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August and Everything After is a good place to start, and I like the follow-up, Recovering the Satellites too, which is a bit more rocking. Not quite as keen on This Desert Life, their third, and haven't heard Hard Candy, which contains an awful, awful version of Big Yellow Taxi.

 

Their best of is a decent selection, but as is usually the case, misses some of the ones you'd have chosen if compiling it had been your job... :D

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August and Everything After is the place to start, it being, IMHO, a work of genius. It's recognised as being quite good by non-fans as well :)

 

Recovering the Satellites is worth getting because it rocks harder, and is the other half of the story (lead singer had a nervous breakdown whilst touring the first album, and thus RtS is full of songs about loneliness, the nature of fame, etc).

 

This Desert Life and Hard Candy are inconsistent, but contain some good songs; if you like the first two and still want more, get them.

 

By far the most enjoyable Crows recordings are live ones, so after you've got the albums, track down some good bootlegs or buy either of the two official live albums. There's an offical bootleg trading network on their website; they condone fans swapping boots, which is nice!

 

Enjoy the ride :)

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