Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
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| Studio album by Counting Crows | |||||
| Released | March 24, 2008 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 60:00 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
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Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is the fifth studio album by Counting Crows, released in the United States on March 25, 2008. It is thematically divided into two sides: the rock music of Saturday Nights and the more country-influenced Sunday Mornings.
The Saturday Nights portion was produced by Gil Norton (who also produced the band's second album, Recovering the Satellites), while Sunday Mornings was produced by Brian Deck, perhaps best known for his production work on Modest Mouse's album The Moon and Antarctica.
On January 16, 2008, the band released a digital single as a free download on their official website. It comprises the songs "1492" (as the A-side) and "When I Dream of Michelangelo" (as the B-side). The latter song appeared at the end of an episode of the ABC series Brothers & Sisters.
The lead commercial single, "You Can't Count on Me," was released to radio on February 4, 2008. A music video for the song was released on March 20, 2008. To promote the album, the band performed on Private Sessions, Good Morning America, The Late Show with David Letterman, The View, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200.
The cover art for the album features the Empire State Building in New York City.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Adam Duritz, except where indicated.
Saturday Nights (produced by Gil Norton except where indicated)
- "1492" - 3:50 (produced by Norton and Steve Lillywhite)
- "Hanging Tree" (Duritz, Dan Vickrey) - 3:50
- "Los Angeles" (Duritz, Ryan Adams, Dave Gibbs) - 4:40
- "Sundays" - 4:21 (produced by Norton, Dennis Herring, and David Lowery)
- "Insignificant" (Duritz, Charles Gillingham) - 4:14
- "Cowboys" - 5:22
Sunday Mornings (produced by Brian Deck except where indicated)
- "Washington Square" - 4:17
- "On Almost Any Sunday Morning" - 2:58
- "When I Dream of Michelangelo" (Duritz, Gillingham, David Immerglück, Vickrey) - 3:10
- "Anyone But You" (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 5:25
- "You Can't Count on Me" - 3:16
- "Le Ballet d'Or" (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 5:01
- "On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago" (Duritz, Gillingham) - 4:57
- "Come Around" (Duritz, Vickrey) - 4:31 (produced by Norton)
[edit] UK bonus track
- "Baby, I'm a Big Star Now"
[edit] iTunes bonus tracks
- "There Goes Everything"
- "Come Around" (acoustic version)
- "Sessions" (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 4:17
- "Sunday Morning L.A." (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 5:48
The iTunes version also includes a track-by-track interview with Duritz.
[edit] Dutch bonus track
- "Wennen aan September" (acoustic; featuring Bløf)
[edit] Personnel
- Dan Vickrey – guitars, banjo, vocals
- David Immerglück – guitars, dobro, tres cubano, pedal steel, mandola, vocals, vocal arrangements, bass on "1492"
- Charles Gillingham – piano, harmonica, Hammond B-3 organ, vibraphone, Vox Continental organ, Mellotron, Chamberlain, glockenspiel, toy piano, Fender Rhodes, harmonium, vocals
- Adam Duritz – vocals
- David Bryson – guitars, banjo, mandolin, mandola, toy piano, vocals
- Jim Bogios – drums, sleigh bells, tambourine, maracas, percussion, vocals
- Millard Powers – bass, upright double bass, vocals
[edit] Additional personnel
- Ben Mize – drums on "Los Angeles" and "Sundays"
- Matt Malley – bass guitar on "Sundays"
- Dave Gibbs – vocal arrangements and backing vocals on "Los Angeles"
- Dennis Herring – dobro, acoustic guitar on "Sundays"
- Brian Deck – piano plucking
[edit] Charts
Albums
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 8 |
| Australian Albums Chart | 22 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 32 |
| Irish Albums Chart[1] | 28 |
| Dutch Top 100 | 5 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2008 | "You Can't Count on Me" | Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks | 35 |
| 2008 | "You Can't Count on Me" | Billboard Pop 100 | 80 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Adam Duritz discusses Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings in the cover story of the March 26, 2008 issue of iProng Magazine
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