POLL: Counting Crows – Recovering the Satellites

This one took me longer to get into at the time. But now there's been a few days over the years where I might say I like it better than the debut.

the tension and release on children in bloom is hitting me rn.

have you seen me lately really moves. think the back half of that song is among the best sounds they ever put together. cmon color me in.

The vocal harmonies/layering on daylight fading are very nice. overall i dont like the production on this as much as the first album. listened to a pod with duritz yesterday and he said the opposite, said he loves the first record but doesnt like the production as much compared to their later records.

brad where r u

I dated someone who was an obsessive CC fan back then, so I heard this album many times, and even saw them live, yet I can't recall anything about it.

This is such a great record.

Voting for "I'm Not Sleeping".

"daylight fading" and "another horsedreamer's blues" are just gold and i'm not even sure i can say they're the best tracks. great re-evaluation album.

classic album front to back. honestly difficult not to vote for "angels" but this might be "another horsedreamer's blues"

This album had a fantastic flow. Always loved the “Monkey”/“Mercury” lead up to the Courtney Cox track.

lmao @ referrring to "a long december" as "the courtney cox track"

i love that song it is so deeply sad for something that was constantly on the radio

long december. I hate this band but I do love that song. My father died the december around the time this album was released so it reminds me of that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aesJLqjLxg0

separate poll for most ridiculous moment in the "daylight fading" music video (correct answer is the jar of fireflies wearing headphones).

Voting for "I'm Not Sleeping".

― cwkiii, Thursday, August 9, 2018 7:10 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

interesting choice! admittedly not one of my favorites on the record.

yall both repping for horsedreamers blues has me giving it extra attention. they really know how to use the organ effectivey

separate poll for most ridiculous moment in the "daylight fading" music video (correct answer is the jar of fireflies wearing headphones).

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, August 11, 2018 8:57 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

had never seen this video and it's front to back ridiculous. duritz is exactly the same in every video ive seen. horrible actor lol

a long december is so great. put that on a few mix cds always right behind gone til november. the ultimate sad sap 1-2 punch

I nearly voted for "miller's angels," love the way that song drifts

that song has a few distinct parts, love the whole of it but the second half is such a great mope fest

my sister had this album. it was the law in 1996 that you had to order it from columbia house.

otm

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lol i just sang "angels of the silences" at karaoke. did i vote already? bc that one

yeah think thats what i voted for in the end

Not what I voted for but that sounds like my kind of karaoke

Slight wish that I’d voted for “children in bloom” because that chorus/guitar-line is great

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14) Walkaways – 1:12 1

lol

fuck i should've voted for "monkey" or literally any other song

always thought of walkaways as a closing to goodnight elisabeth

I wish there were better lyrics for 'Have You Seen Me Lately', it feels like a great track that Duritz didn't know what to do with.

aw i love the second verse of that song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9aiLZCZdk4

waiting for the moon to come and light me upside
i am waiting for the telephone to tell me i’m alive

"A Long December" has a hilarious guitar solo

i love that “let it be”-ass guitar solo

Damn the drums sound great on this.

Would've voted for "A Long December" at the time of the poll, but today definitely going with "Children In Bloom".

I would have voted for "Angels of the Silences" (which I've always wanted to see them perform live) or "A Long December," but god damn, not a single vote for "Goodnight Elisabeth"?

All the zero vote songs are good tbf

I love this whole album. It edges out the first one for me.

Depends on my mood I think but they’re pretty equal in quality

revisiting this record, boy did traumatized 15yo ivy ever imprint on it

“A long december” was not a song that appealed to teenage me but after much life experience its power and resonance has increased exponentially. Their best song, probably.

this plus about 3/4 of the first album are the only Counting Crows anyone needs

i used to feel that way but id say about 75% of the rest of their catalog is worth keeping and quite good. and 100% of the first two albs, i dont think either has a skippable song (mr jones maybe cos its too universal, but its still fun imo).

interested to hear what 1/4 of the debut you dont like!

“A long december” was not a song that appealed to teenage me but after much life experience its power and resonance has increased exponentially. Their best song, probably.

― brimstead, Sunday, August 9, 2026 9:36 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

otm.

funny you bumped this, ivy... listened to the debut with my kids yesterday on my bday. tried explaining that yes indeed this man indeed dated like every who's who model/actress of the 90s.

if this were polled today i'd probably vote for the title track. definitely didn't understand that one until i was an adult

Thought this revive would be Camp Miasma related!