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词条 This Desert Life
释义

  1. Track listing

  2. Personnel

  3. Release history

  4. Charts

     Album  Single  Certifications 

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox album
| name = This Desert Life
| type = studio
| artist = Counting Crows
| cover = Counting Crows - This Desert Life.jpg
| alt = A painting of a man wearing a suit and bowler with a fishbowl containing two goldfish for a head. The album and artist names are written on the cover in black.
| released = {{Start date|1999|11|2|mf=yes}}
| recorded = 1998 in a house in California
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = {{Duration|m=59|s=46}}
| language = English
| label = Geffen
| producer = David Lowery, Dennis Herring
| prev_title = Live in New York City
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Hard Candy
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = This Desert Life
| type = studio
| single1 = Hanginaround
| single1date = October 18, 1999
| single2 = Mrs. Potter's Lullaby
| single2date = August 15, 2000
| single3 = All My Friends
| single3date = 2000
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}[1]
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}[2]
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = C+[3]
| rev4 = Los Angeles Times
| rev4score = {{rating|2.5|4}}[4]
| rev5 = Q
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}[5]
| rev8 = The Village Voice
| rev8Score = {{rating-Christgau|cut}}[6]
| rev6 = Rolling Stone
| rev6Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[7]
| rev7 = Spin
| rev7Score = 6/10[5]
}}

This Desert Life is the third studio album from 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.

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Duritz except as indicated.

  1. "Hanginaround" (Duritz, Dan Vickrey, Ben Mize, David Bryson) – 4:07
  2. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"  – 7:46
  3. "Amy Hit the Atmosphere" (Duritz, Matt Malley) – 4:36
  4. "Four Days" – 3:28
  5. "All My Friends" – 4:49
  6. "High Life" (Duritz, Vickrey) – 6:20
  7. "Colorblind" (Duritz, Charlie Gillingham) – 3:23
  8. "I Wish I Was a Girl" (Duritz, Gillingham) – 5:53
  9. "Speedway" (Duritz, Vickrey) – 3:44
  10. "St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream" – 15:40
  11. "Kid Things" (hidden track)

The CD cover lists tracks one through five as "side one" and tracks six through ten as "side two". "Kid Things" is a hidden track as part of "St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream". The vinyl release of this album also contains "Kid Things" as a hidden track along with another hidden track called "Baby I'm a Big Star Now", which is featured in the film Rounders. They are both on the side D with a text asking you not to play that side.

"Colorblind" was featured in the 1999 movie Cruel Intentions and the 2014 film Mommy.

Personnel

Counting Crows
  • Dave Bryson – guitar, slide guitar
  • Adam Duritz – vocals, piano, art direction
  • Charlie Gillingham – synthesizer, piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron, guitar, Chamberlin, Wurlitzer, vocals
  • David Immerglück – bass, mandolin, guitar, pedal steel
  • Matt Malley – bass, vocals, guitar
  • Ben Mize – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Dan Vickrey – guitar, sitar, vocals
Additional musicians
  • Chris Seefried – backing vocalist
  • David Lowery - backing vocalist, producer
  • Dennis Herring – producer, keyboards, loops, mixing
  • Gary DeRosa – backing vocalist
  • Cinjun Tate – backing vocalist
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Matt Funes – viola
  • Eve Butler – violin
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • David Campbell – string arrangements, conductor, orchestration
  • Joe Chiccarelli – engineer
  • Jim Champagne – engineer
  • Clay Jones – guitar, mandolin
  • Ok Hee Kim – engineer
  • David McKean– art direction, illustrations
  • Bill Merryfield – art direction, creative director
  • Martin Pradler – engineer
  • Jack Joseph Puig – mixing
  • Richard Ash - engineer
  • Rocky Schenck – photography
  • Jim Scott – mixing
  • Jeff Sheehan – engineer
  • Janette Sheridan – production coordination

Release history

Country Date
United Kingdom November 1, 1999
United States November 2, 1999

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1999Billboard 2008{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Billboard Top Canadian Albums8{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Billboard Top Internet Albums3/18{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
UK Albums Chart19{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Australian Albums Chart20{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
1999"Hanginaround"Billboard Adult Top 405{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks37{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks17{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
The Billboard Hot 10022{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Billboard Top 40 Mainstream21{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Billboard Top 40 Tracks19{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
2000Billboard Top 40 Recurrents3{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"Billboard Adult Top 4040{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

Certifications

{{certification Table Top}}{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Counting Crows|title=This Desert life|award=Platinum|certyear=2001|relyear=1999}}{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Counting Crows|title=This Desert Life|award=Gold|certyear=2013|relyear=1999}}{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Counting Crows|title=This Desert Life|award=Platinum|certyear=2000|relyear=1999|salesamount=1,100,000|salesref=[8]}}{{Certification Table Bottom}}

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-desert-life-mw0000256890 |title=This Desert Life |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-01-20}}
2. ^{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|authorlink1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}
3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://ew.com/article/1999/11/05/this-desert-life/ |title=This Desert Life |last=Bautz |first=Mark |date=1999-11-05 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |access-date=2018-01-20}}
4. ^{{Cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/30/entertainment/ca-27748 |title=Some Endearing Melodies Mix With Duritz's Whine on 'Life' |last=Weingarten |first=Marc |date=1999-10-30 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-10-22 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}
5. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1026868&style=music |title=This Desert Life CD Album |website=CDUniverse |access-date=2018-01-20}}
6. ^{{Cite magazine |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=2000-03-07 |title=Cleanup Time |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv200-00.php |magazine=The Village Voice}}
7. ^{{Cite magazine |last=Hunter |first=James |date=1999-11-25 |title=Counting Crows: This Desert Life |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/countingcrows/albums/album/141183/review/5940897/this_desert_life |magazine=Rolling Stone |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024034828/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/countingcrows/albums/album/141183/review/5940897/this_desert_life |archivedate=2007-10-24 |df= }}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/76440/counting-crows-content-in-candy-land|title=Counting Crows Content In 'Candy' Land|publisher=Billboard |date=15 March 2002 |accessdate=21 April 2018}}

External links

  • {{Official website}}
{{Counting Crows}}{{DEFAULTSORT:This Desert Life}}

6 : 1999 albums|Albums with cover art by Dave McKean|Counting Crows albums|Geffen Records albums|Albums produced by David Lowery (musician)|Albums produced by Dennis Herring

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