The American rock group Counting Crows has released eight studio albums, one extended play, two compilation albums and five live albums. Five of the band's singles ("Mr. Jones", "A Long December", "Hanginaround", "Round Here", and "Accidentally in Love") charted within the top 40 of the US Radio Songs chart, and "Mr. Jones" and "A Long December" reached the top 10.
Counting Crows's debut album, August and Everything After, was released in September 1993. The album charted within the Top Five of the Billboard 200. August and Everything After was certified seven-times platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association and seven-times platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The band's second album, Recovering the Satellites, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200.
Six of the band's albums have charted on the Billboard 200 and four have been certified gold or platinum by the RIAA. Other certified gold releases include the 2003 single "Big Yellow Taxi" and the 2004 single "Accidentally in Love". The latter was released on the Shrek 2 soundtrack.
Albums Studio albums + Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "Round Here": "Omaha": BEL CANCanadian Albums:
GERGerman albums:
IRE NLD NZ SWE UK August and Everything After Released: September 14, 1993 Label: DGC Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl 4 12 — 1 56 24 58 12 22 16 US: 7× Platinum AUS: Platinum CAN: 7× Platinum NZ: Platinum UK: Platinum Recovering the Satellites Released: October 15, 1996 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl 1 7 21 3 40 — 54 4 6 4 US: 2× Platinum AUS: Gold CAN: 2× Platinum NZ: Gold UK: Gold This Desert Life Released: November 2, 1999 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, cassette, vinyl 8 20 26 7 36 56 21 19 20 19 US: Platinum CAN: Platinum UK: Gold Hard Candy Released: July 9, 2002 Label: Geffen Formats: CD 5 13 14 — 28 4 10 15 19 9 US: Gold AUS: Gold NZ: Gold UK: Gold Saturday Nights& Sunday Mornings Released: March 25, 2008 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download 3 22 31 8 57 28 5 36 32 12 Underwater Sunshine (or WhatWe Did on Our Summer Vacation) Released: April 10, 2012 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, download, vinyl 11 — 40 — — 46 11 — — 23 Somewhere Under Wonderland Released: September 2, 2014 Label: Capitol Formats: CD, download, vinyl 6 27 27 10 56 13 12 — — 15 Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! Released: May 9, 2025 Label: BMG Formats: CD, download, streaming, vinyl — — — — — — — — — 81 "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS BEL IRE NLD UK Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...) Released: November 25, 2003 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download 32 70 73 41 1 15 US: Gold UK: Gold Aural 6 Released: November 27, 2008 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download — — — — — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Live albums + Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS BEL CANCanadian albums: GERGerman albums: IRE NLD NZ UK Across a Wire: Live in New York City Released: July 13, 1998 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, cassette 19 34 16 42 74 63 14 34 27 US: Platinum UK: Silver New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall Released: June 19, 2006 Label: Geffen Formats: CD, download 52 — — — — — 32 — 143 iTunes Live from Soho Released: July 22, 2008 Label: Geffen Formats: Download 66 — — — — — — — — August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall Released: August 29, 2011 Label: Eagle Rock Formats: CD, download, vinyl 73 — — — — — — — — Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow Released: April 8, 2013 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, download, vinyl — — — — — — 80 — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Extended plays + Title EP details Butter Miracle, Suite One Released: May 21, 2021 Label: BMG Formats: Download, vinyl
Singles 1990s Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album US Air. US Alt. US Main. AUS CANCanadian singles:
FRA IRE NLD NZ UK 1993 "Mr. Jones" 5 2 2 13 1 7 75 42 49 28 UK: Platinum RMNZ: 6× Platinum August and Everything After 1994 "Round Here" 31 7 11 58 6 — — — — 70 RMNZ: Gold "Omaha" — — — 85 — — — — — — "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" 45 1 — — — — — — — — DGC Rarities Vol. 1 "Rain King" 66 — 4 — 18 — — — — 49 August and Everything After 1995 "A Murder of One" — — 17 — 38 — — — — — 1996 "Angels of the Silences" 45 3 4 77 8 — — — — 41 Recovering the Satellites "A Long December" 6 5 9 86 1 — — 68 — 62 1997 "Daylight Fading" 51 26 24 — 26 — — — — 54 "Have You Seen Me Lately?" — 34 34 — 50 — — — — — 1999 "Colorblind" — — — — — 144 — — — — Cruel Intentions: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Hanginaround" 19 17 37 65 3 — 39 87 38 46 This Desert Life "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
2000s Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US AAA USAdult AUS BEL GERGerman singles:
IRE NLD NZ UK 2000 "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" — 3 40 — — — — — — — This Desert Life "All My Friends" — 7 — — — — — — — — 2002 "American Girls" (featuring Sheryl Crow) — 1 24 — — — 47 77 — 33 Hard Candy "Miami" — 9 — — — — — — — — 2003 "Big Yellow Taxi" (featuring Vanessa Carlton) 42 2 5 3 33 67 7 23 4 16 US: Gold AUS: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum UK: Silver "If I Could Give All My Love" — — — 89 — — 40 97 — 50 "She Don't Want Nobody Near" — 1 20 — — — — — — — Films About Ghosts(The Best Of...) 2004 "Accidentally in Love" 39 1 3 11 — 86 3 14 39 28 US: Gold AUS: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum UK: Platinum Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack "Holiday in Spain" (featuring BLØF) — — — — 52 — — 1 — — NLD: Platinum Het eind van het begin 2008 "1492" — — — — — — — — — — Saturday Nights& Sunday Mornings "You Can't Count on Me" — 1 34 — — — — 69 — — "Come Around" — 1 — — — — — — — — "When I Dream of Michelangelo" — 7 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
2010s and 2020s Year Title Peak chart positions Album US AAA USRock BELTip 2012 "Untitled (Love Song)" 19 — — Underwater Sunshine 2014 "Palisades Park" — 33 —Somewhere Under Wonderland "Scarecrow" 7 — 64 "God of Ocean Tides" — 42 — "Earthquake Driver" — 30 88 2021 "Elevator Boots" 2 — — Butter Miracle, Suite One 2023 "Almost Woke You Up" (with Stephen Kellogg) — — — 2025 "Spaceman in Tulsa" 6 — — Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! "Under the Aurora" — — — "With Love, From A–Z" 28 — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Other contributions Album Year Song Album 1994 "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" DGC Rarities Vol. 1 1995 "The Ghost in You" Clueless: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1999 "Colorblind" Cruel Intentions: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2000 "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" (Live) On the Mountain Six* 2002 "Goin' Down to New York Town" Mr. Deeds: Music from the Motion Picture 2002 "American Girls" Live at the World Café: Handcrafted 2004 "Accidentally in Love"**†‡ Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack * Track also appears on Live from the Mountain Music Lounge Volume 10 Plus Best of Volumes 1-9 (2004). ** Nominated for Best Original Song at the 77th Annual Academy Awards. † Nominated for Best Original Song at the 62nd Golden Globe Awards. ‡ Nominated for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at the 47th Grammy Awards.
Non-album Year Song Project 1998 "Baby, I'm a Big Star Now"* Rounders (film only**) 2000 "My Love" Ropewalk (film only†) "Here Comes That Feeling Again" 2002 "Big Yellow Taxi" (featuring Vanessa Carlton) Two Weeks Notice (film only‡)2012"Just Like A Woman" (with Augustana)Roadie (film only†)2012"Load Out" (as Adam Duritz and the Devil and the Bunny Show)Roadie (film only†) 2019"August and Everything After"Amazon Music Exclusive * Subsequently released as a bonus track on the UK release of Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings. ** The instrumental score for Rounders was released, but no soundtrack has been released. † There has been no soundtrack release for Ropewalk or Roadie. ‡ The instrumental score for Two Weeks Notice was released, but no soundtrack has been released.
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