Love this life (Crowded House) (LP 780 - 782)

Crowded House  Crowded House (CD, Capitol Records, 1986) ***

Crowded House  Temple Of Low Men (CD, Capitol Records, 1988) ***

Crowded House  Together Alone (CD, Capitol Records, 1993) ****

Genre: NZ music

Places I remember: Vinyl Countdown (New Plymouth)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Private Universe

Gear costume: Don't Dream It's Over

Active compensatory factors: These three complete my Crowded House collection. For some reason I hadn't got around to getting these albums earlier - that Greatest Hits collection is a beauty!

Their debut album is a bit uneven but still includes some wondrous Neil Finn songs: Mean To Me, Don't Dream It's Over and Something So Strong stand out.

Second album, Temple Of Low Men also has some terrific songs: I Feel Possessed; Into Temptation; and Better Be Home Soon. 

Fourth album (I've discussed third album - Woodface elsewhere) is my favourite - mainly because of the enormity of the stand-out tracks: Pineapple Head; Private Universe; Distant Sun and Together Alone, but also because it feels like a proper album, rather than some great songs mixed with other songs.

Kudos to Michell Froom, Tchad Blake, Youth and Bob Clearmountain for their expertise in making these songs sound great!

Where do they all belong? That's it for Crowded House but there are still some Neil Finn/Tim Finn albums to come on CD.