Counting Crows - Films About Ghosts

[tamarisk]

http://www.undercover.com.au/reviews...outghosts.html

by Tim Cashmere

Counting Crows are one of those bands that you don’t realise how many hits they’ve had until you put on a greatest hits collection. It’s all here for you to hear, FM pop radio darlings spanning the Crows’ thirteen year career.

Their American-style guitar pop has become a staple part of many music-lovers diets, largely thanks to hits like ‘Angels of the Silences’, ‘Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby’, the juggernaut hit ‘Mr. Jones’ and even more recently ‘American Girls’.

Their cover of the old Joni Mitchell classic ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ is also included on this recording as well as the customary “previously unreleased track” so those diehard fans can’t go without having it. In this case it’s a cover of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Friend Of The Devil’, a track that works well with the band, despite their polished sound taking away from the raw sound of the original.

As with all best of compilations, this really is the best of Counting Crows and unlike many other groups releasing their back-catalogue compounded onto one or two discs, this is a group that actually deserves it.

Track Listing
Angels Of The Silences
Round Here
Rain King
A Long December
Hangingaround
Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
Mr. Jones
Recovering The Satellites
American Girls
Big Yellow Taxi
Omaha
Friends Of The Devil (New Recording)
Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)
Anna Begins
Holiday In Spain
She Don’t Want Nobody Near (New Recording)
4 White Stallions (Live From Amsterdam)

[Potato]

I didn't know they were still doing stuff.

[DampCold]

Well, this is not an album of new material, just a greatest hits collections. Looks like they only have two new songs on it.