Aural 6 Explained

Aural 6
Type:	ep
Longtype:	compilation sampler album
Artist:	Counting Crows
Cover:	Counting Crows - Aural 6.jpg
Caption:	The cover to Aural 6 is a montage of (top, left to right): August and Everything After, Recovering the Satellites, and and (bottom, left to right): This Desert Life, Hard Candy, and Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
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
Prev Title:	iTunes Live from SoHo
Prev Year:	2008
Year:	2008
Next Year:	2011

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.

Track listing

1. "Mr. Jones" (David Bryson and Adam Duritz) – 4:33 (Originally from August and Everything After)
2. "A Long December" (Duritz) – 4:57 (Originally from Recovering the Satellites)
3. "Colorblind" (Charles Gillingham and Duritz) – 3:23 (Originally from This Desert Life)
4. "Hard Candy" (Gillingham, Duritz, and Dan Vickrey) – 4:20 (Originally from Hard Candy)
5. "Hanging Tree" (Duritz and Vickrey) – 3:50 (Originally from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings)
6. "Washington Square" – 4:17 (Originally from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings)

Although the photo montage on the cover displays , no tracks from that album appear on this compilation.

Personnel

Counting Crows

• 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

External links

• Discogs