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Counting Crows - Hard Candy Audio CD

A fair review of the Counting Crows "Hard Candy" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Counting Crows reviews here, or go back to the Counting Crows tabs.

Counting Crows Band: Counting Crows
Title: Hard Candy
Rating:
Release Date: 2002-07-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hard Candy 2: American Girls 3: Good Time 4: If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead) 5: Goodnight L.A. 6: Butterfly In Reverse 7: Miami 8: New Frontier 9: Carriage 10: Black And Blue 11: Why Should You Come When I Call? 12: Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes To Hollywood) 13: Holiday In Spain 14: Big Yellow Taxi

ok
it was a gift so i do not know much about it except for a couple of songs that were ok.


Extremely Average Counting Crows Release
I have a kinda love/hate relationship with this CD. This CD is pretty difficult for me to review. At times it seems almost great to me and at other times below average. This is definitely one of those CDs where my mood and state of mind at the time of listening has everything to do with how I feel about it. Therefore I guess 3 stars is the fairest way for me to review it. I really like the first three tunes (yes even American Girls, which most on here don't like) and "Good Time would have sounded right at home on "August. . . "). I even like "Richard Manuel" except something about the arrangement during the chorus bothers me. "Why Should You Come. . . " suffers from an even worse arrangement along with being a very subpar song. This song really grates me. "Butterfly In Reverse" sounds too much like a showtune. This grates me as well. On the other hand, the first 3 tunes along with the excellent "Miami" and the superb "Holiday In Spain" which rank among some of the best songs in the Crows catalogs help to redeem the CD. Even though this is my least favorite Counting Crows CD it still has it's flashes of greatness.


What do you do with hard candy?
The music is mediocre, polished with just one or two fairly bright spots. Suck it! That's the sentiment I gathered from the band after listening to this album. I was drawn to this album upon seeing names like Ethan Johns, Ryan Adams and Leona Naess listed in the credits. I was hoping they could save the Crows from churning out another soulless record, but I was let down. This one is going up for resale. .


Why the bad reviews - This is GREAT!
I think Hard Candy is the best Crows work since August. I can't understand why everyone doesn't like this album. I absolutely LOVE this. I - saddly - find myself hoping Adam stays sad because he is the true definition of a tortured artist. It's so obvious that he was completely heartbroken when writing these songs. I'm a fan for life. If you have any doubts, listen to the songs while reading the liner notes. It's amazing!.


Love it
I can't stop listening to it!. I don't know how I hadn't bought this CD earlier.


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