Recovering the Satellites

Recovering The Satellites
Studio album by Counting Crows
Released	October 15 1996
Recorded	The Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Alternative
Length	59:22
Label	Geffen
Producer	Gil Norton
Professional reviews
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Counting Crows chronology
August and Everything After (1993) Recovering The Satellites (1996) Across a Wire: Live in New York City (1998)

Recovering The Satellites is the second album by Counting Crows. The album has a slightly harder rock sound than their debut August and Everything After (1993). It was recorded after frontman Adam Duritz suffered a long period of depression due to his inability to deal with the pressures of sudden skyrocketing fame and fortune, so several of the album's songs tend to deal with these issues. The album's second song, "Angels of the Silences", was covered by Stretch Arm Strong on their album A Revolution Transmission and by Dashboard Confessional on their album The Wire Tapes Vol. 1.

Track listing

All tracks written by Adam Duritz unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Catapult" (David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, Matt Malley, Ben Mize, Dan Vickrey) – 3:34
2. "Angels of the Silences" (Duritz, Gillingham) – 3:39
3. "Daylight Fading" (Duritz, Vickrey, Gillingham) – 3:50
4. "I'm Not Sleeping" – 4:57
5. "Goodnight Elisabeth" – 5:20
6. "Children in Bloom" – 5:23
7. "Have You Seen Me Lately?" – 4:11
8. "Miller's Angels" (Duritz, Vickrey) – 6:33
9. "Another Horsedreamer's Blues" – 4:32
10. "Recovering the Satellites" – 5:24
11. "Monkey" – 3:02
12. "Mercury" – 2:48
13. "A Long December" – 4:57
14. "Walkaways" - 1:12

Personnel

• Matt Malley – bass, double bass, vocals
• Ben Mize – drums, tambourine, percussion, vocals
• David Bryson – guitar, dobro, tambourine, vocals
• Adam Duritz – vocals, piano, electronic organ
• Dan Vickrey – guitar, vocals
• Charlie Gillingham – organ, accordion, mellotron, piano, harmonica, vocals

Additional personnel

• Paul Buckmaster – conductor
• Marvin Etzioni – mandolin
• David Immerglück – mandolin, pedal steel guitar

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