This Can't Be Life is the second album by the American band Wild Colonials , released in 1996. The first single was "Charm", which was an alternative radio hit. The band supported the album with a North American tour that included stints with Los Lobos and Chalk FarM . They also headlined the second stage at the inaugural 1997 Lilith Fair .
22-475: (Redirected from Charms ) [REDACTED] Look up charm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Charm may refer to: Social science [ edit ] Charisma , a person or thing's pronounced ability to attract others Superficial charm , flattery, telling people what they want to hear Science and technology [ edit ] Charm quark ,
44-549: A charm bracelet Business [ edit ] BlackBerry Charm , a mobile phone Motorola Charm , a smartphone Charm (finance) , in quantitative finance, a second order derivative of an option pricing function versus the underlying spot price and time Unicharm Corporation (ユニ·チャーム株式会社, Yuni Chāmu kabushiki kaisha ), a Japanese company that manufactures disposable hygiene products, and household cleaning products The Charm Company, manufacturer of Charms Blow Pops candy; acquired by Tootsie Roll Industries Charms,
66-549: A charm bracelet Business [ edit ] BlackBerry Charm , a mobile phone Motorola Charm , a smartphone Charm (finance) , in quantitative finance, a second order derivative of an option pricing function versus the underlying spot price and time Unicharm Corporation (ユニ·チャーム株式会社, Yuni Chāmu kabushiki kaisha ), a Japanese company that manufactures disposable hygiene products, and household cleaning products The Charm Company, manufacturer of Charms Blow Pops candy; acquired by Tootsie Roll Industries Charms,
88-516: A brand of cigarette manufactured by VST Industries Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Literature [ edit ] The Charm , play by Walter Besant 1896 The Charm , poetry collection by Robert Creeley 1969 The Charm , poetry collection by Kathy Fagan The Charm (play) , a play by Christopher R. Shimmin Music [ edit ] Bands [ edit ] The Charms , an American garage rock band Otis Williams and
110-468: A brand of cigarette manufactured by VST Industries Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Literature [ edit ] The Charm , play by Walter Besant 1896 The Charm , poetry collection by Robert Creeley 1969 The Charm , poetry collection by Kathy Fagan The Charm (play) , a play by Christopher R. Shimmin Music [ edit ] Bands [ edit ] The Charms , an American garage rock band Otis Williams and
132-653: A photo session at Rickie Lee Jones' house, Lee noticed the postcard on Rickie's kitchen wall. The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed the album a "catchy, Eastern-flavored second effort." The Los Angeles Times wrote that "McCluskey sings messages for the lovelorn and the bitter over sounds that run from jazzy torch epics to the vaguely Middle Eastern." The San Jose Mercury News noted the "same low-range vocal ground" as 10,000 Maniacs . The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette dismissed This Can't Be Life as "fuzzy acoustic vaguely Irish folk jazz." The Orange County Register advised: "Imagine an Out of Time -era R.E.M. fronted by
154-426: A raving mad Deborah Harry and you begin to get the idea of the punch Wild Colonials can pack." The Star-Ledger stated that "McCluskey's husky, intelligent, sultry voice is the right vehicle to carry the band's jagged, edgy, Celtic-flavored alternative folk-rock that's as much Roxy Music as it is 10,000 Maniacs." The Oregonian listed This Can't Be Life among the 10 best albums of 1996. All songs written by
176-529: A song by Tony Banks from the album The Fugitive 1983 "Charm", a song by Positive Noise 1981 "Charm", a song by Virginia Astley 1987 "Charms" (Bobby Vee song) , 1963 "Charms" (The Philosopher Kings song) , 1996 People [ edit ] Daniel Charms , a pseudonym of Russian poet, writer and dramatist Daniil Kharms (1905–1942) Charm Tong (born 1981), teacher and human rights activist from Shan State, Burma Other uses [ edit ] Charm, Ohio , an unincorporated community in
198-529: A song by Tony Banks from the album The Fugitive 1983 "Charm", a song by Positive Noise 1981 "Charm", a song by Virginia Astley 1987 "Charms" (Bobby Vee song) , 1963 "Charms" (The Philosopher Kings song) , 1996 People [ edit ] Daniel Charms , a pseudonym of Russian poet, writer and dramatist Daniil Kharms (1905–1942) Charm Tong (born 1981), teacher and human rights activist from Shan State, Burma Other uses [ edit ] Charm, Ohio , an unincorporated community in
220-414: A stone or mineral artifact of various types associated with various traditional cultures CHARMM (Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics), a widely used set of force fields for molecular dynamics Charmed (disambiguation) Charmer (disambiguation) Charming (disambiguation) Charmy (disambiguation) Charmi (disambiguation) Lucky charm (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
242-414: A stone or mineral artifact of various types associated with various traditional cultures CHARMM (Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics), a widely used set of force fields for molecular dynamics Charmed (disambiguation) Charmer (disambiguation) Charming (disambiguation) Charmy (disambiguation) Charmi (disambiguation) Lucky charm (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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#1732776019618264-706: A type of elementary particle Charm (quantum number) , the difference between the number of charm quarks and charm antiquarks in a particle Computing [ edit ] Charm (programming language) , devised in the 1990s, similar to RTL/2, Pascal and C Charm++ , a parallel programming language based on C++ Charms, part of the Windows shell user interface in Microsoft Windows 8 and 8.1 Magic and superstition [ edit ] Magic charm or incantation Charm, an object believed to have been magically charmed, such as an amulet Trinket, on
286-584: A type of elementary particle Charm (quantum number) , the difference between the number of charm quarks and charm antiquarks in a particle Computing [ edit ] Charm (programming language) , devised in the 1990s, similar to RTL/2, Pascal and C Charm++ , a parallel programming language based on C++ Charms, part of the Windows shell user interface in Microsoft Windows 8 and 8.1 Magic and superstition [ edit ] Magic charm or incantation Charm, an object believed to have been magically charmed, such as an amulet Trinket, on
308-502: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages charm [REDACTED] Look up charm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Charm may refer to: Social science [ edit ] Charisma , a person or thing's pronounced ability to attract others Superficial charm , flattery, telling people what they want to hear Science and technology [ edit ] Charm quark ,
330-420: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages This Can%27t Be Life The album was produced by Tony Berg and John Porter . The album cover used artwork from a lithograph from the 1700s, which was discovered on a postcard. Bandmember Scott Roewe played a penny whistle, melodica, and didgeridoo, among other instruments. Rickie Lee Jones contributed to
352-466: The Charms , an American doo-wop group Albums [ edit ] The Charm , by American rapper Bubba Sparxxx The Charm (T. S. Monk album) , 1995 Charm (Danny! album) , by American producer and rapper Danny! Charm (Clairo album) , by American singer-songwriter Clairo Songs [ edit ] "Charm", a song by Wild Colonials from the album This Can't Be Life "Charm",
374-413: The Charms , an American doo-wop group Albums [ edit ] The Charm , by American rapper Bubba Sparxxx The Charm (T. S. Monk album) , 1995 Charm (Danny! album) , by American producer and rapper Danny! Charm (Clairo album) , by American singer-songwriter Clairo Songs [ edit ] "Charm", a song by Wild Colonials from the album This Can't Be Life "Charm",
396-857: The US Baltimore Charm , a franchise in the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League) Miss Charm , an annual beauty pageant Royal Ordnance L30 , Challenger armament (CHARM) project to provide a new main armament for the British Challenger 2 tank The collective name for a group of finchs See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikiquote has quotations related to Charm . All pages with titles beginning with Charm All pages with titles containing Charm Charmstone ,
418-550: The US Baltimore Charm , a franchise in the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League) Miss Charm , an annual beauty pageant Royal Ordnance L30 , Challenger armament (CHARM) project to provide a new main armament for the British Challenger 2 tank The collective name for a group of finchs See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikiquote has quotations related to Charm . All pages with titles beginning with Charm All pages with titles containing Charm Charmstone ,
440-486: The album. "Want" is about the death of singer Angela McCluskey 's mother. McCluskey had a practice of starting to compose songs during year-end holiday seasons. The cover image is from a 1917 German postcard. The sleeve design and photos were taken by Wild Colonials' violinist Paul Cantelon's brother Lee Cantelon . Lee has designed several album covers including, Tracy Chapman (New Beginning), Rickie Lee Jones ( Naked Songs - Live and Acoustic , and GhostyHead ). After
462-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Charm . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charm&oldid=1248286795 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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