
For detailed information about Crowded House recordings, see:
| CROWDED HOUSE (1986)
Crowded House was Neil Finn's first real foray outside of Split Enz. Aided by Mitchell Froom's airy production, Crowded House produced a slew of hit singles, including "World Where You Live," "Now We're Getting Somewhere," "Something So Strong," and "Don't Dream Its Over," the band's biggest hit, which rose all the way to #2 on the U.S. charts. SONG SEQUENCE
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| TEMPLE OF LOW MEN (1988)
Jokingly titled "Mediocre Follow-Up" during production, Temple of Low Men was darker and much less commercially successful than Crowded House, but it's considered by many to be the band's best work. The uplifting-yet-harrowing "Love This Life" (originally planned to be the album's final track) also provided the Crowded House Internet mailing list with its name, "Tongue in the Mail." SONG SEQUENCE
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| WOODFACE (1991)
A merging of two aborted projects: a third, scrapped Crowded House album and an untitled Finn Brothers project, Woodface joined the classic Crowded House trio with Neil's brother Tim Finn. In the case of Woodface, the parts are probably greater than the whole: it's not a very cohesive record, but it's filled with excellent songs, among them "It's Only Natural" (from the aborted Finn Brothers recording) and "Fall at Your Feet" (from the original Crowded House sessions). SONG SEQUENCE
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| TOGETHER ALONE (1993)
Recorded in a rented house above the remote New Zealand beach of Kare Kare, Together Alone is perhaps Crowded House's most atmospheric records. The final Crowded House studio album, and the only one not produced by Mitchell Froom, Together Alone at various times offers grunge guitar, a salute to glam rock, accordion solos, and a Maori choir. But at the core of the record are some classic Neil Finn songs, chief among them "Nails in My Feet" and "Distant Sun." SONG SEQUENCE
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| RECURRING DREAM (1996)
Released as the band announced its dissolution in mid-1996, Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House features three new songs and sixteen classic tracks (four each from the four studio albums), though puzzlingly not the non-album track which gives the collection its name, "Recurring Dream." SONG SEQUENCE
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