Life's Too Short (album)

Life's Too Short
Studio album by Marshall Crenshaw
Released	1991
Genre	Rock
Length	45:34
Label	MCA
Producer	Ed Stasium
Marshall Crenshaw chronology
Good Evening (1989) Life's Too Short (1991) Live …My Truck Is My Home (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Robert Christgau	B+[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

Life's Too Short is the sixth album by singer/songwriter Marshall Crenshaw and his first not on Warner Bros.

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

• Marshall Crenshaw - vocals, guitar, piano, bass, percussion
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Fernando Saunders – bass

• Ed Stasium – keyboards, percussion, guitar, vocals
• Greg Leisz – slide guitar, frying pan guitar
• Peter Case – harmonica
• Paul Shaffer – piano, organ
• Tommy Price – drums
• Tony Garnier – bass
• Rosie Flores – vocals
• Steven Soles – vocals

References

1. Life's Too Short (album) 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