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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

New Counting Crows CD sounds smart

By Ron Rollins | Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 07:38 AM

Here’s the latest disc on our desk… enjoy:

Counting Crows

SATURDAY NIGHTS & SUNDAY MORNINGS

Counting Crows’ fifth album since first getting our notice in 1993 finds them much the same as ever, not that that’s a bad thing. As expected, and hoped for, they’re still a combo of tight, dedicated and very talented folk-rockers who revolve around the brainy, brittle sentiments and torrential wordplay of singer Adam Duritz.

On this disc, they’ve divided the material into a quick side (Saturday Nights) and slower (Sunday Mornings), and since this is Counting Crows, both song sets are equally bracing and intelligently done.

Counting Crows is one of those fine, steady bands that one can truly admire without absolutely loving, which means while they rarely engender passion in one, they are almost always worth a revisitation. Like we said, that’s not a bad thing.

Grade: B

iPod picks: “1492” from Saturday, and “One a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago” from Sunday.

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