COUNTING CROWS This Desert Life MINT UNPLAYED 

1. "Hanginaround"
   Released: October 18, 1999
2. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"
   Released: August 15, 2000
3. "All My Friends"
   Released: 2000

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.

Contents

• 1Track listing
• 2Personnel
• 3Release history
• 4Charts
  • 4.1Album
  • 4.2Single
  • 4.3Certifications
• 5References

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

• 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

• 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[edit]

Charts[edit]

Album[edit]

Single[edit]