August and Everything After by Counting Crows

Pros: Decent lyrics, great melodies, some great songs...
Cons: Ineffectual songs, boring ballads...

While in the years since the excellent August and Everything After Counting Crows have managed to occasionally tickle my fancy, I remain relatively certain that the band will never be able to surpass that release. This is not to say the...

Pros: Great range between fast and slow rock with lots of emotion
Cons: May be too gloomy for some people

Back in high school, some friends and I took a trip to a lake for the day. After exhausting ourselves with swimming and Ultimate Frisbee, we decided to just sit around for a while. Someone threw The Counting Crows’ August and Everything After...

Pros: Well-produced and generally nice pop songs; good to listen to with your parents
Cons: Not usually my thing...; end of the album lags.

This is part of skbreese's "Too Much Time On My Hands" w/o, involving reviewing something with a ...

Pros: great melodies, good songwriting
Cons: more than a bit dour and melancholy

At first glance, the breakthrough success of Counting Crows in 1993 may seem a bit surprising. After all, radio was all about Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots and other rock acts that had a certain "g" word applied to ...

Pros: Adam Duritz's pure emotion, and honesty.
Cons: The success of this record tainted Adam's innocence.

The debut from Counting Crows is painful. Singer/songwriter Adam Duritz struck a chord with rock fans everywhere with his amazingly pure songwriting. I say pure, because it is completely void of sarcasm, bravado, and whatever else it is that makes......

Pros: ...lets the memories come flooding back...
Cons: ...lets the memories come flooding back...

**to achieve full, pure chewing satisfaction out of this here epinion, (not to mention
alerting you that this is not plagiarism--but a love letter of sorts) first check out repulsemonkey’s Ten Reasons Counting Crows Don’t Suck As Much As You...

Pros: the first half has some great songs
Cons: the rest has less

** I appologise for the lack of apostrophes in this review, as the site isnt letting them through. I will fix them as soon as possible so please dont mark me down for bad grammer, especially as there is enough of that already ;)** Its fair to say ...

Pros: Every Gosh-Darn Heart-Breakin', Influence-Bitin', Belly-Achin' Song
Cons: ...Except "Ghost Train"

My girlfriend is slowly stealing every last piece of my clothing. It started with the T-shirts. She’d put on my "Girls Are Evil" shirt before she went to bed, decide it was cool, and wear it the next day. Two weeks later I’d find that "Girls...

Pros: Great blend of music, complex lyrics and well rounded.
Cons: You either love it or hate it - there's no middle ground.

How low can I sink? Well, I swore I would never ever publicly admit that I owned this CD – but here it is – in full view – for your mockery and my misery. I hold on to this CD for memories – one in particular is a friend who made a comment about the...

Pros: Inspirational lyrics, wonderful melodies, and what more do you need?
Cons: none really

Ok, so I know the standard characterization of the Counting Crows (who from now on will be referred to as CC). They've been called whiney...pretentious...irritating...depressing. At first I bought into those stereotypes. They did whine a little...

Pros: Beautiful imagery, heartfelt vocals and lyrics, Adam's hurt gets in your head
Cons: The follow-up CDs

Just in case you haven't noticed, I don't review many "guys" or even many groups. Why? Few of them touch me. Even as a teenager, when I rocked out to Van Halen, or AC/DC, I did it because they touched me. I was on the Highway To Hell, and I...

Pros: It’s just so beautiful…
Cons: Achingly addicting

To preface this Epinion, I can’t say that I didn’t just read repulsemonkey’s and cheekylass’s dueling reviews. And I can’t deny that I sat there and said right out loud, “You’re sooo damn right”.

Because this album is love. It’s that...

Pros: The Best Album I Own
Cons: None, Absolutely None

I got this album for Christmas when I was 14, and it has been my favorite album ever since. Many other albums have passed through my ear canals, but none have been able to top this one. This is the Crows most acclaimed album, and while I adore their...

Pros: Beautiful poetic creations capturing genuine emotional intensity
Cons: er...

Sometimes you discover a certain album or band who successfully capture a mood which you are in, or can connect with, and these albums are the ones that stay with you forever. Recommended to me by someone very dear to me, “August and Everything After” is...

Pros: Poignant and beautiful. Every song is amazing, lyrically and musically.
Cons: Depressing. Not to be taken in combination with sedatives.

It was the year of Belinda which led into the summer of Eileen. It was the year of winter and depression. Even the summer was cold. It was the year of the Counting Crows. August and Everything After had been out for more than five years before I actually...