Recovering the Satellites

Recovering the Satellites is the second studio album by Counting Crows, released on October 15, 1996, in the United States. Released three years (and two years of worldwide touring) after their debut album, it reached #1 in the United States and was a top seller in Australia, Canada, and the UK as well. For years, Adam Duritz felt this was his favorite album by the band.

For this album, the quintet became a sextet, with fellow San Franciscan Dan Vickrey added, contributing a second guitar as well as sharing in songwriting credits on four of the fourteen tracks. Steve Bowman was replaced as drummer by Ben Mize. Counting Crows brought in producer Gil Norton for Recovering the Satellites. (The track “Miller’s Angels” was produced by Marvin Etzioni.)