- alternative rock, rock, pop, soft rock
- 60 min
- 10 tracks
- DGC Records
This Desert Life is the third studio album from American rock band Counting Crows. The cover art is by noted comic book artist Dave McKean, best known for his work with Neil Gaiman, and was adapted from the cover art McKean did for Gaiman's picture book The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.
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Character
Classical in form, grave, character-led and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Allmusic4/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyC+
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin6/10
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Tracks
- 1Hanginaround4:07
- 2Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby7:46
- 3Amy Hit the Atmosphere4:37
- 4Four Days3:28
- 5All My Friends4:49
- 6High Life6:21
- 7Colorblind3:23
- 8I Wish I Was a Girl5:54
- 9Speedway3:44
- 10St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream / Kid Things15:42
10 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Counting Crows
- Label
- DGC Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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