Before These Crowded Streets
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| Studio album by Dave Matthews Band | ||
| Released | April 28, 1998 | |
| Recorded | The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA & Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY | |
| Genre | Rock, Jazz | |
| Length | 70:14 | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Lillywhite | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Dave Matthews Band chronology | ||
| Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 (1997) |
Before These Crowded Streets (1998) |
Listener Supported (1999) |
Before These Crowded Streets (or BTCS) is the fourth LP album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 28, 1998. It is the last album by the group to be produced by longtime producer Steve Lillywhite. The album title is taken from the lyrics to the song "The Dreaming Tree." Currently, it is the only album by the band available on vinyl. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts after selling 421,000 units in its first week of release, which in turn knocked off the Titanic soundtrack from the top spot after a run of 16 consecutive weeks at #1.
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[edit] Track listing
Special guest Tim Reynolds is featured on all tracks on the electric guitar and mandolin.
| # | Song Name | Time | Guests | Notes |
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| 1. | "Pantala Naga Pampa" | 0:40 | ||
| 2. | "Rapunzel" | 6:00 |
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| 3. | "The Last Stop" | 6:57 | ||
| 4. | "Don't Drink the Water" | 7:01 |
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| 5. | "Stay (Wasting Time)" | 5:35 |
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| 6. | "Halloween" | 5:07 |
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| 7. | "The Stone" | 7:28 |
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| 8. | "Crush" | 8:09 |
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| 9. | "The Dreaming Tree" | 8:48 |
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| 10. | "Pig" | 6:57 |
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| 11. | "Spoon" | 7:33 |
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[edit] MacHead
"MacHead" was a song recorded during the album's sessions; however it was never completed, therefore it didn't make the album. Producer Steve Lillywhite named the song, claiming it sounded like a cross between the sound of Paul McCartney and Radiohead. The song's existence is only known from an image of a piece of paper circulated on the internet with a list of the working titles of the other songs on this album. No known recording of "MacHead" currently exists and it has apparently only been heard by those in the studio at the time. When asked about the song in May 2006, violinist Boyd Tinsley said the following: [1]
"It's a song that we were working on for [Before] These Crowded Streets and it's a song that we just never got to completion before we finished the album. Who knows, maybe one of these days we'll finish it and record it again, but we finished the album before we finished the song."
[edit] Credits
[edit] Musicians
- Dave Matthews — acoustic guitar, vocals
- Carter Beauford — percussion, drums, background vocals
- Stefan Lessard — bass
- Leroi Moore — bass clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, penny whistle
- Boyd Tinsley — violin
[edit] Additional personnel
- The Lovely Ladies — background vocals
- Tawatha Agee
- Cindy Myzell
- Brenda White-King
- John d'Earth — trumpet
- Béla Fleck — banjo
- Greg Howard — Chapman Stick
- Kronos Quartet — strings
- Alanis Morissette — vocals
- Tim Reynolds — mandolin, electric guitar
- Butch Taylor — organ, piano
[edit] Production
- Producer: Steve Lillywhite
- Engineer: Stephen Harris
- Assistant Engineer: Joel Courtright, John Seymour
- Mastering: Ted Jensen
- Mixing: Steve Lillywhite
- Pre-Production: John Alagía
- Orchestral Arrangements: John d'Earth
- Art Direction: Thane Kerner
- Design : Thane Kerner
- Photography: Ellen Von Unwerth
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 1998 | Top Canadian Albums | 6 |
| 1999 | Top Internet Albums | 17 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | "Crush" | Adult Top 40 | 20 |
| 1998 | "Crush" | Modern Rock Tracks | 11 |
| 1998 | "Don't Drink the Water" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 |
| 1998 | "Don't Drink the Water" | Modern Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 1998 | "Don't Drink the Water" | Modern Rock Tracks | 36 |
| 1998 | "Stay (Wasting Time)" | Adult Top 40 | 20 |
| 1998 | "Stay (Wasting Time)" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 35 |
| 1998 | "Stay (Wasting Time)" | Modern Rock Tracks | 8 |
| 1998 | "Stay (Wasting Time)" | Top 40 Mainstream | 33 |
| 1999 | "Crush" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 75 |
| 1999 | "Crush" | Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 5 |
| 1999 | "Crush" | Top 40 Mainstream | 38 |
