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Counting Crows

CD This Desert Life

★★★★★ 4.5 points (3 reviews)


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  • Issued : 29 Oct 1999

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Item Details

Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 4904152
Format : CD Label : Geffen
Issued : 29 Oct 1999 Item sourced from : Germany
Original Release Year : 1999   
Number of Discs : 1

This Desert Life

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Rolling Stone (11/25/99, p.98) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...a couple of the best things they've ever done....[Adam] Duritz rises to the occasion of a stellar arrangement featuring discursive strings, spacey synths and river-deep basses..."
Spin (12/99, p.222) - 6 out of 10 - "...strikes the same oddly compelling, melancholy chord as its predecessors - a crafty, referential rock that should play well to licensed psychotherapists and VH1 viewers alike....[DESERT LIFE affirms] that Counting Crows are genuinely affecting songwriters..."
Q Magazine (12/99, pp.129-30) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...pushes [songwriter, Adam] Duritz to the fore, enhancing his narrative flair on the lengthy Mrs.Potter's Lullaby and the string-drenched 'All My Friends'..."
Mojo (12/99, p.125) - "...a sandbank of relentless, parochial misery....amiable...yet, generates a worrying, overwhelming sadness..."
CMJ (11/8/99, p.27) - "...whether the band is working out an up-tempo number or looking deep into itself on ballads, each track on THIS DESERT LIFE is compelling, powerful and poetic."

Credits

Adam Duritz(Piano),  Adam Duritz(Vocals),  Ben Mize(Drums),  Ben Mize(Percussion),  Ben Mize(Vocals),  Charlie Gillingham(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Charlie Gillingham(Piano),  Charlie Gillingham(Piano (Electric)),  Charlie Gillingham(Synthesizer),  Charlie Gillingham(Vocals),  Clay Jones(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Clay Jones(Guitar (Electric)),  Dan Vickrey(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Dan Vickrey(Guitar (Electric)),  Dan Vickrey(Vocals),  David Bryson(Guitar (Acoustic)),  David Bryson(Guitar (Electric)),  David Immergluck(Bass),  David Immergluck(Guitar (Electric)),  Dennis Herring(Keyboards),  Eve Butler(Violin),  Joel Derouin(Violin),  Matt Malley(Bass),  Matt Malley(Guitar (12 String)),  Matt Malley(Vocals),  Adam Duritz(Vocals (Background)),  August Cinjun Tate(Vocals (Background)),  Ben Mize(Vocals (Background)),  Charlie Gillingham(Organ (Hammond)),  Chris Seefried(Vocals (Background)),  Clay Jones(Mandolin),  Dan Vickrey(Vocals (Background)),  David Bryson(Slide Guitar),  David Campbell(Strings),  David Immergluck(Mandolin),  David Immergluck(Pedal Steel),  David Lowery(Vocals (Background)),  Gary Derosa(Vocals (Background)),  Larry Corbett(Cello),  Matt Funes(Viola),  Charlie Gillingham(Chamberlin),  Charlie Gillingham(Mellotron),  Dan Vickrey(Sitar),  Dennis Herring(Loops),  David Bryson(Guitar (12 String Electric)),  David Campbell(Arranger),  David Lowery(Producer),  Dennis Herring(Producer),  Jeff Sheehan(Engineer),  Jim Champagne(Engineer),  Joe Chiccarelli(Engineer),  Martin Pradler(Engineer),  Ok Hee Kim(Engineer),  Richard Hasal(Engineer),  Adam Duritz(Art Direction),  Bill Merryfield(Art Direction),  Bob Ludwig(Mastering),  Dave McKean(Art Direction),  Dave McKean(Illustrations),  David Campbell(Conductor),  David Campbell(Orchestration),  Dennis Herring(Mixing),  Jack Joseph Puig(Mixing),  Janette Sheridan(Production Coordination),  Jim Scott(Mixing),  Rocky Schenck(Photography),  Bill Merryfield(Creative Director),  Joe Chiccarelli(Recording)

Songs

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    1
    Hanginaround  (04:07)
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    2
    Mrs. Potter's Lullaby  (07:46)
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    3
    Amy Hit the Atmoshere  (04:36)
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    4
    Four Days  (03:28)
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    5
    All My Friends  (04:49)
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    6
    High Life  (06:20)
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    7
    Colorblind  (03:23)
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    8
    I Wish I Was a Girl  (05:53)
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    9
    Speedway  (03:44)
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    10
    St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream/Kid Things  (15:40)

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  • ★★★★☆ 

    さん  |  神奈川県  |  不明  |  16/March/2006

    垢抜けてはいません。このバンドは、ちょいと訳ありな独身男が、けだるい午後、田舎道をまったりとドライブする時にかけると似合うのでは?

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  • ★★★★★ 

    masa  |  長崎市  |  不明  |  27/January/2005

    まさに、アメリカン・ロックの王道をいく、ポップでメロディアスな曲ばかりです。なんで日本でヒットしないのか不思議です?

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  • ★★★★☆ 

    kenn ken  |  tokyo  |  不明  |  03/December/2002

    R.E.MしかりToad the wet sprocketしかり音楽をただBGMとして冷静には聴けない。うわ〜堅いな〜俺、でもやっぱり必要この姿勢。

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