Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites
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Free Music Notes for Recovering the Satellites
Free Music Review: Simplemente Magico
Hit: 5 Stars
Desde el primer hasta el ultimo de los acordes de este increible CD es simplemente Magico. Te sumerge en otra dimension de lo que conocemos como musica, lo que conocemos como sentimiento. Lo mejor que puedo decir de este CD es, que despues de 7 a?os, no hay semana que no lo escuche. Nunca podria dejar de oirlo, es como una droga de la que nunca me podre (gracias a dios) librar. Que cunda el ejemplo y se sigan haciendo este tipo de grabaciones. Thanks Counting CrowsFree Music Review: Disappointing
Hit: 3 Stars
This is not a bad album, but I had high expectations after their great debut, and was quite disappointed.Free Music Review: excellent!
Hit: 5 Stars
This one is a bit darker and more intense then previous "August" but has the same raw beauty about it. I would highly recommend this one!!Free Music Review: Strong sophomore effort
Hit: 4 Stars
How does a band follow up a classic album, enjoyed by many for its rootsiness and raw emotion? Well, take three years off, replace the rootsiness with electric instrumentation, and make the emotion rawer. That, and complain about your newfound fame. It hardly sounds like a recipe for a successful album, but the Counting Crows make it work for a few reasons. One, the writing and arrangements. The songs are well-crafted and the instrumental parts are well thought -out. This album really seems to be the place where the Crows want to prove they're more than just Adam Duritz's backing band, and they meet this task with inspired, testured, lush sounds, with swirls of organ and guitars. Two, the album works because of the sincerity of the performances by the singer, Adam Duritz. Say what you will about the man, his lyrics, and his mannerisms - he wears his heart on his sleeve, and that makes a difference in the way the songs are received.All of the aforementioned strong points are important, because wow, this is one dark album. Not dark in the sense that it's not good music, because it is. The opening tracks "Catapult", "Angels of the Silences", and "Daylight Fading" are all great rock songs that are among the best things the group has done. "Goodnight Elizabeth" is a beautiful ballad where the singer says goodbye to a lover who has been hurt by his life on the road. The massive hit "A Long December" is also here. The album is dark because most of the subject matter of the first seven songs (or the first album - this would be a double on vinyl)deals with Duritz's reaction to his newfound fame, and the second side continues in a darker vein, with songs influenced by his worldview. The kneejerk reaction is to dismiss Duritz, because, after all, famous people are not supposed to be sad, and we don't want to hear about it if they are. On Recovering the Satellites, though, Duritz invites the listener to step into his world, see what he sees. The result is, we do feel sorry for the guy.
On the whole, I give the album four stars and hang the label "flawed masterpiece" on it. While I think the album is tremendously moving, it's also a lot to handle all at once, and it slows a bit down the home stretch. This was the Crows' bleakest moment, and in ways, it's the most powerful they ever got. If you are attuned to what they are doing, it's intoxicating; if not, probably maddening. The dark themes would still be present in later albums, but enveloped in an easier-to-swallow package. If you are new to the group, I wouldn't start here: start with August and Everything After and work your way through chronologically.
Free Music Review: Nothing Compares
Hit: 5 Stars
It has been said that Counting Crows hit their peak once they made their debut album, "August and Everyhting After", but this is not true. While their debut is a classic for sure, their sophomore album, "Recovering the Satellites", is a masterpiece. Never have the Crows rocked harder or played better. The songwriting of Adam Duritz is perfected on this record. Never has something so outwardly sad become so uplifting and comforting. Duritz has a voice that is so personal, it can't help but touch you. The beauty of the songwriting is that it is just SO personal. There isn't always a need for the song to have a universal appeal towards everyone's emotions. Here we are allowed to look inside this man, to see what his life is like, and to know what is going on. Duritz paints beautiful and compelling pictures with this album's songs, but the accents placed on the music by Dan Vikery's guitar and Charlie Gillingham's Keyboard, along with the excellent low end of Matt Malley and rhythm of David Bryson. And by the way, Ben Mize....awesome drummer. Buy this album. If you feel anything at all, buy this album. If you like emotional, deep, dark music, you will love "Recovering the Satellites."