Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)
| Films About Ghosts | ||||
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| File:CountingCrowsFilmsAboutGhosts.jpg | ||||
| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | November 2, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–2003 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 75:36 (US) 76:40 (UK) | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | David Bryson, T Bone Burnett, Dennis Herring, Steve Lillywhite, David Lowery, Gil Norton, Brendan O'Brien | |||
| Counting Crows chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarStarHalf star[1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | StarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2] |
| Uncut | StarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[3][4] |
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
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Angels of the Silences" (from Recovering the Satellites) | Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Round Here" (from August and Everything After) | Duritz, David Bryson, Dave Janusko, Dan Jewett, Chris Roldan | 5:32 |
| 3. | "Rain King" (from August and Everything After) | Duritz, Bryson | 4:17 |
| 4. | "A Long December" (from Recovering the Satellites) | Duritz | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Hanginaround" (from This Desert Life) | Duritz, Bryson, Dan Vickrey, Ben Mize | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" (from This Desert Life) | Duritz | 7:46 |
| 7. | "Mr. Jones" (from August and Everything After) | Duritz, Bryson | 4:33 |
| 8. | "Recovering the Satellites" (from Recovering the Satellites) | Duritz | 5:25 |
| 9. | "American Girls" (from Hard Candy) | Duritz | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Big Yellow Taxi" (from Hard Candy / with Vanessa Carlton) | Joni Mitchell | 3:46 |
| 11. | "Omaha" (from August and Everything After) | Duritz | 3:41 |
| 12. | "Friend of the Devil" (previously unreleased Grateful Dead cover) | Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, John Dawson | 4:37 |
| 13. | "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" (from compilation album DGC Rarities Vol.1) | Duritz, Bryson | 3:53 |
| 14. | "Anna Begins" (from August and Everything After) | Duritz, Bryson, Marty Jones, Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly | 4:32 |
| 15. | "Holiday in Spain" (from Hard Candy) | Duritz | 3:50 |
| 16. | "She Don't Want Nobody Near" (previously unreleased) | Duritz, Brendan O'Brien | 3:08 |
Pressings of this 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 this album includes a new version of "Holiday in Spain", recorded as a duet with Dutch band Bløf. The single, in English and Dutch, went 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-Video-Edited versions of "American Girls", "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby", "Angels of the Silences", "Round Here", "Daylight Fading", "A Long December" and "Mr. Jones" was also released in the United Kingdom.
Release history
[edit | edit source]| Country | Date |
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| United States | November 25, 2003 |
| United Kingdom | January 26, 2004 |
Charts
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Single
[edit | edit source]| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2004 | "Accidentally in Love" | UK Singles Chart | 28[citation needed] |
Certifications
[edit | edit source]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Netherlands (NVPI)[15] | Platinum | 80,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[16] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[17] | Gold | 100,000* |
| United States (RIAA)[18] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Allmusic review
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- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Counting Crows – Films About Ghosts: The Best Of..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Counting Crows". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Counting Crows Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
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External links
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- Films About Ghosts at Discogs (list of releases)
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