Before These Crowded Streets
by Dave Matthews Band
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 April 1998
- Label: RCA
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:10:21
- Community rating: 4.04/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Butch Taylor, Steve Lillywhite, Tim Reynolds, Brenda White King, B茅la Fleck, Dave Matthews, Alanis Morissette, Cindy Mizelle, Kronos Quartet, Carter Beauford, Tawatha, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Universally considered the creative zenith of their studio output, the band's third album explores significantly darker, more complex musical territory than their previous pop-rock hits. Featuring guest spots from Alanis Morissette and the Kronos Quartet, the record boasts highly intricate, jazz-inflected instrumentation and sprawling, jam-friendly arrangements.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, uncommon-time-signatures, rhythmic, jam, improvisation
Tracklist
- Pantala Naga Pampa (0:41)
- Rapunzel (6:00)
- The Last Stop (6:57)
- Don't Drink the Water (7:01)
- Stay (Wasting Time) (5:35)
- Halloween (5:07)
- The Stone (7:28)
- Crush (8:09)
- The Dreaming Tree (8:48)
- Pig (6:57)
- Spoon (7:33)
Credits
- Dave Matthews Band - primary artist
- LeRoi Moore - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, tin whistle [pennywhistle], bass clarinet, alto saxophone baritone saxophone bass clarinet soprano saxophone tenor saxophone tin whistle
- Stefan Lessard - bass
- Carter Beauford - drums, percussion, backing vocals, membranophone percussion, background vocals vocal
- Tim Reynolds - electric guitar, mandolin, electric guitar guest mandolin
- Boyd Tinsley - violin [acoustic]
- Butch Taylor - piano, organ
- B茅la Fleck - banjo