August and Everything After

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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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical reception

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".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

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

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Chart (1993–1994)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CD's (RPM)<ref name="CAN">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	37
US Cashbox Album Charts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1

Chart (2001)	Peak position.
Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	24

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	29
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)<ref name="CAYearend94">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	3
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	94
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	18
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)<ref name="Spain YEC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	5
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	120

Chart (1995)	Position
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	63

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
US Billboard 200<ref name="1990sbb">Template:Cite book</ref>	66