Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...) Explained

Films About Ghosts
Type:greatest
Artist:Counting Crows
Cover:CountingCrowsFilmsAboutGhosts.jpg
Released:November 2, 2003
Recorded:1993–2003
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:75:36 (US)
76:40 (UK)
Label:Geffen
Producer:David Bryson, T Bone Burnett, Dennis Herring, Steve Lillywhite, David Lowery, Gil Norton, Brendan O'Brien
Prev Title:Hard Candy
Prev Year:2002
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Next Year:2006

Films About Ghosts (The Best of...) is a compilation album by American rock band Counting Crows. It was released by Geffen Records on November 2, 2003. The album contains songs from their first four studio albums. The album takes its name from a line in "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby": "If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts."

Track listing

Later versions of this disc include "Accidentally in Love", the Crows' hit single from the soundtrack of DreamWorks Animation Studios' Shrek 2 (2004). The Dutch version of this album includes a new version of "Holiday in Spain", recorded as a duet with Dutch band Bløf. The single, in English and Dutch, went number one in the Netherlands, as did the album after the success of the single.

The original British version contained the song "Blues Run the Game", a cover of a Jackson C. Frank song and later pressing have a version of "Four White Stallions" from . The South American version contained the latter and Enhanced CD data.

This album was released twice in Australia, the second release containing a DVD of live performances. A version with a second disc containing the Music-Video-Edited versions of "American Girls", "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby", "Angels of the Silences", "Round Here", "Daylight Fading", "A Long December" and "Mr. Jones" was also released in the United Kingdom.

Release history

CountryDate
United StatesNovember 25, 2003
United KingdomJanuary 26, 2004

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] 22
US Billboard 200[3] 128

Single

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  2. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2004. dutchcharts.nl. November 8, 2021.
  3. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2004. Billboard. November 8, 2021.