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| Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings | 
 enlarge | Artist: Counting Crows
Label: Geffen
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  120 reviews
Sales Rank: 452
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.1
MPN: 001021202
UPC: 602517499850
EAN: 0602517499850
ASIN: B000WMGDD4
Release Date: March 25, 2008
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 Good things come to those who wait... March 27, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
We've waited 15 years for this! Finally, an album that has more of an "August and Everything After" feel! That is that Counting Crows freshman release that we all fell in love with. For Gen Xer's like myself, AAEA was a soundtrack to our awkward transitional years and will always hold a special place in our music loving hearts!
This album will replace "Recovering the Satellites" for those of you who ranked it as second best in your CC collection!
Much Better Than I Expected - 5 Stars! March 29, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Crows are going through a lot of changes. Some of their original members have been replaced, but Adam, Dan, David, and Charlie are still around and each one of them sounds really good with the blend of the new members. Another couple of things that concerned me is that there is no true hit single on this album. Which was shown when they played "You can't count on me" on Letterman when many were expecting "1492". Adam has also finally changed his philosophy with old material on new albums. Usually old material gets scratched but 1492, When I Dream Of Michelangelo, and On A Tuesday In Amsterdam Long Ago made the cut even though they were written many years ago.
Yes this album is obviously not August & Everything After, but everyone knew that even before listening to the first track. BTW any future albums will not be as good as August either.
Tracks that really shine:
1492
Hanging Tree
Insignificant
Cowboys
Washington Square
When I Dream Of Michelangelo
Le Ballet d'Or - (This is a true hidden gem!)
Come Around
I seriously love Hanging Tree, Insignificant and Le Ballet d'Or the most. The only track that I keep skipping over is Los Angeles, maybe it will grow on me later.
Finally for those that say the Crows keep getting worse, I disagree. This album IMO is much better than "This Desert Life". Counting Crows CDs don't grab you right away (at least post August) they need to grow on you. If you are on the fence, give this album a few more listenings (It hasn't even been out for a week yet) and I'm sure this will grow on you as well. :)
 Very lazy offering from Adam. April 2, 2008
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Been a Crows fan from Day one with August and Everything After when Murder of One caught me on Saturday Night Live by accident. Anna Begins paralyzed me and Sullivan Street made me anticipate everything from these guys with frenzied impatience.
Satellites, Desert Life; priceless. Across a Wire, brilliant.
Then Shrek. Then Hard Candy.
Strike 1. Charging fans money for membership to their website
Strike 2. Then a greatest hits
Strike 3. Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, and I now know it is over.
Complete going through the motions IMHO. I would rather have a CD of the rarities from Lisa's counting crows page than this mailed in effort.
Sorry, but this is very lazy compared to the past and I know Adam is capable of much more than this. His recent collaborations with other artists blows this CD away. Even the last three Crows shows I've gone to have left me and my wife borderline pissed.
I was hoping for introspective, not a day in the life memior of a rags to riches artist whose rich now.
But it's still Adam, and I've got to have it for the library.
To the real fans, this is worse than Hard Candy. There is no Richard Manuel, Carrion, or Up Al Night.
I can live with Hanging Tree, and Michelangelo.
Oh well, this CD proves it sucks getting old.
Let me know any thoughts:
portsfe@yahoo.com
 abandoned by my favorite band May 2, 2008
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
Let me begin by stating that I have these guys' entire catalog. I grab anything I can that's counting crows related but I've been listening to this album non-stop for 3 weeks now trying to like it....hoping that it would grow on me...but its still HORRIBLE
The recycled lyrics and phrasing throughout this album are distracting and weak. Please, Adam....give us some new ideas! The dissonance that pops up in a few songs is annoying. There is nothing here to really get behind. I feel abandoned by my favorite band, I was hoping for some growth, something new from this album in the same way that Recovering, This Desert Life, and Hard Candy offer new and vibrant visions.
I'll definitely sample their next album before buying and sell this piece of junk to a store that buys back used cds.
This is a good disc from the Counting Crows March 25, 2008
6 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is a very good album from the Counting Crows. My favorite track is "Cowboys". This song rocks. I love the electric guitar playing on this track. "1492" is a song about living life on the edge. I don't get the significance of the title, but I like the sound of this track very much. It has a great beat. "You Can't Count On Me" is the lead single. I like the honesty in Adam's voice on this track. This song is about being honest about a person's faults. "When I Dream Of Michaelangelo" is a very pretty song. "Los Angeles" is a commentary song about living in the big city. "Insiginificant" is an excellent song. Adam's voice is so expressive. This is a song about how anybody can feel small. "Washington Square" is a song about the emotional process of moving. I like the harmonica and piano playing on this track. I really enjoyed listening to this disc.
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