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This Desert Life
Rock · 1999 · 10 tracks

This Desert Life

Counting Crows

Warm, sprawling alternative rock that trades angst for weary wisdom. A record of piano-led storytelling and golden-hour atmosphere recorded in a Hollywood house.

November 1, 1999 · DGC

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A weary but warm reflection on the beauty found in life's messy transitions.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Hanginaround
4:07
02
Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
7:46
03
Amy Hit the Atmosphere
4:37
04
Four Days
3:28
05
All My Friends
4:49
06
High Life
6:21
07
Colorblind
3:23
08
I Wish I Was a Girl
5:54
09
Speedway
3:44
10
St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream / Kid Things
15:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive, communal 'shala-la-la' backing vocals that break the tension in Hanginaround.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does This Desert Life sound next to the rest of Counting Crows's catalogue?

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The vocals lean notably further into narrating than the rest of the catalogue.

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