# Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!
*Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!* is the eighth studio album by the American rock band [Counting Crows](https://www.edgepedia.org/counting-crows), released worldwide on May 9, 2025 through BMG. It is the band's first full-length studio release since 2014's *Somewhere Under Wonderland*, and it completes 2021's four-track EP *Butter Miracle: Suite One* by adding five new songs.[1](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-release-new-album-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets) • [2](https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets%21-limited-ed) • [12](https://newsite.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-release-new-album-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets) It is also the band's first LP of new material in more than ten years, following 2014's *Somewhere Under Wonderland*.[3](https://theweek.com/culture-life/music/2025-most-notable-new-albums-mavis-staples-lorde-fka-twigs-mac-miller)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist / release | Counting Crows, eighth studio album, released May 9, 2025 on BMG[1](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-release-new-album-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets) • [3](https://theweek.com/culture-life/music/2025-most-notable-new-albums-mavis-staples-lorde-fka-twigs-mac-miller) |
| Relationship to earlier work | Completes the 2021 EP *Butter Miracle: Suite One*: its four tracks plus five new songs[2](https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets%21-limited-ed) |
| Length and tracks | Nine tracks, 40:52 total running time[4](https://musicbrainz.org/release/dcc7fc0d-88b7-406e-89a0-785ccf6d1c59) |
| Lead single | "Spaceman in Tulsa," described by Adam Duritz as being about metamorphosis, "the way music breaks down who we were and spins us into something new"[5](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-announce-the-complete-sweets-tour) |
| Supporting tour | The Complete Sweets! Tour, announced March 10, 2025, kicked off June 10, 2025 in Nashville, TN, with The Gaslight Anthem as special guests on most North American dates[5](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-announce-the-complete-sweets-tour) |
| Reception | Critic score 60 and user score 58 on Album of The Year, based on 4 critic reviews and 71 user ratings[6](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1232304-counting-crows-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets.php) |
## Background and relationship to Suite One
Counting Crows released *Butter Miracle: Suite One* in May 2021, a 19-minute, four-track EP composed as a suite, with the songs "Tall Grass," "Elevator Boots," "Angel of 14th Street," and "Bobby and the Rat Kings." Frontman [Adam Duritz](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-duritz) wrote the material after years of heavy touring and little writing, working from a farm in western England.[7](https://www.grammy.com/news/2021-counting-crows-adam-duritz-butter-miracle-suite-one-interview/) At the time, Duritz spoke about a planned follow-up EP, *Butter Miracle, Suite Two*, which never materialized as a separate release.[8](https://www.rockfiendpublicationsscotland.co.uk/counting-crows-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets)
Instead, the completed album arrived in 2025. The four Suite One songs appear on *The Complete Sweets!* alongside five new tracks, and the reviewer for Rockfiend noted that the 2021 songs sound as if they have been rerecorded for the full-length version.[2](https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets%21-limited-ed) • [8](https://www.rockfiendpublicationsscotland.co.uk/counting-crows-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets) In a 2025 interview with NPR's Morning Edition, Duritz described the underlying approach: "What if I wrote a whole series of songs that flow like one long song with different movements?"[9](https://www.klcc.org/npr-music/2025-05-15/being-dismissed-for-being-different-adam-duritz-on-new-music-with-counting-crows)
## Songs and themes
The album opens with "With Love, From A-Z," which Duritz has called "a portrait of the artist as a middle-aged man," about maintaining love and friendship amid a life spent on the road. The lead single "Spaceman in Tulsa" explores finding identity in places where you feel you do not belong, and how music can be a transformative refuge; it was one of several songs inspired by Duritz's reflections on friends, distance, identity, and reconnection.[1](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-release-new-album-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets)
Several songs turn outward. "Boxcars" and "Angel of 14th Street" address societal fractures and the cruelty experienced by marginalized communities, drawing parallels between present-day injustice and historic persecution. "Virginia Through the Rain" is introspective, focusing on the personal failures of a flawed narrator, while "Under The Aurora" captures a collective longing for connection during the pandemic. "Elevator Boots" chronicles life in a band, and "Bobby and The Rat-Kings" is, in the band's description, a love letter to the formative power of music fandom. The album closes on "Under The Aurora," a piano-led reflection balancing the loneliness of the preceding years with hope for deeper connection.[1](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-release-new-album-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets)
## Track listing
All songs written by Adam Duritz, per AllMusic.[10](https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets-mr0006980820)
1. "With Love, From A-Z" (4:42)
2. "Spaceman in Tulsa" (3:50)
3. "Boxcars" (3:51)
4. "Virginia Through the Rain" (3:56)
5. "Under the Aurora" (5:41)
6. "The Tall Grass" (4:34)
7. "Elevator Boots" (3:48)
8. "Angel of 14th Street" (5:01)
9. "Bobby and the Rat-Kings" (5:29)
The album was mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey.[4](https://musicbrainz.org/release/dcc7fc0d-88b7-406e-89a0-785ccf6d1c59)
## Release and touring
The Complete Sweets! Tour was announced on March 10, 2025, with tickets on sale March 14. The tour began on June 10, 2025 at The Pinnacle in [Nashville, Tennessee](https://www.edgepedia.org/nashville-tennessee), and ran across North America and Europe through the summer and fall, with [The Gaslight Anthem](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-gaslight-anthem) appearing on most North American dates.[5](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-announce-the-complete-sweets-tour) The band's own announcement framed the album as embodying "the contrast between intimate storytelling and larger-than-life themes," with Duritz's vocals backed by the band's blend of rock, folk, and alternative influences.[5](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-announce-the-complete-sweets-tour)
## Reception
On the review aggregator Album of The Year, the album holds a critic score of 60 from four reviews and a user score of 58 from 71 ratings. *Hot Press* (Edwin McFee) scored it 80, praising "raw rich vocals, clever lyrics, and plenty of hooks and heart," while *Classic Rock* scored it 70 and *Record Collector* 60. *Far Out Magazine* (Dale Maplethorpe) scored it 30, calling it "distant yet insistently garish."[6](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1232304-counting-crows-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets.php) The Spanish newspaper *El País* characterized the release as the band's "costoso y esperado" (costly and long-awaited) eighth album, its first since 2014 and its first since the end of the band's relationship with Geffen.[11](https://elpais.com/babelia/2025-07-12/counting-crows-nunca-encajaron-en-ningun-lugar.html) *The Week* included the album in its roundup of notable 2025 releases, noting that it is not entirely new but an extension of the 2021 EP.[3](https://theweek.com/culture-life/music/2025-most-notable-new-albums-mavis-staples-lorde-fka-twigs-mac-miller)
## References
1. [Counting Crows Release New Album "Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!" (May 9, 2025), countingcrows.com](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-release-new-album-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets)
2. [Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!, HMV Store](https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets%21-limited-ed)
3. [The best music of 2025, The Week](https://theweek.com/culture-life/music/2025-most-notable-new-albums-mavis-staples-lorde-fka-twigs-mac-miller)
4. [Release "Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!" by Counting Crows, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release/dcc7fc0d-88b7-406e-89a0-785ccf6d1c59)
5. [Counting Crows Announce The Complete Sweets! Tour (March 10, 2025), countingcrows.com](https://www.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-announce-the-complete-sweets-tour)
6. [Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! Reviews, Album of The Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/1232304-counting-crows-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets.php)
7. [Adam Duritz On Counting Crows' New EP 'Butter Miracle, Suite One', GRAMMY.com (May 19, 2021)](https://www.grammy.com/news/2021-counting-crows-adam-duritz-butter-miracle-suite-one-interview/)
8. [Counting Crows - Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!, Rockfiend Publications (May 11, 2025)](https://www.rockfiendpublicationsscotland.co.uk/counting-crows-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets)
9. ['Being dismissed for being different': Adam Duritz on new music with Counting Crows, NPR/KLCC (May 15, 2025)](https://www.klcc.org/npr-music/2025-05-15/being-dismissed-for-being-different-adam-duritz-on-new-music-with-counting-crows)
10. [Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets track listing, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets-mr0006980820)
11. [Counting Crows nunca encajaron en ningún lugar, El País (July 12, 2025)](https://elpais.com/babelia/2025-07-12/counting-crows-nunca-encajaron-en-ningun-lugar.html)
12. [Counting Crows, News, Counting Crows Release New Album "Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!"](https://newsite.countingcrows.com/news/counting-crows-release-new-album-butter-miracle-the-complete-sweets)
---
*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Music › Musical works and recordings › Albums and recorded releases › Studio albums › Indie and alternative albums › Studio albums of the 2020s › Studio albums by bands › Albums by North American bands*
*Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 30, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 11, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*
*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*
License: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license