Length 68:51 | Release date 30 April 1996 | |
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Released April 30, 1996 (1996-04-30) Recorded October 1995 – January 1996 Nominations Grammy Award for Best Rock Album Similar Dave Matthews Band albums, Rock music albums | ||
Crash is the second studio album by American rock group Dave Matthews Band, released on April 30, 1996.
Contents
- Dave matthews band crash 1996 full album music bank
- Recording
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
By March 16, 2000, the album had sold seven million copies, and was certified 7× platinum by the RIAA. This is currently Dave Matthews Band's best-selling album.
Dave matthews band crash 1996 full album music bank
Recording
Recording of the album began in October 1995, and ended in January 1996. There were only four known songs from the Crash sessions that "didn't make it to the final cut." However, none of the titles are known.
Critical reception
Q described Crash as "equal parts originality and willful complication", and stated, "Although the band's determinedly jammy methods do lead them away from their songs at times, almost every track of Crash is at least 'good in parts'". Entertainment Weekly's Tom Sinclair praised the band's technical abilities, concluding that "one of the nicest things about DMB's music is that its distinctive complexity serves as a virtual assurance against a flood of lame imitator bands".
Jim DeRogatis of Rolling Stone was less favorable and deemed Matthews' vocals "too much like Sting's at times" and his lyrics "typically banal", while stating that the album's musical eclecticism "gives Matthews a slight edge over his peers, but that's sort of like saying you prefer vanilla ice cream to vanilla frozen yogurt. Me, I dig Cherry Garcia." Robert Christgau of The Village Voice assigned it a "dud" rating.
Track listing
All tracks written by David J. Matthews, except where noted.
Personnel
Songs
1So Much to Say4:06
2Two Step6:27
3Crash Into Me5:16