Recovering the Satellites is the second album by Counting Crows, released in 1996. Released three years (and two years of relentless worldwide touring) after their debut album, it reached #1 in the United States and was a top seller in the U.K., Australia and Canada as well. For this album, the quintet became a sextet, with fellow San Franciscan Dan Vickrey added, contributing a second guitar as well as sharing in songwriting credits on four of the fourteen tracks. Steve Bowman was replaced as drummer by Ben Mize. On Recovering the Satellites Counting Crows brought in famed producer Gil Norton.