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Crash is the second studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by the Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
, released on April 30, 1996. It includes the band's most successful single, "Crash into Me."

It has been certified 7x platinum.

  • "So Much to Say
    So Much to Say

    "So Much to Say" is a song by Dave Matthews Band from their album, Crash . It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in Grammy Awards of 1997....
    " – 4:06
  • "Two Step
    Two Step (Dave Matthews Band song)

    "Two Step" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the third single from their album Crash . It failed to chart well. When played live, the song concludes with an extended jam session....
    " – 6:27
  • "Crash into Me
    Crash into Me

    "'Crash into Me'" is a song by Dave Matthews Band, coming off the album Crash . It reached #7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is also featured on Dave Matthews Band's first compilation album, The Best of What's Around Vol....
    " – 5:16
  • "Too Much
    Too Much (Dave Matthews Band song)

    "Too Much" is a song by Dave Matthews Band. It was the first single off their album Crash , and reached #5 on the Billboard magazine Modern Rock Tracks chart....
    " – 4:22
  • "#41
    41 (song)

    "#41" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
    " – 6:39
  • "Say Goodbye
    Say Goodbye (Dave Matthews Band song)

    "Say Goodbye" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
    " – 6:12
  • "Drive In, Drive Out" – 5:55
  • "Let You Down" – 4:07
  • "Lie in Our Graves
    Lie in Our Graves

    "Lie in Our Graves" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
    " – 5:42
  • "Cry Freedom" – 5:54
  • "Tripping Billies
    Tripping Billies

    "Tripping Billies" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the fifth single from the album Crash . It originally debuted on their independent release Remember Two Things....
    " – 5:00
  • "Proudest Monkey
    Proudest Monkey

    "Proudest Monkey" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
    " – 9:11


    • eople magazine said that "the Matthews ensemble sounds even crisper on their solid followup and proves that their previous record was not just an intriguing oddity." Comparing DMB to their musical contemporaries (like Hootie and the Blowfish), Jim Derogatis
    Jim DeRogatis

    James "Jim" DeRogatis is an United States music critic. DeRogatis has written articles for magazines such as Spin , Guitar World and Modern Drummer....
     with Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone

    Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
     magazine said "Snappier violin-driven excursions such as "Tripping Billies" mix the progressive rock
    Progressive rock

    Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
     of U.K.






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    Crash is the second studio album
    Album

    An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
     by the Dave Matthews Band
    Dave Matthews Band

    Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
    , released on April 30, 1996. It includes the band's most successful single, "Crash into Me."

    It has been certified 7x platinum.

    Track listing

    1. "So Much to Say
      So Much to Say

      "So Much to Say" is a song by Dave Matthews Band from their album, Crash . It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in Grammy Awards of 1997....
      " – 4:06
    2. "Two Step
      Two Step (Dave Matthews Band song)

      "Two Step" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the third single from their album Crash . It failed to chart well. When played live, the song concludes with an extended jam session....
      " – 6:27
    3. "Crash into Me
      Crash into Me

      "'Crash into Me'" is a song by Dave Matthews Band, coming off the album Crash . It reached #7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is also featured on Dave Matthews Band's first compilation album, The Best of What's Around Vol....
      " – 5:16
    4. "Too Much
      Too Much (Dave Matthews Band song)

      "Too Much" is a song by Dave Matthews Band. It was the first single off their album Crash , and reached #5 on the Billboard magazine Modern Rock Tracks chart....
      " – 4:22
    5. "#41
      41 (song)

      "#41" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
      " – 6:39
    6. "Say Goodbye
      Say Goodbye (Dave Matthews Band song)

      "Say Goodbye" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
      " – 6:12
    7. "Drive In, Drive Out" – 5:55
    8. "Let You Down" – 4:07
    9. "Lie in Our Graves
      Lie in Our Graves

      "Lie in Our Graves" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
      " – 5:42
    10. "Cry Freedom" – 5:54
    11. "Tripping Billies
      Tripping Billies

      "Tripping Billies" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the fifth single from the album Crash . It originally debuted on their independent release Remember Two Things....
      " – 5:00
    12. "Proudest Monkey
      Proudest Monkey

      "Proudest Monkey" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, featured on the 1996 album Crash ....
      " – 9:11


    Response


    Critical

    People magazine said that "the Matthews ensemble sounds even crisper on their solid followup and proves that their previous record was not just an intriguing oddity." Comparing DMB to their musical contemporaries (like Hootie and the Blowfish), Jim Derogatis
    Jim DeRogatis

    James "Jim" DeRogatis is an United States music critic. DeRogatis has written articles for magazines such as Spin , Guitar World and Modern Drummer....
     with Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone

    Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
     magazine said "Snappier violin-driven excursions such as "Tripping Billies" mix the progressive rock
    Progressive rock

    Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
     of U.K. or Eddie Jobson
    Eddie Jobson

    Edwin Jobson is an England keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, 801 , UK , and Jethro Tull ....
    -era Roxy Music with the earthy folk rock of Fairport Convention
    Fairport Convention

    Fairport Convention are an England folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement....
    . This eclecticism gives Matthews a slight edge over his peers, but that's sort of like saying you prefer vanilla ice cream to vanilla frozen yogurt. Me, I dig Cherry Garcia
    Cherry Garcia

    Cherry Garcia is a flavor of ice cream sold exclusively by Vermont ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry's. The ice cream itself is cherry flavored and, in addition, it contains pieces of Bing cherry and chunks of chocolate....
    ."

    Personnel

    • Carter Beauford
      Carter Beauford

      Carter Anthony Beauford is a drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band. He is known for his ability to mix together countless percussion instrument styles, his ambidextrous approach to playing, and is highly-regarded for his open hand drumming style, where his left hand leads on the hi-hat and ride cymbal in a convent...
       — percussion
      Percussion instrument

      A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
      , drum
      Drum

      The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
      s
    • Stefan Lessard
      Stefan Lessard

      Stefan Kahil Lessard is an United States musician, most famous as the bassist for the Dave Matthews Band....
       — bass
      Bass guitar

      The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    • Dave Matthews
      Dave Matthews

      David John Matthews is a South African-United States Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band, but he has also worked as a solo artist, and with other musicians such as Tim Reynolds and Trey Anastasio....
       — guitar
      Steel-string acoustic guitar

      A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound....
      , vocals
      Human voice

      The human voice consists of sound Voice production by a human being using the vocal folds for Speech communication, singing, Laughter, crying, screaming, etc....
    • LeRoi Moore
      Leroi Moore

      LeRoi Holloway Moore was an American saxophonist best known as a founding member of Dave Matthews Band. Moore often orchestration music for the songs written by frontman Dave Matthews....
       — saxophone
      Saxophone

      The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
      , horn
      Horn (instrument)

      The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. It is descended from the natural horn and is informally known as the French horn....
      s
    • Boyd Tinsley
      Boyd Tinsley

      Boyd Calvin Tinsley is an United States violinist, and mandolinist who performs as a member of the Dave Matthews Band. Within the band, Tinsley has collaborated in writing songs, harmonized and sung backing vocals....
       — violin
      Violin

      The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
    With guests:
    • Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds

      Tim Reynolds is a multi-instrumentalist who is best known as a guitarist. Founding member of the band TR3, he has frequently performed with the Dave Matthews Band and has played several tours with Dave Matthews as an acoustic duo, and also as a member of Dave Matthews & Friends....
       — acoustic
      Steel-string acoustic guitar

      A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound....
       and electric guitar
      Electric guitar

      An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....


    Songs cut from the album

    Songs that were recorded during the sessions, but weren't included on the final cut:
    • "True Reflections" – later re-recorded for Boyd Tinsley
      Boyd Tinsley

      Boyd Calvin Tinsley is an United States violinist, and mandolinist who performs as a member of the Dave Matthews Band. Within the band, Tinsley has collaborated in writing songs, harmonized and sung backing vocals....
      's solo album of the same name
      True Reflections

      True Reflections is a Rock album by violinist Boyd Tinsley of the Dave Matthews Band, released in June 2003. Tinsley was the first member of the group to release a solo album....
    • "#36" – later evolved into the song "Everyday" from the band's album of the same name
      Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)

      Everyday is the fourth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on February 27, 2001....
    • "Get in Line"
    • "Don't Burn The Pig" - Later reworked into Pig
      Pig (song)

      "Pig" is a Dave Matthews Band song from the album Before These Crowded Streets. The song evolved from an earlier tune entitled "Don't Burn the Pig", which was written about a television program Dave Matthews viewed in England where pigs were burned to test their reaction to pain....
       from the band's album Before These Crowded Streets
      Before These Crowded Streets

      Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 28, 1998. It is the last album by the group to be produced by longtime producer Steve Lillywhite and their first album recorded at Record Plant Studios in Sausalito, California....
    • "Deed Is Done" – a live acoustic
      Acoustic music

      Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses musical instrument s which produce sound through entirely Musical acoustics means, as opposed to electronic means....
       version from 1996 was later released on the album Live at Luther College
      Live at Luther College

      Live at Luther College is a live album by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds recorded at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Recorded in February of 1996 and released nearly three years later, it was the first concert by the pair to be available commercially....
    • "Little Thing" - was later released on Live at Luther College
      Live at Luther College

      Live at Luther College is a live album by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds recorded at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Recorded in February of 1996 and released nearly three years later, it was the first concert by the pair to be available commercially....
       and was re-worked for Dave Matthews's solo album Some Devil
      Some Devil

      Some Devil is the debut solo album by musician Dave Matthews. It was released on September 232003 on RCA Records. It has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, signifying over a million copies sold....
       as "An' Another Thing"