Hard Candy

1. TR3YWAY

   Nov 23, 2019

   10

   Great album, I totally recommend listening to hard candy by counting crows!!!!

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2. TravisC.

   Sep 11, 2002

   10

   Duritz really hti it big this time! With the superior vocals and outreach into different sounds with insturments is just more than words can Duritz really hti it big this time! With the superior vocals and outreach into different sounds with insturments is just more than words can explain. Counting Crows went even further with the vocals of Sheryl Crow and Ryan Adams. This is definitely very close to August and Everything After which is far by, as everyone agrees, the best Counting Crows CD! A Big 10 for Duritz and Company!… Expand

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4. ErwinK

   Oct 10, 2002

   9

   I recently purchased both Hard Candy and Desert Life at the same time. Overall the 15 or so tracks on Hard Candy I enjoyed much more. Desert I recently purchased both Hard Candy and Desert Life at the same time. Overall the 15 or so tracks on Hard Candy I enjoyed much more. Desert Life just sounded too washed out. Hard Candy has much of the beauty and soul of August and some gorgeous songs like Holiday in Spain and Carriage. Real sob-sob break up music.… Expand

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5. RasmusMarkP

   Dec 28, 2002

   8

   Fantastic album. The only thing I would like to have they should do is to loosen up just a bit more like when they're live or like Fantastic album. The only thing I would like to have they should do is to loosen up just a bit more like when they're live or like previosly in Rain King and Hanging Around...… Expand

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6. noname

   Jan 28, 2004

   7

   pretty good, but neither this album nor "this desert life" compare to "august..." and "...satellites"

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7. bhartman36

   Sep 9, 2014

   4

   This is my least favorite Counting Crows album. Here, the band sinks into a pop morass, and they only rarely come up for air.
   
   First, theThis is my least favorite Counting Crows album. Here, the band sinks into a pop morass, and they only rarely come up for air.
   
   First, the good:
   
   "Holiday In Spain" has become one of the band's classics in concert. It's a beautiful, well-written song. Similarly, "Up All Night" is the kind of song the band should be writing. Just beautiful. Even "Hard Candy" is a solid song.
   
   But then you have the rest of the album.
   
   "American Girls" is a peppy little song, but it's mostly a paint-by-numbers affair. And the title strikes of an odd pandering to patriotism (for Americans, obviously). Not a bad song, necessarily, but not their best.
   
   The rest of the album is forgettable. Except for "New Frontier", an exercise in electronica that is absolutely execrable. I try my best to forget that Counting Crows ever produced that song.
   
   Buy "Up All Night" and "Holiday in Spain" separately, and don't swallow this Hard Candy.… Expand

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8. Crowsfeet

   Sep 8, 2002

   2

   Im a die hard Crows fan.. but this was a poor effort.. they seem to have fallen into that all too common trap of producing a couple of good Im a die hard Crows fan.. but this was a poor effort.. they seem to have fallen into that all too common trap of producing a couple of good albums and then sticking to the system... leading to the contrived sound that I hear everytime I put on the album. Their rhythm and bass lines sounds like they pushed the "rhythm 1" button on their Casio Jr. Musicians keyboard. You can definitly hear the machine behind the man in this album. "prefabricated" describes it precisely.… Expand

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