Recovering the Satellites by Counting Crows

Pros: Amazing, warm Production. Great diverse music.

Cons: Heavy lyrical matter. Mercury is a bit of a dud.

The Bottom Line: The bands greatest work. Just great song after great song.

Review: The "Difficult Second album" has always been a rock cliché. The second record from any band seems to take longer than 2 years to finish and comes complete with many lyrical tales about life on the road. There have been some well recognised "Difficult ...

Pros: Excellent,intelligent lyrics. Solid, interesting music.

Cons: None

Review:                 At a time when when insightful, intelligent music seems to be the exclusive domain of female artists, Counting Crows stands as a major exception.             Like a dreadlocked, twenty-something Jacques Brel, lead singe/songwriter, Adam...

Pros: lyrically and emotionally equal to the first amazing album

Cons: a few songs were a bit too funky for me

The Bottom Line: If you want to feel everything from sorrow to exultation; drowning and falling and living and dying and dreaming . . This album has it all.

Review: After the magic of August, the Counting Crows would have needed a miracle to avoid even the slightest semblance of a sophomore slump. In my opinion, nothing could have measured up to the first album's amazing energy, beauty, and creativity. The second...

Pros: A great album

Cons: No cons

Review: Of all the Counting Crows albums, I admit, this one is my favorite. Perhaps it goes back to my stage of life when this album came out - fresh out of a relationship and absolutely convinced that they wrote this album FOR ME! "Catapult" engages...

Pros: just plain wonderful

Cons: none

Review: I never really knew much about Counting Crows except that they had a decent song called Long December. I'm shocked I didn't pick up on them much earlier than what I did. I heard from a friend that this was a good cd. I was planning on picking up...

Pros: Adam Duritz knows how to use words that nobody else does, and it all makes sense

Cons: none

Review: You know the deal. Short, sweet and to the point. That's how you would describe the song "Walkaways" by the Counting Crows. It's the last track on the cd, but we always do save the best for last. The first time I heard the song, it was live. I...

Pros: great songs

Cons: if you didn't like the first one, you probably won't like this

Review: "Recovering the Satellites" is just as good, if not better than the Counting Crows' debut album, "August and Everything After". Their skill as songwriters becomes very obvious with this second release. It has a slightly edgier sound...

Pros: Matured sound, lyrical growth, amazing introspection, more upbeat numbers while retaining their trademark sound

Cons: The album didn't come out sooner

The Bottom Line: A musical journey through a wide range of emotions but still a thrilling and worthwhile ride.

Review: After the first Counting Crows album, it seemed like an eternity for their second CD, Recovering the Satellites. The wait was well worth it because while Adam Duritz was fighting his demons (from what I've read) he gained some incredibly moving and...

Pros: Tracks 1-14 (that's all of them, by the way)

Cons: -

The Bottom Line: Melodically, lyrically, instrumentally...this album is just about as good as it gets.

Review: The thing that strikes me whenever I listen to Recovering the Satellites is the musical craftsmanship that went into it. Where another band would be satisfied to play a generic bass line, use an old lyrical cliche, or follow a predictable rhythm...

Pros: A wonderful all around band

Cons: none

Review: From the moment I saw Adam Duritz for the first time, I fell in love with his voice. I have had a love affair with his fellow bandmates ever since. Recovering the Satellites, in my opinion, is the most cohesive and intelligent recording by the...