Life's Too Short (album)

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Life's Too Short
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Studio album by
Marshall Crenshaw
Released1991
GenreRock
Length45:34
LabelMCA
ProducerEd Stasium
Marshall Crenshaw chronology
Good Evening
(1989) 		Life's Too Short
(1991) 		Live …My Truck Is My Home
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
Rolling Stone3/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[5]

Life's Too Short is the sixth album by singer/songwriter Marshall Crenshaw.[6]

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…"[7]

"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..."[7]

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. ^ Life's Too Short at AllMusic
  2. ^ Milward, John. "Life's Too Short", Rolling Stone, June 13, 1991, p. 116.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Marshall Crenshaw". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 4 May 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. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 167.
  6. ^ "Marshall Crenshaw".
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Porter, David (1 February 2011). "David Porter's 20,000 Things I Love: Marshall Crenshaw". Stereo Embers Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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