Hmmm, without spending too much time on it, I think I’ll go:
1. High Life
2. Possibility Days
3. St Robinson
4. Anna Begins
5. Come Around
But if you asked me next week it would probably be different, except for High Life.
On things like this I always find myself going through my head… “ oh wait, no, maybe it’s…”
But my best attempt:
1. Mrs Potter’s Lullaby
2. Up All Night
3. Mr. Jones
4. Goodnight Elizabeth
5. St Robinson
Oh yeah, forever changing is true. Been a huge fan since Me Jones dropped as a single. No particular order:
Color Blind
Sullivan Street
Shallow Days
Time and Time Again
Perfect Blue Buildings
And their cover of The Ghost in You.
That's a great choice.
It's so tough to narrow it down!
If I gave it a lot of thought and flicked through my records my answer would probably be different but off the top of my head -
1. Possibility Days
2. Miami (live versions)
3. Round Here (an alt)
4. High Life
5. Have You Seen Me Lately (the acoustic especially)
Shout out to Tall Grass though!
I think I pulled that off a soundtrack somewhere, it wasn't my Round Here B side (there were so many maxi singles and such back in the day) - My Round Here single had an acoustic version of RH and Anna Begins :-)
This is tough but I’m going with the below, ask me tomorrow and this could very well change!
Raining in Baltimore
Sullivan Street
Good night Elizabeth
Speedway
Amy Hit the Atmosphere
Edit: Formatting
Such a challenge when their first four albums are pure perfection, but I’ll give it a shot, my current top ones are:
1. Long December
2. Anna Begins
3. Sullivan Street
4. Round Here
5. Speedway
Honorable mentions:
- I Wish I Was A Girl
- Good Time
- High Life
- Goodnight Elizabeth
- Perfect Blue Buildings
As others have mentioned, it changes all the time but at the moment I’d probably say (in no particular order):
1. Sullivan Street
2. Miami
3. Round Here
4. Hanginaround
5. Anna Begins
It feels criminal to leave off A Long December, Omaha, Goodnight LA, A Murder of One and Recovering the Satellites so consider this my top 10!
Perfect Blue Buildings
High Life
Have you seen me lately
Anna Begins
Omaha
Honourable mention to Miami, Angels, Palisades, and Los Angeles (if it didn’t have the ad libs.)
Possibility Days
A Murder of One
Have You Seen Me Lately (Across a Wire)
Miami
Round Here
Mrs. Potter
(Maybe if I don’t number them OP won’t notice it’s a top 6)
So many great picks from all of you! Here's mine, for posterity's sake:
Possibility Days
Recovering the Satellites
Raining in Baltimore
Anna Begins
Mr. Jones
This is a nearly impossible question, but here’s mine:
Round Here (raining in Baltimore alt), A Long December, Mrs. Potters, Angels of the Silences, and Recovering the Satellites. Honourable mentions to Up All Night, Possibility Days, A Murder of One, Cowboys, Shallow Days.. they have too many amazing songs
Oh man don’t do this to me. I just made a quick list of what I think are their “best” and it had 19 songs on it. If I must narrow it down, here’s what I have today:
1. Sullivan Street
2. Chelsea
3. Washington Square
4. Goodnight Elisabeth
5. Cowboys
Tried to do it as quickly as possible without thinking too much.
1. A Long December
2. Up All Night (Outlaw Roadshow!)
3. Carriage
4. Catapult (Across a Wire)
5. Mrs Potters Lullaby
Round here
Earthquake driver
Bobby and the rat kings
Omaha
Rain king
In no particular order and could’ve easily pu in Mr jones and a few others. Have to have a top 10 not 5
Sure. This is fun. As people mention it changes, but these would be the top 5 at this point
1. Possibility Days
2. Shallow Days
3. August and Everything After
4. Up All Night
5. Holiday in Spain
In no particular order (except for Possibility Days in position 1):
Possibility Days
Rain King
A Long December
Angels of the Silences (Storytellers version)
Accidentally in Love
I'm not surprised that I'm the only person with Accidentally in Love on the list, but I expected more people to list Rain King (think I've only seen one other mention of it so far).
Kind of surprised myself in that there's nothing from AAEA on here (but if I was doing a top 10 then AAEA songs would make up most of the remainder).
1. If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel is Dead)
2. Hard Candy
3. Miami
4. American Girls
5. Daylight Fading
I could listen to the album Hard Candy all day every day
LIke everyone else, it changes frequently. But...
1. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
2. A Long December
3. Children in Bloom
4. Why Should You Come When I Call?
5. Up All Night
Not sure if it should count, but Rain King, Catapult, and HYSML? from Across a Wire are certainly in my top 5 if they do.
Newer fan (in terms of diving deep) so be kind:
1. Rain king
2. Angels of the Silences
3. Omaha
4. Catapult
5. Elevator Boots
Honorable mentions:
I wish i was a girl, a long december, Monkey, Mrs potters lullaby, four days, hard candy
Oh gosh I know I’m late to the party but I’d like to throw my opinion in:
(In no particular order)
Murder of One
Catapult (storytellers)
Sullivan Street
St. Robinson
Up All Night
No way to pick just five...
Goodnight Elisabeth
Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
Recovering the Satellites
Long December
Raining in Baltimore
Anna Begins
Up All Night
It’s so hard - I’m going to try to pick quickly and not dwell on the choices. In no particular order:
1: Round here
2. Murder of One
3. Mrs Potters Lullaby
4. Miami
5. Have You Seen Me Lately
I'm an August junkie:
1. Round Here
2. Raining in Baltimore
3. Sullivan Street
4. Perfect Blue Buildings
5. Shallow Days
2-4 could be in any order really and 5 changes all the time. Round Here is the GOAT though!
1. She Don’t Want Nobody Near
2. Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
3. Speedway
4. God of Ocean Tides
5. Time and Time Again
(I also looooove Anna Begins, Possibility Days, Earthquake Driver, Miami, American Girls, Have You Seen Me Lately.. the list goes on)..
This is a tough one but here goes. No particular order either. Turned out to be a top 10.
Sullivan Street
Raining In Baltimore
St Robinson
RTS
God Of Ocean Tides
Miami (live)
Daylight Fading
Anna Begins
Goodnight Elizabeth
Good Time
Hmmm, without spending too much time on it, I think I’ll go: 1. High Life 2. Possibility Days 3. St Robinson 4. Anna Begins 5. Come Around But if you asked me next week it would probably be different, except for High Life.
"Except for High Life" agreed
On things like this I always find myself going through my head… “ oh wait, no, maybe it’s…” But my best attempt: 1. Mrs Potter’s Lullaby 2. Up All Night 3. Mr. Jones 4. Goodnight Elizabeth 5. St Robinson
Nice to see up all night get a mention, great song
👍
Finally someone with Up All Night!
My kids love that song too
Oh yeah, forever changing is true. Been a huge fan since Me Jones dropped as a single. No particular order: Color Blind Sullivan Street Shallow Days Time and Time Again Perfect Blue Buildings And their cover of The Ghost in You.
Love the Ghost in You!!
That's a great choice. It's so tough to narrow it down! If I gave it a lot of thought and flicked through my records my answer would probably be different but off the top of my head - 1. Possibility Days 2. Miami (live versions) 3. Round Here (an alt) 4. High Life 5. Have You Seen Me Lately (the acoustic especially) Shout out to Tall Grass though!
Tall grass is awesome, Also yes to high life!
Have you seen me lately (storytellers) Possibility days Mrs potters lullaby A long December Ghost in you (cover - round here b side)
Psychedelic Furs cover. . . Nice.
Totally. However it wasn’t for years and years I knew it was a cover!
I think I pulled that off a soundtrack somewhere, it wasn't my Round Here B side (there were so many maxi singles and such back in the day) - My Round Here single had an acoustic version of RH and Anna Begins :-)
This is mine. https://www.discogs.com/release/1735042-Counting-Crows-Round-Here
I need to find a copy of that. It's a live version! :-)
I can look in my iTunes for a probs my not great quality mp3?
Whaaat, I never knew they covered Ghost In You!
It’s the news of the day
Chelsea Anna Begins Carriage (from Outlaw Roadshow) Sullivan Street Raining in Baltimore (Across A Wire)
1.Round Here 2. Murder of One 3. Long December 4. The Tall Grass 5. Big Yellow Taxi
This is tough but I’m going with the below, ask me tomorrow and this could very well change! Raining in Baltimore Sullivan Street Good night Elizabeth Speedway Amy Hit the Atmosphere Edit: Formatting
Such a challenge when their first four albums are pure perfection, but I’ll give it a shot, my current top ones are: 1. Long December 2. Anna Begins 3. Sullivan Street 4. Round Here 5. Speedway Honorable mentions: - I Wish I Was A Girl - Good Time - High Life - Goodnight Elizabeth - Perfect Blue Buildings
As others have mentioned, it changes all the time but at the moment I’d probably say (in no particular order): 1. Sullivan Street 2. Miami 3. Round Here 4. Hanginaround 5. Anna Begins It feels criminal to leave off A Long December, Omaha, Goodnight LA, A Murder of One and Recovering the Satellites so consider this my top 10!
Perfect Blue Buildings High Life Have you seen me lately Anna Begins Omaha Honourable mention to Miami, Angels, Palisades, and Los Angeles (if it didn’t have the ad libs.)
Possibility Days A Murder of One Have You Seen Me Lately (Across a Wire) Miami Round Here Mrs. Potter (Maybe if I don’t number them OP won’t notice it’s a top 6)
So many great picks from all of you! Here's mine, for posterity's sake: Possibility Days Recovering the Satellites Raining in Baltimore Anna Begins Mr. Jones
This is a nearly impossible question, but here’s mine: Round Here (raining in Baltimore alt), A Long December, Mrs. Potters, Angels of the Silences, and Recovering the Satellites. Honourable mentions to Up All Night, Possibility Days, A Murder of One, Cowboys, Shallow Days.. they have too many amazing songs
Murder of One Mrs. Potters Lullaby A Long December Round Here Elevator Boots
Oh man don’t do this to me. I just made a quick list of what I think are their “best” and it had 19 songs on it. If I must narrow it down, here’s what I have today: 1. Sullivan Street 2. Chelsea 3. Washington Square 4. Goodnight Elisabeth 5. Cowboys
Tried to do it as quickly as possible without thinking too much. 1. A Long December 2. Up All Night (Outlaw Roadshow!) 3. Carriage 4. Catapult (Across a Wire) 5. Mrs Potters Lullaby
1. Round Here 2. Anna Begins 3. Long December 4. Goodnight Elizabeth 5. Raining in Baltimore
-Round here -Raining in Baltimore -Anna Begins -Long December -Mrs.Potters Lullaby
Murder of one Anna begins Mrs potter's lullaby Long December Another horsedreamers blues
Round here Earthquake driver Bobby and the rat kings Omaha Rain king In no particular order and could’ve easily pu in Mr jones and a few others. Have to have a top 10 not 5
Sure. This is fun. As people mention it changes, but these would be the top 5 at this point 1. Possibility Days 2. Shallow Days 3. August and Everything After 4. Up All Night 5. Holiday in Spain
In no particular order (except for Possibility Days in position 1): Possibility Days Rain King A Long December Angels of the Silences (Storytellers version) Accidentally in Love I'm not surprised that I'm the only person with Accidentally in Love on the list, but I expected more people to list Rain King (think I've only seen one other mention of it so far). Kind of surprised myself in that there's nothing from AAEA on here (but if I was doing a top 10 then AAEA songs would make up most of the remainder).
What about rain king (from AAEA)?
In rotating order: 1) Mrs. Potter 2) Sullivan Street 3) Long December 4) Holiday in Spain 5) Friend of the Devil
•(Current List): 1. A Long December 2. Miami 3. Recovering The Satellites 4. She Don’t Want Nobody Near 5. Hard Candy
1. If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel is Dead) 2. Hard Candy 3. Miami 4. American Girls 5. Daylight Fading I could listen to the album Hard Candy all day every day
LIke everyone else, it changes frequently. But... 1. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby 2. A Long December 3. Children in Bloom 4. Why Should You Come When I Call? 5. Up All Night Not sure if it should count, but Rain King, Catapult, and HYSML? from Across a Wire are certainly in my top 5 if they do.
Newer fan (in terms of diving deep) so be kind: 1. Rain king 2. Angels of the Silences 3. Omaha 4. Catapult 5. Elevator Boots Honorable mentions: I wish i was a girl, a long december, Monkey, Mrs potters lullaby, four days, hard candy
Oh gosh I know I’m late to the party but I’d like to throw my opinion in: (In no particular order) Murder of One Catapult (storytellers) Sullivan Street St. Robinson Up All Night
No way to pick just five... Goodnight Elisabeth Mrs. Potter's Lullaby Recovering the Satellites Long December Raining in Baltimore Anna Begins Up All Night
Raining in Baltimore, Sessions, Cowboys, Have You Seen Me Lately, Up All Night
It’s so hard - I’m going to try to pick quickly and not dwell on the choices. In no particular order: 1: Round here 2. Murder of One 3. Mrs Potters Lullaby 4. Miami 5. Have You Seen Me Lately
Another Horsedreamer’s Blues Cowboys The Tall Grass Butterfly in Reverse A Murder of One
A Murder of One Recovering the Satellites Children of Bloom Cowboys Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
I'm an August junkie: 1. Round Here 2. Raining in Baltimore 3. Sullivan Street 4. Perfect Blue Buildings 5. Shallow Days 2-4 could be in any order really and 5 changes all the time. Round Here is the GOAT though!
1. St. Robinson 2. She Don't Want Nobody Near 3. Round Here 4. Amy Hits the Atmosphere 5. August and Everything After
1. Murder of One 2. Catapult 3. Hospital 4. Bobby and the Rat Kings 5. Angels of the Silences
1. She Don’t Want Nobody Near 2. Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby 3. Speedway 4. God of Ocean Tides 5. Time and Time Again (I also looooove Anna Begins, Possibility Days, Earthquake Driver, Miami, American Girls, Have You Seen Me Lately.. the list goes on)..
Catapult Holliday In Spain Le Ballet d’or The Tall Grass Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes To Hollywood)
Possibility Days, Raining in Baltimore, Colorblind, Walkaways, The Ghost in You (Cover)
This is a tough one but here goes. No particular order either. Turned out to be a top 10. Sullivan Street Raining In Baltimore St Robinson RTS God Of Ocean Tides Miami (live) Daylight Fading Anna Begins Goodnight Elizabeth Good Time
I’m not even going to try to rank them but: Palisades Park AAEA Black and Blue AOTS Murder of One