Recurring Dream: The Best of Crowded House

XV-1 said:

or, You could always try some of the studio albums rather than the best of's

There is not a dud album release from Split Enz or Crowded House. Time and Tide, Conflicting Emotions, True Colours, Self tilted and Together Alone are great albums to try if unsure.

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853guy said:

My favourite. The most moving, complex, and under-rated bunch of songs I think they ever put together, with darker, looser production from Youth that saved the band from the day-glow sameyness that pervaded all of Mitchel Froom's earlier work, much as I liked Tchad Blake's inventive engineering. Happens to be Neil Finn's favourite album too, so I feel I'm in good company.

For me, it was really that Neil took the fractures in and around the band and channelled it into song structures that allowed a freer movement of emotion and dynamics that make for a much more compelling (and confronting) listen. You end up with songs that begin rather conventionally, and you think you have a handle on it. And then it bursts into a climax you're not expecting - that you haven't seen coming, and tears well up in your eyes and you're left reeling at the impact of something you haven't prepared for.

"Your skin is like water, on a burning beach... And it brings me relief..." Kills me every time.

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es347 said:

..sitting here listening to this cd straight thru...not a clinker in the bunch. Neil Finn is one of the most talented song writers living today. Also a solo work "Try Whistling This" is killer...both highly recommended!

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