Aural 6 is an EP by Counting Crows released on November 27, 2008. The Best Buy-exclusive compilation sampler contains tracks from several of their previous albums. This was one of a series of six-song EPs released at Best Buy for $5.99 for Black Friday, 2008.
| Aural 6 | ||||
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 The cover to Aural 6 is a montage of (top, left to right): August and Everything After, Recovering the Satellites, and Across a Wire: Live in New York City and (bottom, left to right): This Desert Life, Hard Candy, and Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings | ||||
| EP compilation sampler album by | ||||
| Released | November 27, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–2007, various locations in California | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 25:20 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | DGC | |||
| Producer | T-Bone Burnett, Brian Deck, Dennis Herring, Steve Lillywhite, David Lowery, and Gil Norton | |||
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Track listing
edit- "Mr. Jones" (David Bryson and Adam Duritz) – 4:33 (Originally from August and Everything After)
- "A Long December" (Duritz) – 4:57 (Originally from Recovering the Satellites)
- "Colorblind" (Charles Gillingham and Duritz) – 3:23 (Originally from This Desert Life)
- "Hard Candy" (Gillingham, Duritz, and Dan Vickrey) – 4:20 (Originally from Hard Candy)
- "Hanging Tree" (Duritz and Vickrey) – 3:50 (Originally from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings)
- "Washington Square" – 4:17 (Originally from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings)
Although the photo montage on the cover displays Across a Wire: Live in New York City, no tracks from that album appear on this compilation.
Personnel
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- Jim Bogios – drums and percussion on "Hanging Tree" and "Washington Square"
- David Bryson – guitar
- Adam Duritz – vocals, piano on "A Long December"
- Charles Gillingham – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, vocals
- David Immerglück – guitar
- Matt Malley – bass guitar on "A Long December", "Hard Candy", and "Mr. Jones"
- Ben Mize – drums on "Hard Candy"
- Millard Powers – bass guitar on "Hanging Tree" and upright double bass on "Washington Square"
- Dan Vickrey – guitars
- Additional musicians
- Denny Fongheiser – drums and percussion on "Mr. Jones"
- David Gibbs – backing vocals on "Hard Candy"
- Matthew Sweet – backing vocals on "Hard Candy"
- Production
- "Colorblind" – Dennis Herring and David Lowery
- "Hanging Tree" – Gil Norton
- "Hard Candy" – Steve Lillywhite
- "A Long December" – Gil Norton
- "Mr. Jones" – T-Bone Burnett
- "Washington Square" – Brian Deck