| Angels of the Silences | |
| Cover: | Angel of Silence CC Single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Counting Crows |
| Album: | Recovering the Satellites |
| Recorded: | Late 1996[1] |
| Studio: | The Sound Factory (Los Angeles) |
| Genre: | Rock[2] |
| Length: | 3:37 |
| Label: | DGC, Geffen |
| Producer: | Gil Norton |
| Prev Title: | A Murder of One |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | A Long December |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Angels of the Silences" is a song by American alternative rock band Counting Crows. It is the lead single and second track from their second album, Recovering the Satellites (1996). The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, making it the highest-placing single from the album.
Adam Duritz said about that song (from Storytellers):
Similar to the content of the rest of Recovering the Satellites, the song has a heavier sound than that of Counting Crows' debut, August and Everything After, incorporating distorted guitar riffs, blearier production, and higher emphasis on percussion to create a driving and dirty instrumental. The song is in the key of A-flat Minor, with a chord structure of i-(b)II-VI-III and a tempo of 160 BPM.[3]
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | September 24, 1996 | Contemporary hit radio | DGC | [5] |
| September 30, 1996 | Alternative radio | [6] | ||
| Japan | October 2, 1996 | CD | Geffen | [7] |
| United Kingdom | October 7, 1996 | [8] |