Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

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Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is the fifth studio album by Counting Crows, released in the United States on March 25, 2008. It is thematically divided into two sides: the rock music of Saturday Nights and the more country-influenced Sunday Mornings.

The Saturday Nights portion was produced by Gil Norton (who also produced the band's second album, Recovering the Satellites), while Sunday Mornings was produced by Brian Deck, perhaps best known for his production work on Modest Mouse's album The Moon and Antarctica.

On January 16, 2008, the band released a digital single as a free download on their official website. It comprises the songs "1492" (as the A-side) and "When I Dream of Michelangelo" (as the B-side).

The lead commerical single, "You Can't Count on Me," was released to radio stations on February 4, 2008. A music video for the song was released on March 20, 2008.

The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Duritz, except where indicated.

Saturday Nights (produced by Gil Norton except where indicated)

1. "1492" - 3:50 (produced by Norton and Steve Lillywhite)
2. "Hanging Tree" (Duritz, Dan Vickrey) - 3:50
3. "Los Angeles" (Duritz, Ryan Adams, Dave Gibbs) - 4:40
4. "Sundays" - 4:21 (produced by Norton, Dennis Herring, and David Lowery)
5. "Insignificant" (Duritz, Charles Gillingham) - 4:14
6. "Cowboys" - 5:22

Sunday Mornings (produced by Brian Deck except where indicated)

7. "Washington Square" - 4:17
8. "On Almost Any Sunday Morning" - 2:58
9. "When I Dream of Michelangelo" (Duritz, Gillingham, David Immerglück, Vickrey) - 3:10
10. "Anyone But You" (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 5:25
11. "You Can't Count on Me" - 3:16
12. "Le Ballet d'Or" (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 5:01
13. "On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago" (Duritz, Gillingham) - 4:57
14. "Come Around" (Duritz, Vickrey) - 4:31 (produced by Norton)

UK bonus track

1. "Baby, I'm a Big Star Now"

iTunes bonus tracks

1. "There Goes Everything"
2. "Come Around" (acoustic version)
3. "Sessions" (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 4:17
4. "Sunday Morning L.A." (Duritz, Gillingham, Immerglück) - 5:48

The iTunes version also includes a track-by-track interview with Duritz.

Dutch bonus track

1. "Wennen aan September" (acoustic; featuring Bløf)

Personnel

• Dan Vickrey – guitars, banjo, vocals
• David Immerglück – guitars, dobro, tres cubano, pedal steel, mandola, vocals, vocal arrangements, bass on "1492"
• Charles Gillingham – piano, harmonica, Hammond B-3 organ, vibraphone, Vox Continental organ, Mellotron, Chamberlain, glockenspiel, toy piano, Fender Rhodes, harmonium, vocals
• Adam Duritz – vocals
• David Bryson – guitars, banjo, mandolin, mandola, toy piano, vocals
• Jim Bogios – drums, sleigh bells, tambourine, maracas, percussion, vocals
• Millard Powers – bass, upright double bass, vocals

Additional personnel

• Ben Mize – drums on "Los Angeles" and "Sundays"
• Matt Malley – bass guitar on "Sundays"
• Dave Gibbs – vocal arrangements and backing vocals on "Los Angeles"
• Dennis Herring – dobro, acoustic guitar on "Sundays"
• Brian Deck – piano plucking

Charts

Albums

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	12
U.S. Billboard 200	3
Canadian Albums Chart	8
Australian Albums Chart	22
Swedish Albums Chart	32
Irish Albums Chart	28
Dutch Top 100	5

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2008	"You Can't Count on Me"	Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks	35
2008	"You Can't Count on Me"	Billboard Pop 100	80

External links

• Adam Duritz discusses Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings in the cover story of the March 26, 2008 issue of iProng Magazine