1. Hard Candy is the fourth studio album by Counting Crows , released in the United States on June 7 , 2002 and the following day in the United Kingdom .
2. Hard Candy is the fourth studio album of Counting Crows published on 7 June 2002 and the following day in the United States in the United Kingdom .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Select from the following. (a). no; (b). yes;...I think the answer is
(a).