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	Crowded House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crowded House was an Australasian pop-rock group active between 1986 and 1996.
		Crowded House is currently soliciting fans for photos from this show, to use as material for a DVD/CD release of the concert, expected to come out in honor of the show's 10th anniversary in 2006.
		Crowded House provided one song ("Recurring Dream") for the soundtrack of the film Rikky and Pete, other tracks for which were provided by various combinations of Split Enz alumni.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crowded_House (2042 words)

	Crowded House Album Reviews
		Crowded House (Capitol ‘86) Rating: B+ After dissolving Split Enz, a successful New Zealand new wave band formed with his older brother Tim, Neil Finn returned with this trio (so named due to their cramped living quarters) and an enjoyable debut album.
		Of course, as with all Crowded House albums it is Finn who dominates, and though this album isn't his finest moment from a songwriting standpoint, it doesn’t deserve its status as the forgotten Crowded House album.
		Perhaps the album is also a few songs longer than it needs to be (the "hidden track" is terrible), but pop music doesn’t get much better than the gorgeous “Fall At Your Feet,” the delightfully breezy and romantic “Weather For You,” and the devastatingly moving “She Goes On,” a love letter to a dearly departed.
	www.geocities.com /sfloman/crowdedhouse.html (1228 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Artist Bio
		Crowded House formed in 1985 when Neil Finn dissolved Split Enz rather than carry on after his brother Tim, the group's founding member, left to pursue a solo career.
		Crowded House's third album, Woodface, released in the summer of 1991, proved the decision to combine the material from the two scrapped records was sound -- the album certainly represents their finest recorded moments.
		In early 1993, Crowded House regrouped to record their fourth album, adding American guitarist Mark Hart (who had briefly toured with the band around the time of Temple of Low Men) to the band and dropping Mitchell Froom as their producer, opting instead for ex-Killing Joke member Youth.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/artistbio.asp?userid=Lf446rCBC0&CTR=68057 (1260 words)

	Joe Satriani
		In 1987, Satriani's second album Surfing With the Alien produced popular radio hits, and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years.
		Interestingly, he was credited for singing background vocals on the 1986 debut album by Crowded House.
		The song "Satch Boogie" from the album Surfing With the Alien is one of possibly several hundred such songs numbered, but with no names ("Satch Boogie 1," "Satch Boogie 143," etc.).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/joe_satriani.html (885 words)

	crowdedhouse
		The name Crowded House came from the cramped living conditions they were in during the recording of the debut album.
		Crowded House and their debut album were only taken notice of by the Split Enz faithful.
		This album was a departure to the three pervious, recorded in the rugged and wild surrounds of Kare Kare on the northern island of New Zealand and produced by Youth, who encouraged the band to basically freak out with the songs and music.
	www.homestead.com /karena/files/crowdedhouse.htm (1009 words)

	BIOGRAPHY
		The band was rechristened Crowded House in homage to the cramped conditions the members (and friends) endured while living in a rented Hollywood bungalow.
		Crowded House lingered around the lower reaches of the Australian album charts for almost a year before it reached #1 (June 1987).
		In early 1993, Crowded House began recording a new album in the isolated environment of Kare Kare beach on the North Island of New Zealand with UK producer Youth.
	www.geocities.com /crowdedhouse2000/biography.htm (1931 words)

	VH1.com : Crowded House : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
		House recorded some of the best pop music of the late '80s and early '90s.
		Crowded House's self-titled debut didn't gain much attention upon its release in the summer of 1986, due to insufficient promotion from Capitol Records.
		In December 1999, Afterglow, an album's worth of Crowded House leftovers and rarities, was issued in Australia and New Zealand; the album was released in the U.K. during January of the following year.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/crowded_house/bio.jhtml (1296 words)

	Crowded House Biography : Oldies.com
		The trio's debut album was released in 1986 to little fanfare, but two singles lifted from it became enormously successful giving the band US chart hits with "Don't Dream It's Over" (number 2) and "Something So Strong" (number 7) in 1987.
		The fourth Crowded House album Together Alone was released the same year and, despite being an altogether more low-key effort, unveiled a string of new Neil Finn classics, most notably the lush "Private Universe" and the soaring "Distant Sun".
		Crowded House's emotional final performance was at Sydney Opera House on 24 November 1996.
	www.oldies.com /artist-biography/Crowded-House.html (647 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Neil Finn and Crowded House
		Despite a relatively low-key presence in the US, Crowded House made it big in the UK and Europe (Princess Diana said Crowded House was one of her favourite bands after the release of 1991's Woodface) and the band is practically an institution in Australia and New Zealand.
		The album proved that Crowded House was indeed based solidly on the songwriting talents of Neil Finn, and fans of his former band lapped up his solo work.
		Crowded House's lyrics are often relatively opaque, taking a leaf from the 'I am the Walrus' book in creating poetry that sounds gorgeous, and whose meaning is, well, often left up to the listener to interpret.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A669495 (3268 words)

	Neil Finn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hooper left just before they recorded their first album, at which time the band was renamed Crowded House, after the rented accommodation they shared while recording in Los Angeles.
		At a later date, the album "Afterglow" was released which contained Crowded House tracks not previously found on Crowded House albums.
		The song "I Love You Dawn", available on the album of unreleased Crowded House tracks and B-sides called "Afterglow" was penned in her honour.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Neil_Finn (819 words)

	Crowded House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		With the band by now reduced to a trio with the departure of Hooper, Crowded House's debut album was released to little fanfare, but two singles lifted from it became enormously successful giving the band US chart hits with "Don't Dream It's Over" (number 2) and "Something So Strong" (number 7) in 1987.
		The album had one of the longest ascents up the charts ever noted, eventually peaking at number 12.
		Crowded House's standing in their adopted hometown of Melbourne, Australia prompted the Melbourne Museum For Performing Arts to inaugurate a Crowded House exhibition, containing assorted memorabilia.
	www.80smusiclyrics.com /artists/crowdedhouse.htm (361 words)

	Amazon.ca: Temple Of Low Men: Music: Crowded House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Because I'm grading on a Crowded House curve and this album suffers a bit from when it was produced and a bit in comparison with its soul mate 'Together Alone'.
		In all honesty, all their albums are great (or nearly great in the case of their debut) and you can't really make a bad choice.
		Crowded House's second album is considerably darker than its first, but it's where the Crowded House formula was working almost at 100%.
	www.amazon.ca /Temple-Low-Men-Crowded-House/dp/B000006N4M (1522 words)

	HowlSpace
		Nick especially was always inviting people around to the house the group was sharing, so when the contract with Capitol Records was secured and the group needed a name, they looked around and called themselves Crowded House.
		During the subsequent tour, just two hours before Crowded House were due to take the stage in Atlanta on April 14, 1994 Paul Hester informed the group this would be his final performance with them.
		Sessions from the missing fifth Crowded House album were released in December 1999 as part of the rarities album, ‘Afterglow’.
	www.howlspace.com.au /en/crowdedhouse/crowdedhouse.htm (850 words)

	Crowded House Album Review
		By the time the debut Crowded House album was released Finn had already honed his songwriting skills over a number of years with his previous band Split Enz.
		The second Crowded House album featured a Chamberlin, a keyboard related to the Mellotron made famous in the sixties by bands such as the Moody Blues.
		The band continued to mine the same vein with their later albums and they are all worth a listen.
	users.orac.net.au /~bill/crowdedh.html (465 words)

	Crowded House
		Crowded House was the 2nd best pure POP record of the 80s [Behind Marshall Crenshaws debut record from 80] Neil Finn always had the prettiest well written songs on those Splint Enz records, and looks like he saved a bunch of them for his new groups debut.
		Actually this album got me into the whole Crowded House/Split Enz thing, as it was played on a collegue's car stereo for a week during a course.
		The later Finn album that Neil and Tim Finn did later will probably also not appease you, but it is not as slick, it is funny and too short for my liking.
	starling.rinet.ru /music/crowdedc.htm (739 words)

	DVD-Audio Review: Crowded House - ‘Crowded House’
		The album is one snappy yet alluring melody after the next, music that variously earns the description of soulful, emotional, often a celebration but sometimes solemn.
		While I only had a passing acquaintance with Crowded House prior to the past twelve months, it says a lot to me that, after numerous listening, I still find something new in the music nearly every time I spin the disc (and I now have all of their material).
		The music of Crowded House seems to me to contain an obvious pop influence of The Beatles, although this is an observation commonly noted.
	www.highfidelityreviews.com /reviews/review.asp?reviewnumber=11660105 (2097 words)

	CLUAS Indie Album Reviews: Crowded House 'Afterglow'
		Anyway, through it all Crowded House curiously remained pretty much oblivious to passing trends and still managed to gain enough popularity to draw 250,000 souls to their final concert at the Sydney Opera House.
		There's an indication of the path the trio travelled in their time, and musically the same quotes can be dragged out: infectious melody, solid song structure, heartfelt lyrics throughout, everything getting darker as the years passed.
		In any case, only the hardest souls could walk away from this album without the hint of a smile of their face - not to mention tunes impossible to dislodge from your memory for days on end.
	www.cluas.com /music/albums/chouse.htm (298 words)

	Amazon.com: Crowded House: Music: Crowded House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		If you've ever purchased an album for 1-2 songs only to find out that the rest of the album was totally different, this will NOT be your experience with Crowded House, as the band's sound is very consistant throughout.
		I recommend purchasing that one for most people (being a Crowded House fan, I own all their records, including this one) and for those wanting more, pick the version including the live CD, which is outstanding.
		Crowded House was the brain child of Neil Finn,(From SPLIT ENZ).
	www.amazon.com /Crowded-House/dp/B000002UCR (1885 words)

	Crowded House: Dreaming - The Videos (2002)
		I can’t state that I ever felt a tremendous passion for the group, but I really liked all four of their albums and would happily greet a reunion.
		Crowded House: Dreaming appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Die-hard Crowded House fans will still probably want to own Dreaming, but I find it hard to recommend it even to those folks.
	www.dvdmg.com /crowdedhousedreaming.shtml (1815 words)

	www.myspace.com/crowdedhousemusic
		This profile is not in association with any of the members of Crowded House or their record companies.
		Crowded House was an Australian/New Zealand rock group between 1986 and 1996; two original members were from Australia and one was from New Zealand.
		Crowded House have to be the best thing to come out of NZ and Oz combined.
	www.myspace.com /crowdedhousemusic (831 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Recurring Dream: The Very Best Of Crowded House - Crowded House at Epinions.com
		After this album they expanded much more adventurously into different musical territories, so that when one comes back to listen to this album, it seems simplistic in a way.
		In their last album, Crowded House ventured into mystical and dream-poetry lands, for some good artistic rocking.
		Crowded House: best lyrics I've ever heard, beautiful music, all kinds of instrumentation, artists from musical backgrounds who never fail even when they try something new.
	www.epinions.com /musc-review-485D-47FC3D4-3954F4EC-prod1 (1014 words)

	Crowded House · Biography - NZMusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Crowded House's debut album was released to little excitement early on, however in 1997 two singles lifted from the album became enormously successful.
		In 1989, while Neil simultaneously worked on both the next Crowded House album and a project with his brother, Tim (Finn) suggested a merging of Crowded House and the Finn Brothers projects, combining the best songs from both.
		Tim joined Crowded House for their 1991 album "Woodface", and left the band after the album was finished.
	www.nzmusic.com /artist_bio.cfm?i=108 (663 words)

	Crowded House Shrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The group of musicians collectively known as "Crowded House" broke-up officially in late 1996.
		While this was distressing for the group's die-hard fans, we recognize that the musical legacy that is Crowded House will carry on for a long time to come.
		Crowded House's third album, Woodface, marked an interesting change in the group - the addition of Neil's older brother, and one of the founding members of Split Enz - Tim Finn.
	members.tripod.com /~TongueInTheMail/CrowdedHouse.html (277 words)

	BookBag@theLogBook.com - Crowded House: Something So Strong
		By the luck of the draw, Crowded House's first album was boosted by Don't Dream It's Over, a single which climbed to #2 on the U.S. Billboard charts.
		I've always been fascinated by both Crowded House and Split Enz, so this book was a godsend for me, finally revealing something about the members of the group and the army of supporters and friends who helped them almost reach the top of the charts (however briefly).
		All of the group's members are interviewed, as are all of the key players except for Craig Hooper (a "fifth Beatle" type who was ejected from the band just before their successful first album) and the enigmatic Youth (who produced the fourth and final non-compilation Crowded House album).
	www.thelogbook.com /read/q1-01 (507 words)

	Finn Brothers MP3 Downloads - Finn Brothers Music Downloads - Finn Brothers Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Nearly ten years after their first album as a duo, the Finn Brothers returned with Everyone Is Here in the late summer of 2004.
		Each brother released two studio albums and one live album (Tim's was a collaborative live effort, but it could be argued that Neil's star-studded 7 Worlds Collide was collaborative too) and, more importantly, their mother Mary passed away, and all of this feeds into the spirit, vibe, and sensibility of Everyone Is Here.
		Tim and Neil mine their relationship throughout the album -- the word "brother" seems to appear here more often than the entirety of their past work -- and they've come up with a moving set of songs that may not add up to a concept album yet are surely unified by a set of themes.
	www.mp3.com /albums/634531/summary.html (631 words)

	Biography
		The release of his first solo album Henry the Human Fly, regarded by many as a classic and “must have” by his loyal fan base, is reported to have the dubious distinction of Warner Brothers' worst selling album of all time.
		A new studio album, The Old Kit Bag, was released in UK, Europe and Japan in February 2003, followed by a US/Canadian release in May. The album was produced by John Chelew, and supported by a major band tour in the US and Europe.
		The album was soon followed by the release of Tracks, the limited edition, 5-song EP of new and live music from the folk/rock pioneer, available nationally at a number of independent retail coalitions and chains.
	www.richardthompson-music.com /bio.asp (3355 words)

	CD Review of Crowded House by Woodface
		It’s ironic that Crowded House first came about because Neil Finn wanted to get out from beneath the shadow of his brother, Tim…and, yet, the Crowded House album which is often cited as the best of their oeuvre is the one where Tim briefly joined the band.
		When word got out that the band’s third album would find Neil and Tim teaming up for the first time since their days together in Split Enz, enthusiasm among fans was running high…and Crowded House did not disappoint.
		In the UK, however, “Weather with You” made it to #7, and it turned Crowded House into a chart force to be reckoned with over the pond, resulting in 9 more hits in the top 30 before the band’s demise in 1996.
	www.bullz-eye.com /cdreviews/harris/crowded_house-woodface.htm (376 words)

	Crowded House : Crowded House - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		This formula would later become quite popular with artists from Matthew Sweet to the legions of basement auteurs in the pop underground, but this sensibility was relatively unheard of in the mid-'80s -- hence the birth of Crowded House.
		At the time, Froom's clean production seemed refreshing, almost rootsy, compared to the synth pop dominating the mainstream and college scenes at the time, but in retrospect it seems a little overreaching and fussy, particularly in its addition of echo and layers of keyboards during particularly inappropriate moments.
		Both revealed different sides of Finn's talents, with the first being lyrical and the second being effervescent, but perhaps the truest testaments to his talents are "Mean to Me," "World Where You Live," and "Now We're Getting Somewhere," songs where the lyrics meld with the melody in a way that is distinctive, affecting, and personal.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,71112,00.html (449 words)

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