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"