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Before These Crowded Streets
Rock · 1998 · 11 tracks

Before These Crowded Streets

Dave Matthews Band

A dense, dark, and rhythmically complex departure into art rock. Intricate acoustic patterns meet cinematic arrangements and brooding existential themes.

April 28, 1998 · Legacy

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A restless, high-stakes intensity that balances dark existential dread with moments of lush, romantic release.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Pantala Naga Pampa
0:40
02
Rapunzel
6:00
03
The Last Stop
6:58
04
Don’t Drink the Water
7:01
05
Stay (Wasting Time)
5:35
06
Halloween
5:08
07
The Stone
7:29
08
Crush
8:09
09
The Dreaming Tree
8:48
10
Pig
6:58
11
Spoon
7:33
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the brief acoustic intro into the explosive, polyrhythmic brass blast of Rapunzel.
The haunting, Middle Eastern-inspired violin solo that spirals through the climax of The Last Stop.
The way the bassline in Crush slowly builds from a whisper into a lush, jazz-inflected orchestral swell.
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How does Before These Crowded Streets sound next to the rest of Dave Matthews Band's catalogue?

Intense+2.4σ

The vocals lean far further into intense than the rest of the catalogue.

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