This Desert Life
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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = This Desert Life
| Type = Studio album
| Artist = [[Counting Crows]]
| Cover = CountingCrowsThisDesertLife.jpg
| Released = <small>{{flagicon|UK}}</small> [[November 1]], [[1999]]<br><small>{{flagicon|US}}</small> [[November 2]], [[1999]] |
| Recorded = 1998
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Length = 59:46
| Label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| Producer = [[David Lowery]], [[Dennis Herring]]
| Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xy8ibkg90akv link]
*[[Robert Christgau]] {{Rating-Christgau|cut}} [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=counting+crows link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/countingcrows/albums/album/141183/review/5940897/this_desert_life link]
| Last album = ''[[Across a Wire: Live in New York City]]''<br/>(1998)
| This album = '''''This Desert Life'''''<br/>(1999)
| Next album = ''[[Hard Candy (Counting Crows album)|Hard Candy]]''<br/>(2002)
|}}
'''''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]].
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Adam Duritz]] except as indicated.
# "[[Hanginaround]]" (Duritz, [[Dan Vickrey]], [[Ben Mize]], [[David Bryson]]) – 4:07
# "[[Mrs. Potter's Lullaby]]" – 7:46
# "Amy Hit the Atmosphere" (Duritz, [[Matt Malley]]) – 4:36
# "Four Days" – 3:28
# "[[All My Friends (Counting Crows song)|All My Friends]]" – 4:49
# "High Life" (Duritz, Vickrey) – 6:20
# "Colorblind" (Duritz, [[Charlie Gillingham]]) – 3:23
# "I Wish I Was a Girl" (Duritz, Gillingham, Counting Crows) – 5:53
# "Speedway" (Duritz, Vickrey) – 3:44
# "St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream" – 15:40
# "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 (film)|Rounders]]''. They are both on the side D with a text asking you not to play that side.
==Personnel==
*[[Dan Vickrey]] – [[electric guitar|electric]] and [[steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]]s, vocals, [[sitar]] on 3
*[[Ben Mize]] – [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion instrument]], vocals
*[[Matt Malley]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], [[twelve string guitar]] on 10, vocals
*[[Charlie Gillingham]] – [[Mellotron]], [[piano]], [[Wurlitzer electric piano]], [[Hammond B-3 organ]], [[synthesizer|Nord]], acoustic guitar, [[Chamberlin]], vocals, [[string instrument|string arrangements]]
*[[Adam Duritz]] – [[vocals]], piano on 1 2 3 5 7, [[bell (instrument)|loo bells]] on 3 7
*[[David Bryson]] – electric and acoustic guitars, [[slide guitar]]s, twelve string electric guitar
===Additional personnel===
*[[David Immerglück]] – bass on 4, [[pedal steel guitar]] on 5, electric guitar on 8, [[mandolin]]
*[[Clay Jones]] – acoustic guitar on 2, electric guitar on 4, mandolinon 10
*[[David Lowery]] – [[backing vocals]]
*[[Dennis Herring]] – [[keyboard instrument|baby keys]] on 4, [[Music loop|loops]] on 10
*[[Chris Seefried]] – [[backing vocals|chorus backing vocals]] on 8
*[[David Campbell (Canadian musician)|David Campbell]] – additional arrangement, orchestration, conductor
**[[Joel Derouin]] – [[violin]]
**[[Eve Butler]] – violin
**[[Matt Funes]] – [[viola]]
**[[Larry Corbett]] – [[cello]]
==Charts==
===Album===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
|align="left"|8
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|''Billboard'' Top Canadian Albums
|align="left"|8
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|''Billboard'' Top Internet Albums
|align="left"|3/18
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart
|align="left"|19
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|Australian Albums Chart
|align="left"|20
|-
|}
===Single===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|"Hanginaround"
|align="left"|Billboard Adult Top 40
|align="left"|5
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|"Hanginaround"
|align="left"|Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
|align="left"|37
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|"Hanginaround"
|align="left"|Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
|align="left"|17
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|"Hanginaround"
|align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|22
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|"Hanginaround"
|align="left"|Billboard Top 40 Mainstream
|align="left"|21
|-
|align="left"|1999
|align="left"|"Hanginaround"
|align="left"|Billboard Top 40 Tracks
|align="left"|19
|-
|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|"Hanginaround"
|align="left"|Billboard Top 40 Recurrents
|align="left"|3
|-
|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"
|align="left"|Billboard Adult Top 40
|align="left"|40
|-
|}
==Certifications==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Organization
!align="left"|Level
!align="left"|Date
|-
|align="left"|RIAA – USA
|align="left"|Gold
|align="left"|[[December 10]], [[1999]]
|-
|align="left"|RIAA – USA
|align="left"|Platinum
|align="left"|[[January 24]], [[2000]]
|-
|}
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