Counting Crows discography

Counting Crows discography
Adam Duritz, lead singer of Counting Crows
Studio albums	7
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	2
Singles	32

Counting Crows is an American alternative rock group who, to date, have released seven studio albums, two compilation albums and six live albums. Since the group's 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 2009 when they left Geffen. 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 album's 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 certified gold releases are the 2003 single "Big Yellow Taxi" and the 2004 single "Accidentally in Love". The latter was released on the Shrek 2 soundtrack.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	CAN [4]	GER [5]	IRE [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	UK [10]
August and Everything After	Released: September 14, 1993 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl	4	12	—	2	56	24	58	12	22	16	US: 7× Platinum[11] AUS: Platinum[12] CAN: 7× Platinum[13] NZ: Platinum[14] UK: Platinum[15]
Recovering the Satellites	Released: October 14, 1996 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl	1	7	21	7	40	—	54	4	6	4	US: 2× Platinum[11] AUS: Gold[12] CAN: 2× Platinum[13] NZ: Gold[16] UK: Gold[15]
This Desert Life	Released: November 1, 1999 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl	8	20	26	7	36	56	21	19	20	19	US: Platinum[11] CAN: Platinum[13] UK: Gold[15]
Hard Candy	Released: July 8, 2002 Label: Geffen Formats: CD	5	13	14	—	28	4	10	15	19	9	US: Gold[11] AUS: Gold[17] NZ: Gold[18] UK: Gold[15]
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings	Released: March 24, 2008 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download	3	22	31	8	57	28	5	36	32	12
Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)	Released: April 10, 2012 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, download, vinyl	11	—	40	—	—	46	11	—	—	23
Somewhere Under Wonderland	Released: September 2, 2014 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, download, vinyl	6	27	27	10	56	13	12	—	—	15
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		US [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	IRE [6]	NLD [7]	UK [10]
Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)	Released: November 25, 2003 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download	32	70	73	41	1	15	US: Gold[11] UK: Gold[15]
Aural 6	Released: November 27, 2008 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions									Certifications
		US [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	CAN [19]	GER [20]	IRE [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	UK [10]
Across a Wire: Live in New York City	Released: July 13, 1998 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, cassette	19	34	16	42	74	63	14	34	27	US: Platinum[11] UK: Silver[15]
New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall	Released: June 19, 2006 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download	52	—	—	—	—	—	32	—	143
iTunes: Live from SoHo	Released: July 22, 2008 Label: Geffen Formats: Download	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall	Released: August 29, 2011 Label: Eagle Rock Formats: CD, download, vinyl	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Live in New York City 1997	Released: March 6, 2012 Label: Immortal Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow	Released: April 8, 2013 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, download, vinyl	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	—	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		US [21]	AUS [2]	BEL [3]	CAN [22]	GER [23]	IRE [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	UK [10]
1993	"Mr. Jones"	—	13	45	1	—	—	42	49	—	28		August and Everything After
1994	"Round Here"	—	58	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	70
	"Omaha"	—	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		DGC Rarities Vol. 1
	"Rain King"	—	—	—	18	94	—	—	—	—	49		August and Everything After
	"A Murder of One"	—	—	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	"Angels of the Silences"	—	77	—	8	—	—	—	—	55	41		Recovering the Satellites
	"A Long December"	—	86	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	62
1997	"Daylight Fading"	—	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	54
	"Have You Seen Me Lately?"	—	—	—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"A Long December" (re-release)	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	—	—	68
1999	"Hanginaround"	28	—	—	3	—	—	87	38	—	46		This Desert Life
2000	"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"All My Friends"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	"American Girls"	—	—	—	—	—	47	77	—	—	33		Hard Candy
	"Miami"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	"Big Yellow Taxi" (featuring Vanessa Carlton)	42	3	33	—	67	7	23	4	55	16	US: Gold[11] AUS: Platinum[24]
	"If I Could Give All My Love"	—	89	—	—	—	40	97	—	—	50
2004	"Holiday in Spain" (featuring BLØF)	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
	"She Don't Want Nobody Near"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)
	"Hanginaround" (re-release)	—	—	—	—	—	39	—	—	—	68
	"Accidentally in Love"	39	11	—	—	86	3	14	39	—	28	US: Gold[11] AUS: Gold[25]	Shrek 2 (soundtrack)
2008	"1492"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
	"You Can't Count on Me"	—	—	—	—	—	—	69	—	—	—
	"Come Around"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Sundays"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"When I Dream of Michelangelo"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	"Mr.Jones" (re-release)	—	—	—	67	—	75	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
2014	"Palisades Park"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Somewhere Under Wonderland
	"Scarecrow"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"God of Ocean Tides"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Earthquake Driver"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other contributions

Album

Year	Song	Album
1994	"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"	DGC Rarities Vol. 1
1995	"The Ghost in You"	Clueless (Soundtrack)[26]
1999	"Colorblind"	Cruel Intentions (Soundtrack)[27]
2000	"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" (Live)	On the Mountain Six*[28]
2002	"Goin' Down to New York Town"	Mr. Deeds (Soundtrack)[29]
2002	"American Girls"	Live at the World Café: Handcrafted[30]
2004	"Accidentally in Love"**†‡	Shrek 2 (Soundtrack)[31]
* Track also appears on Live from the Mountain Music Lounge Volume 10 Plus Best of Volumes 1-9 (2004).[32] ** Nominated for Best Original Song at the 77th Annual Academy Awards. † Nominated for Best Original Song at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards. ‡ Nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 47th Grammy Awards.

Non-album

Year	Song	Project
1998	"Baby, I'm a Big Star Now"	Rounders (film only*)
2000	"Closer to You"	Ropewalk (film only†)
	"Here Comes That Feeling Again"
2002	"Big Yellow Taxi" (featuring Vanessa Carlton)	Two Weeks Notice (film only‡)
* Though a soundtrack for Rounders was released, this song was not included. † There has been no soundtrack release for Ropewalk. ‡ The instrumental score for Two Weeks Notice was released, but no soundtrack has been released.

References

1. "US Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
2. Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com - Discography Counting Crows". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
   • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
   • "Round Here": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 18 September 1994". ARIA. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
   • "Omaha": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 11 December 1994". ARIA. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
3. "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
4. Canadian Albums:
   • "August and Everything After" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "Recovering the Satellites" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "This Desert Life" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "Somewhere Under Wonderland". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
5. German albums:
   • "August and Everything After" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "Recovering the Satellites" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "This Desert Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "Hard Candy" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
   • "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
6. "Irish chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
7. "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
8. "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.org.nz. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
9. "Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
10. "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Chart Log UK: Chris C. - CZR". Zobbel.de. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
11. "US Certification". RIAA. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
13. "Canadian Certification". Music Canada. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
14. "New Zealand Certification - "August and Everything After"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
15. "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
16. "New Zealand Certification - "Recovering the Satellites"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
17. "ARIA Accreditations - 2003 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
18. "New Zealand Certification - "Hard Candy"". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
19. Canadian albums:
    • "Across a Wire: Live in New York City" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
20. German albums:
    • "Across a Wire: Live in New York City" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
21. "US Singles". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
22. Canadian singles:
    • "Mr. Jones" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
    • "Round Here" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Rain King" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "A Murder of One" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Angels of Silence" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "A Long December" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Daylight Fading" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Have You Seen Me Lately?" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Hanginaround" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Mr. Jones (re-release)". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
23. German singles:
    • "Rain King" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Big Yellow Taxi" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
    • "Accidentally in Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
24. "ARIA Accreditations - 2003 Singles". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
25. "ARIA Accreditations - 2004 Singles". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on October 13, 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
26. "Amazon.com - Clueless: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Amazon.com. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
27. "Amazon.com - Cruel Intentions: Various Artists". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
28. "Amazon.com - On the Mountain Six: The Mountain 103.7". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
29. "Amazon.com - Mr. Deeds: Original Soundtrack". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
30. "Amazon.com - Live at the World Café: Handcrafted". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
31. "Amazon.com - Shrek 2: Various Artists". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
32. "Amazon.com - Live From the Mountain KMTT Music Lounge Volume 10 2 Disc Set". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 8, 2013.