Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)

Crash is the second studio album by American rock group Dave Matthews Band, released on April 30, 1996.

Crash
Studio album by
Dave Matthews Band
ReleasedApril 30, 1996 (1996-04-30)
RecordedOctober 1995 – January 1996
GenreFolk rock, soft rock, alternative rock
Length68:51
LabelRCA
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band chronology
Under the Table and Dreaming
(1994)		 Crash
(1996)		 Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95
(1997)
Singles from Crash
  1. "Too Much"
    Released: April 1996
  2. "So Much to Say"
    Released: August 1996
  3. "Crash into Me"
    Released: December 1996
  4. "Two Step"
    Released: January 1997
  5. "Tripping Billies"
    Released: March 1997

By March 16, 2000, the album had sold seven million copies, and was certified 7× platinum by the RIAA.[1] This is currently Dave Matthews Band's best-selling album.

Recording

Recording of the album began in October 1995, and ended in January 1996. There were only four known songs from the Crash sessions that "didn't make it to the final cut." However, none of the titles are known.[2]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[7]
Q[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Spin5/10[10]
USA Today[11]

Q described Crash as "equal parts originality and willful complication", and stated, "Although the band's determinedly jammy methods do lead them away from their songs at times, almost every track of Crash is at least 'good in parts'".[8] Entertainment Weekly's Tom Sinclair praised the band's technical abilities, concluding that "one of the nicest things about DMB's music is that its distinctive complexity serves as a virtual assurance against a flood of lame imitator bands".[5]

Jim DeRogatis of Rolling Stone was less favorable and deemed Matthews' vocals "too much like Sting's at times" and his lyrics "typically banal",[12] while stating that the album's musical 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."[12] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice assigned it a "dud" rating.[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David J. Matthews, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So Much to Say"Matthews, Peter Griesar, Boyd Tinsley4:06
2."Two Step" 6:27
3."Crash into Me" 5:16
4."Too Much"Matthews, Tinsley, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore, Carter Beauford4:22
5."#41"Matthews, Tinsley, Lessard, Moore, Beauford6:39
6."Say Goodbye" 6:12
7."Drive In, Drive Out" 5:55
8."Let You Down"Matthews, Lessard4:07
9."Lie in Our Graves"Matthews, Tinsley, Lessard, Moore, Beauford5:42
10."Cry Freedom" 5:54
11."Tripping Billies" 5:00
12."Proudest Monkey"Matthews, Tinsley, Lessard, Moore, Beauford9:11
Total length:68:51

Personnel

Dave Matthews Band

Additional personnel
  • John Alagía – additional preproduction
  • Alex Case – mixing assistant (1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11)
  • C. Taylor Crothers – Band photography
  • Scott Gormley – 1st assistant engineer
  • Paul Higgins – 2nd assistant engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering engineer
  • Thane Kerner – art direction, design, illustrations
  • Chris Laidlaw – 1st assistant engineer
  • Steve Lillywhite – production, mixing engineer (3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12)
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing engineer (1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11)
  • Jane Matthews – design assistant
  • Phil Painson – additional recording
  • Tim Reynolds – acoustic and electric guitars
  • John Siket – engineer

Chart performance
Year Chart Position
1996 Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM)[14] 25
US Billboard 200[15] 2

References
  1. "RIAA- Gold & Platinum Searchable Database (Page 5)". riaa.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. Dave Matthews Band, p. 33
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Crash – Dave Matthews / Dave Matthews Band". AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2009). "Matthews, Dave, Band". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972636-3. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  5. Sinclair, Tom (May 3, 1996). "Crash". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  6. Scribner, Sara (April 28, 1996). "Dave Matthews Band 'Crash' RCA". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  7. Moon, Tom (May 12, 1996). "The Dave Matthews Band: Crash (RCA)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  8. "Dave Matthews Band: Crash". Q. No. 119. London. August 1996. p. 114.
  9. Puterbaugh, Parke (2004). "Dave Matthews Band". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 519–20. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. Salamon, Jeff (May 1996). "Dave Matthews Band: Crash". Spin. Vol. 12 no. 2. New York. pp. 107–08. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  11. Gundersen, Edna (May 7, 1996). "Matthews' music soars in 'Crash'; SWV in smooth groove". USA Today. McLean. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  12. DeRogatis, Jim; Gardner, Elysa (May 16, 1996). "Recordings". Rolling Stone. No. 734. New York. p. 64. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  13. Christgau, Robert (September 17, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  14. "Canada Top Albums Peak". Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  15. "Dave Matthews Band - Chart history | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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