Recovering the Satellites
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Recovering the Satellites | |||||
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Studio album by Counting Crows | |||||
Released | October 14, 1996 October 16, 1996 |
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Recorded | January-March 1996, Hollywood, San Francisco and The Sound Factory, Hollywood | ||||
Genre | Alternative | ||||
Length | 59:22 | ||||
Label | Geffen | ||||
Producer | Gil Norton, | ||||
Professional reviews | |||||
Counting Crows chronology | |||||
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Recovering the Satellites is the second album by Counting Crows, released in 1996. Released three years (and two years of relentless worldwide touring) after their debut album, it reached #1 in the United States and was a top seller in the U.K., Australia and Canada as well.
For this album, the quintet became a sextet, with fellow San Franciscan Dan Vickrey added, contributing a second guitar as well as sharing in songwriting credits on four of the fourteen tracks. Steve Bowman was replaced as drummer by Ben Mize.
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[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Adam Duritz unless otherwise indicated.
- "Catapult" (Duritz, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, Matt Malley, Dan Vickrey, Ben Mize) – 3:34
- "Angels of the Silences" (Duritz, Gillingham) – 3:39
- "Daylight Fading" (Duritz, Vickrey, Gillingham) – 3:50
- "I'm Not Sleeping" – 4:57
- "Goodnight Elisabeth" – 5:20
- "Children in Bloom" – 5:23
- "Have You Seen Me Lately?" – 4:11
- "Miller's Angels" (Duritz, Vickrey) – 6:33
- "Another Horsedreamer's Blues" – 4:32
- "Recovering the Satellites" – 5:24
- "Monkey" – 3:02
- "Mercury" – 2:48
- "A Long December" – 4:57
- "Walkaways" (Duritz, Vickrey) - 1:12
[edit] Personnel
- Matt Malley – electric bass guitar, double bass, vocals
- Ben Mize – drums, tambourine, light bulbs, Zippo lighter, vocals
- David Bryson – guitars, Dobro, tambourine, vocals
- Adam Duritz – piano, tambourine, Wurlitzer, vocals
- Dan Vickrey – guitars, vocals
- Charlie Gillingham – Hammond B-3, piano, Mellotron, Wurlitzer, accordion, harmonica, vocals, string arrangements on 3, 4, 9
[edit] Additional personnel
- Paul Buckmaster – Orchestra conductor on 3, 4, 9
- David Immerglück – pedal steel guitar on 8, octave mandolin on 8
- Marvin Etzione – mandolin on 12
[edit] Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1996 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
1996 | UK Albums Chart | 4 |
1996 | Australian Albums Chart | 7 |
1997 | Billboard Top Canadian Albums | 19 |
Single
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1996 | "Angels of the Silences" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 4 |
1996 | "Angels of the Silences" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 3 |
1996 | "A Long December" | Billboard Adult Top 40 | 6 |
1996 | "A Long December" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 9 |
1996 | "A Long December" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 5 |
1996 | "A Long December" | Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 7 |
1997 | "Daylight Fading" | Billboard Adult Top 40 | 20 |
1997 | "Daylight Fading" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 24 |
1997 | "Daylight Fading" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 26 |
1997 | "Daylight Fading" | Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 26 |
1997 | "Have You Seen Me Lately?" | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 34 |
1997 | "Have You Seen Me Lately?" | Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 34 |
1997 | "Daylight Fading" | Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 2 |
[edit] Certifications
Organization | Level | Date |
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RIAA – U.S. | Gold | December 19, 1996 |
RIAA – U.S. | Platinum | December 19, 1996 |
RIAA – U.S. | Double Platinum | June 6, 1997 |
BPI – UK | Gold | March 1, 1997 |
Preceded by From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah by Nirvana |
Billboard 200 number-one album November 2 - November 8, 1996 |
Succeeded by Best of Volume I by Van Halen |
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