The
Counting Crows released their third album,
This Desert Life in November of 1999 on
Interscope records, after what was, to me, an excruciatingly
long wait. I've been a fan since I saw them on SNL way back when
Mr. Jones was a huge hit, and it seems they space their album releases out just enough to drive me insane. I didn't even think they'd put one out, aside from "
August and Everything After", because they took so long to release "
Recovering the Satellites".
"This Desert Life" is actually a pretty amazing album, much more than I'd expected from them, too. There are a couple tracks that don't
impress me too entirely much, but for the most part it's quite nice.
Track Listing:
1. Hangin' Around - 4:07
2. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby - 7:46
3. Amy Hit the Atmosphere - 4:36
4. Four Days - 3:28
5. All My Friends - 4:49
6. High Life - 6:20
7. Colorblind - 3:23
8. I Wish I Was a Girl - 5:53
9. Speedway - 3:44
10. St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream - 15:40
"Hangin' Around" is pretty
upbeat, as are a number of the other tracks, but "Amy Hit the Atmosphere" and "Colorblind" seem more
August and Everything After-ish.
They re-vamped their entire
webpage for the release, and actually did a really good job, it looks better than it has in quite some time. The album cover for "This Desert Life" is kind of
dreamy, with the fishbowl head, and whatnot.