Films About Ghosts: The Best Of... [UK Bonus Tracks] (2004)

About this title: Counting Crows always seemed a little older than their years, so it somehow seemed appropriate when they arrived at certain milestones a little earlier than their peers. They released their first live album, an exhaustive double-disc set, just two albums into their career, then, two albums later, they issued Films About Ghosts: The Best Of..., their first compilation. Part of the reason they're issuing a compilation after just four studio albums may be that they've arrived at the end of their recording contract with Geffen and this ties up loose ends, but it's also been ten years since the ...

Tracks:

1. Angels of the Silences [Duritz/Gillingham]
2. Round Here [Duritz/Janusko/Jewi]
3. Rain King [Duritz/Bryson]
4. A Long December [Duritz]
5. Hanginaround [Bryson/Duritz/Mize/]
6. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby [Duritz]
7. Mr. Jones [Duritz/Bryson]
8. Recovering the Satellites [Duritz]
9. American Girls [Duritz]
10. Big Yellow Taxi [Mitchell]
11. Omaha [Duritz]
12. Friend of the Devil [Hunter/Garcia/Dawso]
13. Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman) [Duritz/Bryson]
14. Anna Begins [Duritz/Bryson/Jones]
15. Holiday in Spain [Duritz]
16. She Don't Want Nobody Near [Duritz/OBrien]
17. Blues Run the Game [Live] [Frank]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.