Excuses for Travellers

Excuses for Travellers is the third album by Mojave 3, released by 4AD on 15 May 2000 in the UK and 5 September 2000 in the US. It features the singles "In Love with a View," "Any Day Will Be Fine," and "Return to Sender." The album was released to generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 77, based on 15 reviews.[1]

Excuses for Travellers
Studio album by Mojave 3
Released	15 May 2000
Recorded	Fortress Studios 1 & 2, London; Mojave HQ
Genre	Dream pop, indie rock
Length	59:40
Language	English
Label	4AD
Producer	Mark Van Hoen and Mojave 3
Mojave 3 chronology
Out of Tune (1998) Excuses for Travellers (2000) Spoon and Rafter (2003)
Singles from Excuses for Travellers
"In Love with a View" Released: 3 April 2000 "Any Day Will Be Fine" Released: 1 May 2000 "Return to Sender" Released: 11 September 2000

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[3]
NME	7/10[4]
Pitchfork	5.5/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Halstead, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In Love with a View"		6:09
2.	"Trying to Reach You"		4:47
3.	"My Life in Art"		7:21
4.	"Return to Sender"		4:48
5.	"When You're Drifting"		6:01
6.	"Any Day Will Be Fine"		3:24
7.	"She Broke You So Softly"		5:05
8.	"Prayer for the Paranoid"		3:52
9.	"Bringin' Me Home"	Lyrics by Rachel Goswell; music by Mojave 3	3:50
10.	"Got My Sunshine"	Ian McCutcheon	4:22

US bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Krazy Koz"	4:00
12.	"Always Right"	5:30

Singles

• "In Love with a View" (3 April 2000)
  • 7" vinyl, TAD 2K03
  1. "In Love with a View"
  2. "Prayer for the Paranoid" (electric version)
• "Any Day Will Be Fine" (1 May 2000)
  • CD single, BAD 2K04CD; 7" vinyl, AD 2K04
  1. "Any Day Will Be Fine"
  2. "Krazy Koz"
  3. "Always Right"
• "Return to Sender" (11 September 2000)
  • CD single, BAD 2K17CD; 7" vinyl, AD 2K17
  1. "Return to Sender"
  2. "Yer Feet" (Live with Portuguese fireworks)
  3. "Girl from the North Country"

References

1. "Reviews for Excuses for Travellers by Mojave 3". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
2. Kellman, Andy. "Excuses for Travellers – Mojave 3". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
3. Schinder, Scott (6 October 2000). "Excuses for Travellers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
4. "Excuses For Travellers". NME. 22 July 2000. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
5. LeMay, Matt (15 May 2000). "Mojave 3: Excuses for Travellers". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
6. Moon, Tom (28 September 2000). "Mojave 3: Excuses for Travellers". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 25 January 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2017.