- country
- 45 min
- 11 tracks
- Columbia
Too Long in the Wasteland is the debut album by the American musician James McMurtry, released in 1989. Its first single was "Painting by Numbers". The album's title was inspired in part by his father's Texas ranch, which is named the Wasteland.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- 1Painting by Numbers4:50
- 2Terry3:34
- 3Shining Eyes4:13
- 4Outskirts4:12
- 5Song for a Deck Hand’s Daughter3:35
- 6I’m Not from Here4:15
- 7Too Long in the Wasteland4:04
- 8Crazy Wind4:11
- 9Poor Lost Soul3:33
- 10Angeline4:08
- 11Talkin’ at the Texaco4:11
11 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- James McMurtry
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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