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Editorial Review:
Two years in the making, This Desert Life is the kind of collection that will please the Counting Crows faithful and leave doubters unconverted. Adam Duritz's recognisably emotive vocals and the group's classic-rock stylings remain in the fore as the Crows stick near the nest with their third studio outing. The Mellencamp-like opener, "Hanginaround", is one of the strongest tunes here, thanks to its laid-back passion and catchy piano and percussive elements. The familiar feeling "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" is another lively offering, but at nearly eight minutes it's too long. The emotional, Van Morrison-like lament "All My Friends" feels self-pitying, while the balance of the album is simply bland. The sound is appealing (witness the spare "Colorblind" and the waltzing "Amy Hit the Atmosphere"), but This Desert Life is, on the whole, rather dry. --Katherine Turman
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great Album This is my 3rd Counting Crows album and I was not dissappointed. You always know that you won't be let down with Counting Crows, there is not a bad song on here. Colourblind is probably my favourite, I think because I had heard this on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack and loved it, other songs worthy of a mention are 'Mrs Potters Lullaby', 'Four Days' and 'High Life'. Well worth a listen, good driving music as well.
This band is more that Mr. Jones and this record proves it well! You know, I never thought that the Counting Crows would pass the one-hit wonder tag from Mr. Jones... I know the fans will hate me but I thought that was going to be case.
Boy I WAS WRONG! I started to buy the back catalogue because I really liked the 'August & Everything After' album and I didn't remember what happened to them; I stopped following their career until a friend of mine brought them back with some these amazing songs. This record is overly great, open, the songs are so colored... more info
Classic American Rock Third studio album from Counting Crows, "This Desert Life" has a handful of very good songs, a couple of decent songs and also a few misses. "Hanging Around" was one of the singles, and it's both catchy and melodic, but the repetitive chaotic ending never really appealed to me. Much better is second track "Mrs Potter's Lullaby", an epic song that would have suited the great Van Morrison perfectly. Other favourites are the REM sounding "Four Days", the dramatic "I Wish I was a Girl", the melancholy... more info
Amazingly great album with wonderful Lyrics I received this album around a year ago now and it's been on my playist since there. It has wonderfuly lyrics and it really is a great album. Whilst you get albums that sound like this that are cheesy and country and western sounding this avoids that kind of genre completlely. This album has beautfully written lyrics and songs such as colourblind, mrs. Potter's Lullaby and St. Robinson in his Caddilac Dreams that are just truly amazing. Whilst I have only heard this album from Counting Crows I would... more info
