Before These Crowded Streets CD

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LP includes two 180-gram vinyl

Before These Crowded Streets"&"nbsp;is the third studio album by Grammy award-winning rock band, Dave Matthews Band. Originally released in spring of 1998, the album received both critical and commercial success. Dethroning the"&"nbsp;Titanic"&"nbsp;soundtrack, which sat atop the Billboard 200 for 16 consecutive weeks,"&"nbsp;Before These Crowded Streets"&"nbsp;was certified triple-platinum and began the band"&"rsquo;s impressive streak of six No. 1 albums in a row."&"nbsp;The LA Times said:"&"nbsp;On this album, the band places an even higher premium on musical proficiency. Songs such as "&"ldquo;Rapunzel"&"rdquo; and "&"ldquo;The Stone"&"rdquo; are built around vertiginous polyrhythms and serpentine riffs that dart around Matthew"&"rsquo;s clenched vocals, yet always manage to lock into an enjoyable groove.

The band continues to play a majority of the songs from this album in their nightly sets while on tour as it"&"rsquo;s been a favorite among fans for over two decades. The 25^th"&"nbsp;anniversary edition comes with an exclusive new booklet featuring rare photos."&"nbsp;Lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

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The Dave Matthews Band moves its music forward by increments on Before These Crowded Streets. While the album offers more of the folkish melodies and vaguely internationalist rhythms that made this Charlottesville, Virginia, group a major record and concert draw, it also finds them adding new colorings to the mix. Alanis Morissette guests on two cuts, "Spoon" and the disc's first single, "Don't Drink the Water," and banjo whiz Bela Fleck sits in, too. More interesting, though, is the modernist string arrangement played by the Kronos Quartet on the driving "Halloween." Matthews's obvious hopes to lead something other than a jam band are at least partly fulfilled here; at the same time, Streets should keep his customers satisfied.--Rickey Wright