Records Formats: CD, music download	73	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales threshold)
		US [1]	NL [6]	UK [10]
Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)	Release date: November 25, 2003 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, music download	32	1	15	US: Gold[21]
Aural 6	Release date: November 27, 2008 Label: Geffen Records Formats: CD, music download	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country

Singles

1990s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions										Album
		US [22]	US Adult [23]	US Alt [24]	US Pop [25]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	NL [6]	NZ [7]	SWE [8]	UK [10]
1993	"Mr. Jones"	5[A]	—	2	2	13	27	42	49	—	28	August and Everything After
	"A Murder of One"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	"Round Here"	31[A]	—	7	9	67	—	—	—	—	70
	"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"	45[A]	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DGC Rarities Vol. 1
1995	"Rain King"	66[A]	—	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	49	August and Everything After
	"A Murder of One"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	"Angels of the Silences"	45[A]	—	3	—	77	—	—	—	55	41	Recovering the Satellites
	"A Long December"	6[A]	6	5	7	86	—	—	—	—	62
1997	"Daylight Fading"	51[A]	20	26	26	—	—	—	—	—	54
	"Have You Seen Me Lately?"	—	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"A Long December" [re-release]	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	—	—	68
1999	"Hanginaround"	22	5	17	21	—	—	87	38	—	46	This Desert Life
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released in that country

2000s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions									Certifications (sales threshold)	Album
		US [22]	US Adult [23]	US Pop [25]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	NL [6]	NZ [7]	SWE [8]	UK [10]
2000	"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		This Desert Life
	"All My Friends"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	"American Girls"	—	24	—	—	—	77	—	—	33		Hard Candy
	"Miami"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	"Big Yellow Taxi" (featuring Vanessa Carlton)	42	5	30	3	40	23	4	55	16	AUS: Platinum[26] US: Gold[27]
	"If I Could Give You All My Love"	—	—	—	—	—	97	—	—	50
2004	"Holiday in Spain" (featuring BLØF)	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
	"She Don't Want Nobody Near"	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)
	"Hanginaround '04"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68
	"Accidentally in Love"	39	3	35	11	59	14	39	—	28	AUS: Gold[28] US: Gold[29]	Shrek 2 (soundtrack)
2008	"1492"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings
	"You Can't Count on Me"	—	34	—	—	—	69	—	—	—
	"Come Around"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Sundays"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"When I Dream of Michelangelo"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country

• A. ^ Charted only on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.^[30]

Other contributions

Year	Song	Album
1998	"Baby, I'm a Big Star Now"	Rounders (soundtrack)
1999	"Colorblind"	Cruel Intentions (soundtrack)[31]
2002	"American Girls"	Live at the World Café: Handcrafted[32]
2004	"Accidentally in Love"	Shrek 2 (soundtrack)[33]

References

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21. ^ "American albums certifications – Counting Crows – Films About Ghosts". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Films+About+Ghosts%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select ', then click SEARCH
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24. ^ "Counting Crows Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/counting-crows/chart-history/35339?f=377&g=Singles&sort=date. Retrieved September 7, 2011. 
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30. ^ [[#n one|Whitburn 2004]], p. 611
31. ^ "Amazon.com - Cruel Intentions: Various Artists". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000I7JR. Retrieved July 24, 2011. 
32. ^ "Amazon.com - Live at the World Café: Handcrafted". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000DIMHU0. Retrieved December 19, 2010. 
33. ^ "Amazon.com - Shrek 2: Various Artists". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001XAQ64. Retrieved December 19, 2010.