''August and Everything After'' is the debut studio album by American

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, released September 14, 1993, on

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. The album was produced by

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and featured the founding members of the band: Steve Bowman (drums), David Bryson (guitar),

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(vocals), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), and Matt Malley (bass). Among the several session musicians used for the album was multi-instrumentalist

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, 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 ''

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'' US Radio Songs Chart and number 2 on several genre-specific ''Billboard'' charts. 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. On September 18, 2007, a two-disc

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of the album was issued. The first disc contains the original album, remastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering, with six

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added as bonus tracks. The second disc is taken from the band's penultimate performance during the ''August'' tour, recorded at Élysée Montmartre in

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, 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.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "Enlisting accordions, mandolin, pedal steel, and harmonica to flavor the usual rock instrumentation, the Crows play transliterated Celtic-rock not unlike

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'. Such music seems to require a sense of self importance, and the quintet is not lacking". ''

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'' 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

2007 deluxe edition bonus disc

Personnel

Counting Crows * Steve Bowman –

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, vocals * David Bryson – guitars, vocals *

–

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, piano,

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* Charlie Gillingham –

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, vocals * Matt Malley –

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, guitar, vocals Additional personnel * Bill Dillon – guitar, guitorgan * Denny Fongheiser –

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, drums on track 3 *

– guitars, mandolins,

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, vocals *

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–

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– backing vocals * Mark Olson – backing vocals *

– guitar, producer *

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– mastering at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, CA *Adam Ayan – 2007 Deluxe Edition mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

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