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Aural 6
The cover to Aural 6 is a montage of (top, left to right): August and Everything After, Recovering the Satellites, and Across a Wire: Live in New York City and (bottom, left to right): This Desert Life, Hard Candy, and Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
EP compilation sampler album by Counting Crows
Released	November 27, 2008 (2008-11-27)
Recorded	1993–2007, various locations in California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	25:20
Language	English
Label	DGC
Producer	T-Bone Burnett, Brian Deck, Dennis Herring, Steve Lillywhite, David Lowery, and Gil Norton
Counting Crows chronology
iTunes Live from SoHo (2008) Aural 6 (2008) August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall (2011)

Aural 6 is an EP by Counting Crows released on November 27, 2008. The Best Buy-exclusive compilation sampler contains tracks from several of their previous albums. This was one of a series of six-song EPs released at Best Buy for $5.99 for Black Friday, 2008.

Track listing

1. "Mr. Jones" (David Bryson and Adam Duritz) – 4:33 (Originally from August and Everything After)
2. "A Long December" (Duritz) – 4:57 (Originally from Recovering the Satellites)
3. "Colorblind" (Charles Gillingham and Duritz) – 3:23 (Originally from This Desert Life)
4. "Hard Candy" (Gillingham, Duritz, and Dan Vickrey) – 4:20 (Originally from Hard Candy)
5. "Hanging Tree" (Duritz and Vickrey) – 3:50 (Originally from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings)
6. "Washington Square" – 4:17 (Originally from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings)

Although the photo montage on the cover displays Across a Wire: Live in New York City, no tracks from that album appear on this compilation.

Personnel

Counting Crows

• Jim Bogios – drums and percussion on "Hanging Tree" and "Washington Square"
• David Bryson – guitar
• Adam Duritz – vocals, piano on "A Long December"
• Charles Gillingham – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, vocals
• David Immerglück – guitar
• Matt Malley – bass guitar on "A Long December", "Hard Candy", and "Mr. Jones"
• Ben Mize – drums on "Hard Candy"
• Millard Powers – bass guitar on "Hanging Tree" and upright double bass on "Washington Square"
• Dan Vickrey – guitars

Additional musicians

• Denny Fongheiser – drums and percussion on "Mr. Jones"
• David Gibbs – backing vocals on "Hard Candy"
• Matthew Sweet – backing vocals on "Hard Candy"

Production

• "Colorblind" – Dennis Herring and David Lowery
• "Hanging Tree" – Gil Norton
• "Hard Candy" – Steve Lillywhite
• "A Long December" – Gil Norton
• "Mr. Jones" – T-Bone Burnett
• "Washington Square" – Brian Deck

External links

• Discogs

• 2008 EPs
• Albums produced by Brian Deck
• Albums produced by David Lowery (musician)
• Albums produced by Dennis Herring
• Albums produced by Gil Norton
• Albums produced by Steve Lillywhite
• Albums produced by T Bone Burnett
• Albums with cover art by Dave McKean
• Counting Crows compilation albums
• DGC Records albums
• Sampler albums
• 2008 compilation albums