Films About Ghosts (The Best of...) is a compilation album by American rock band Counting Crows. It was released by Geffen Records on November 2, 2003. The album contains songs from their first four studio albums. The album takes its name from a line in "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby": "If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts."
Track listing
Pressings of the disc from mid-2004 onward include "Accidentally in Love", the Crows' hit single from the soundtrack of DreamWorks Animation Studios' Shrek 2 (2004). The Dutch version of the album includes a new version of "Holiday in Spain", recorded as a duet with Dutch band Bløf. The single, in English and Dutch, went to number one in the Netherlands, as did the album after the success of the single.
The original British version contained the song "Blues Run the Game", a cover of a Jackson C. Frank song and later pressing have a version of "Four White Stallions" from New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall February 4–6, 2003. The South American version contained the latter and Enhanced CD data.
This album was released twice in Australia, the second release containing a DVD of live performances. A version with a second disc containing the music videos of "American Girls", "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby", "Angels of the Silences", "Round Here", "Daylight Fading", "A Long December", "Hanginaround" and "Mr. Jones" was also released in the United Kingdom.
Release history Country Date United States November 25, 2003 United Kingdom January 26, 2004
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2003–2004) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 70 Canadian Albums (Nielsen Soundscan) 71
Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 22 US Billboard 200 128
Single YearSingleChartPosition2004"Accidentally in Love"UK Singles Chart28
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