Bottom/ Counting Crows is a rock band originating from Berkeley, California. The group gained popularity in 1994 following the release of its debut album August and Everything After, which featured the hit single "Mr. Jones." The band's influences include Van Morrison, R.E.M., Nirvana, Bob Dylan, and The Band. This Desert Life (Geffen, 1999) is their third studio album. The cover art is by noted comic book artist Dave McKean, best known for his work with Neil Gaiman. Top/ Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (Vagrant, 2005) is a double album by the band Eels. It was described by frontman Mark Oliver Everett (more commonly known as E), as an album about "God and all the questions related to the subject of God. It's also about hanging on to my remaining shreds of sanity and the blue sky that comes the day after a terrible storm, and it's a love letter to life itself, in all its beautiful, horrible glory." Blinking Lights include some intensely personal songs, instrumental pastiches, and straightforward pop, which results in a broad, soul searching album. The sleeve and liner notes are composed of typewritten lyrics and family photos, implying the personal nature of the album.
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