Album · Marshall Crenshaw
Life's Too Short by Marshall Crenshaw
Life's Too Short is an album by Marshall Crenshaw, released in 1991. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Better Back Off”, on 1 list with a best position of #1811.
Life's Too Short, Marshall Crenshaw's sixth album, came out on MCA in 1991, and it finds the Detroit songsmith who once got tagged as the new Buddy Holly beefing up his sound without losing his touch. He wanted to work with producer Ed Stasium and drummer Kenny Aronoff because he liked what both of them were up to at the time, and it shows: the guitars have muscle, and Aronoff hits hard.
"Better Back Off" is the sound of Crenshaw deliberately swinging for a big rock-radio anthem, though by his own account the words, a private conversation between two people, never quite match the music's ambitions. It still reached number 17 on the Modern Rock chart. The rest is smart, tuneful guitar pop in his classic vein, with "Delilah" and "Fantastic Planet of Love" among the keepers, and Spin counted it among the overlooked albums of 1991.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Life's Too Short on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better Back Off | 1 | #1811 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.