Life's Too Short (album)

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Life's Too Short
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Studio album by
Marshall Crenshaw
Released1991
Genre Arena rock [1]
Length45:34
Label MCA
Producer Ed Stasium
Marshall Crenshaw chronology
Good Evening
(1989)		Life's Too Short
(1991)		 Live …My Truck Is My Home
(1994)
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Robert Christgau B+ [3]
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Life's Too Short is the sixth album by singer/songwriter Marshall Crenshaw. [7]

Contents

The album was produced by Ed Stasium and featured Kenny Aronoff on drums. Crenshaw recalled, "I liked what Kenny Aronoff (drums) and Ed Stasium (production) were doing right then, I liked them both personally, and I wanted to work with them, so off we went…" [8]

"Better Back Off" was a moderate hit on the Modern Rock charts, reaching number 17. Crenshaw said of the song, "On 'Better Back Off' you can tell from the music that I'm trying to write a big Rock-radio anthem. But the lyrics don't quite get there – they describe an intimate conversation between two people, not very anthem-like..." [8]

Spin named the album to their list of 30 overlooked albums from 1991, stating, "The Ed Stasium-produced album is full of the kind of literate guitar pop that made Crenshaw a star in the '80s, with catchy gems like 'Delilah' and “Fantastic Planet of Love.'" [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Marshall Crenshaw, except where noted.

  1. "Better Back Off" (Crenshaw, Tom Teeley) – 4:48
  2. "Don't Disappear Now" (Crenshaw, Teeley) – 4:11
  3. "Fantastic Planet Of Love" – 5:20
  4. "Delilah" (Crenshaw, Leroy Preston) – 4:08
  5. "Face Of Fashion" (Chris Knox) – 3:57
  6. "Stop Doing That" – 4:09
  7. "Walkin' Around" – 4:14
  8. "Starting Tomorrow" – 4:17
  9. "Everything's The Truth" (Crenshaw, Jules Shear) – 3:58
  10. "Somewhere Down The Line" – 6:32

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Kot, Greg (2004). "Marshall Crenshaw". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 200–201. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ↑ Life's Too Short at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Marshall Crenshaw". Robert Christgau . Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition , p. 323. Virgin Books, London. ISBN   1-85227-832-3
  5. ↑ Milward, John. "Life's Too Short", Rolling Stone , June 13, 1991, p. 116.
  6. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 167.
  7. ↑ "Marshall Crenshaw".
  8. 1 2 Porter, David (February 1, 2011). "David Porter's 20,000 Things I Love: Marshall Crenshaw". Stereo Embers Magazine. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ Shipley, Al. "30 Overlooked 1991 Albums Turning 30 This Year". Spin. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
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