Aural 6

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