Hard Candy [Revised Bonus Tracks] (2006)

About this title: Hard Candy is the sound of a band at a creative and poetic summit. Over three previous studio recordings, Counting Crows have moved through varied musical territories as a way of conveying emotion through performance, texture, and nuance, the place where the mood meets the heart meets the mind. Hard Candy is both a radical departure from the band's previous method of recording, and contextually, an affirmation of what sets them apart from virtually every other band on the rock & roll scene: their commitment to songwriting as craft. These tracks are strongly committed to conveying a song in ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hard Candy [Duritz/Vickrey/Gill]
2. American Girls [Duritz]
3. Good Time [Duritz]
4. If I Could Give All My Love-Or-Richard Manuel Is Dead [Duritz/Vickrey/Gill]
5. Goodnight L.A. [Duritz]
6. Butterfly in Reverse [Duritz/Adams/Gillin]
7. Miami [Duritz/Immerglück]
8. New Frontier [Duritz]
9. Carriage [Duritz]
10. Black and Blue [Duritz]
11. Why Should You Come When I Call? [Duritz/Gillingham]
12. Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) [Duritz]
13. Holiday in Spain [Duritz]
14. 4 White Stallions [Winningham/Trott/Vi]
15. Big Yellow Taxi

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