Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 28, 1998. It was the last official album by the group to be produced by longtime producer Steve Lillywhite until 2012's Away from the World and their first album recorded at The Plant Recording Studios in Sausalito, California. The album title is taken from the lyrics of the song "The Dreaming Tree." It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts after selling 421,000 units in its first week of release knocking the Titanic soundtrack from the top spot after a run of 16 consecutive weeks at #1. Track listing Special guest Tim Reynolds is featured on all tracks. Several short musical interludes appear between songs: A clip in which LeRoi Moore is heard answering his cell phone follows "Rapunzel." A clip of flute music follows "Don't Drink the Water." A string passage by the Kronos Quartet serves as a segue from "Halloween" to "The Stone." An outtake featuring Bela Fleck and Alanis Morissette follows "The Stone." A clip of "Doobie Thing," an early DMB instrumental song, follows "The Dreaming Tree." A clip of "Anyone Seen the Bridge?", a live show transition song, and a short excerpt of "Deed is Done," an unreleased song from the previous tour, follows "Pig." A clip now referred to as "The Last Stop Reprise" follows "Spoon." Excluded songs Songs that were recorded during the sessions, but were not included on the final cut: "Help Myself" – Licensed for the Scream 2 soundtrack in lieu of "Halloween", which the band decided was too good to leave off the album. "Don't Burn the Pig" – Evolved into "Pig" during the sessions. "Get in Line" "MacHead" "#40 (Always)" MacHead "MacHead" was a song recorded during the album's sessions, but it was never completed, so did not make the album. Producer Steve Lillywhite named the song, claiming it sounded like a cross between the sound of Paul McCartney and Radiohead. The song's existence is only known from an image on the 1999 fan calendar with a list of the working titles of the other songs on this album and from an alleged meeting in which Jake Vigliotti claims to have heard said recording. Some fans familiar with the idea of "MacHead" speculated it had been developed, renamed, and added to the band's catalog. They speculate that "MacHead" developed into "Bartender", which debuted