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Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 28, 1998. It was the last official album by the group to be produced by longtime producer Steve Lillywhite until 2012's Away from the World and their first album recorded at The Plant Recording Studios in Sausalito, California.[11] The album title is taken from the lyrics of the song "The Dreaming Tree."[12] It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts after selling 421,000 units in its first week of release knocking the Titanic soundtrack from the top spot after a run of 16 consecutive weeks at #1.[13]

Before These Crowded Streets
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Recorded1997–1998
Studio
  • Record Plant (Sausalito)
  • Electric Lady (New York)
Genre
  • Alternative rock
  • jazz fusion
  • progressive rock
Length70:14
LabelRCA
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band chronology
Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
(1997)
Before These Crowded Streets
(1998)
Listener Supported
(1999)
Singles from Before These Crowded Streets
  1. "Don't Drink the Water"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Stay (Wasting Time)"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Crush"
    Released: September 8, 1998
  4. "Rapunzel"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Baltimore Sun[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
The Guardian[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin5/10[9]
USA Today[10]

Track listing


Special guest Tim Reynolds is featured on all tracks.

No.TitleWriter(s)Guest musician(s)Length
1."Pantala Naga Pampa"Dave Matthews 0:40
2."Rapunzel"Matthews, Stefan Lessard, Carter BeaufordButch Taylor6:00
3."The Last Stop"Matthews, LessardBéla Fleck6:57
4."Don't Drink the Water"MatthewsAlanis Morissette, Béla Fleck7:01
5."Stay (Wasting Time)"Matthews, Lessard, LeRoi MooreTawatha Agee, Cindy Mizelle, Brenda White King5:35
6."Halloween"MatthewsJohn D'earth, Kronos Quartet5:07
7."The Stone"MatthewsJohn D'earth, Kronos Quartet, Béla Fleck7:28
8."Crush"MatthewsButch Taylor8:09
9."The Dreaming Tree"Matthews, LessardGreg Howard8:48
10."Pig"Matthews, Lessard, Beauford, Moore, Boyd Tinsley 6:57
11."Spoon"MatthewsAlanis Morissette, Béla Fleck7:33

Several short musical interludes appear between songs:


Deleted songs


Songs that were recorded during the sessions, but were not included on the final cut:[14]


MacHead


"MacHead" was a song recorded during the album's sessions, but it was never completed, so did not make the album. Producer Steve Lillywhite named the song, claiming it sounded like a cross between the sound of Paul McCartney and Radiohead.[15] The song's existence is only known from an image on the 1999 fan calendar with a list of the working titles of the other songs on this album and from an alleged meeting in which Jake Vigliotti claims to have heard said recording.

"[MacHead] is a song that we were working on for [Before] These Crowded Streets and it's a song that we just never got to completion before we finished the album. Who knows, maybe one of these days we'll finish it and record it again, but we finished the album before we finished the song."[16]

Boyd Tinsley, May 2006

Some fans familiar with the idea of "MacHead" speculated it had been developed, renamed, and added to the band's catalog.[15] They speculate that "MacHead" developed into "Bartender", which debuted in January 1999 at a Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds concert just months after the April '98 release of Before These Crowded Streets. In November 2009, Jake Vigliotti claims to have heard 6 different demo takes of "Machead" from an early 1997 recording session for the album,[17] effectively confirming its existence to the fan community.[18]

In a 2010 interview with Cali from CBS Radio, Stefan Lessard was asked to give his thoughts on Machead. He replied that "Machead's this little number that I believe was the last song to possibly make it on Before These Crowded Streets and I think there's a recording I have of it somewhere. So it's just finding a recording of it and listening to it and that's on our homework list."[19] As of February of 2022, no official recording has surfaced.


Personnel



Charts



Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[28] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[29] 4× Platinum 4,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Before These Crowded Streets – Dave Matthews / Dave Matthews Band". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  2. Considine, J. D. (April 28, 1998). "Adding points to the stars". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  3. Browne, David (May 8, 1998). "Before These Crowded Streets". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  4. Sullivan, Caroline (June 26, 1998). "Dave on". The Guardian. London.
  5. Weingarten, Marc (April 26, 1998). "Dave Matthews Band, 'Before These Crowded Streets,' RCA". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  6. Moon, Tom (April 26, 1998). "Dave Matthews Band's latest work sends the copycats scurrying". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  7. DeCurtis, Anthony (May 14, 1998). "Before These Crowded Streets". Rolling Stone. New York. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  8. Puterbaugh, Parke (2004). "Dave Matthews Band". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 519–520. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  9. Berrett, Jesse (June 1998). "Dave Matthews Band: Before These Crowded Streets". Spin. Vol. 14, no. 6. New York. p. 132. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  10. Gundersen, Edna (May 5, 1998). "Dave Matthews Band, Before These Crowded Streets". USA Today. McLean. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  11. Jacobson, Jeff. Dave Matthews Band: Busted Stuff Guitar and Vocal, 2002, page 2, Cherry Lane Music Company.
  12. "The Dreaming Tree" opens with these lyrics: "Standing here / The old man said to me /"Long before these crowded streets / Here stood my dreaming tree" / Below it he would sit / For hours at a time"
  13. "Crowded At The Top: DMB on the Charts". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  14. "Dave Matthews Band". antsmarching.org. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  15. "Dave Matthews Band". antsmarching.org. 2003-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  16. Maliszeski, Joe (2006-05-02). "Boyd takes ESPN By Storm (Wimbledon Music) (Machead)". Antsmarching.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
  17. "Dave Matthews Band". antsmarching.org. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  18. "Dave Matthews Band". antsmarching.org. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  19. "More With Cali & Stefan on the DMB Tour Bus". CBSRadio. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  20. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 179.
  21. "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  22. "Charts.nz – Dave Matthews Band – Before These Crowded Streets". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  23. "Swedishcharts.com – Dave Matthews Band – Before These Crowded Streets". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  24. "Dave Matthews Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  25. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  26. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  27. "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 2, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  28. "Canadian album certifications – Dave Matthews Band – Before These Crowded Streets". Music Canada. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  29. "American album certifications – Dave Matthews Band – Before These Crowded Streets". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 15, 2021.

На других языках


- [en] Before These Crowded Streets

[es] Before These Crowded Streets

Before these crowded streets es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense Dave Matthews Band lanzado el 4 de abril de 1998. Fue el último disco del grupo que fue producido por Steve Lillywhite. El nombre del disco fue tomado de la letra de la canción “The Dreaming Tree”.

[ru] Before These Crowded Streets

Before These Crowded Streets — третий студийный альбом американской рок-группы Dave Matthews Band, выпущенный 28 апреля 1998.[1]



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