Together Alone - Crowded House Reviews

Together Alone is the final album created by the celebrated antipodean band, Crowded House. Formed in 1984 as Split Enz, with Neil Finn and his brother Tim, the band evolved into Crowded House with Neil Finn being the main singer and songwriter and lead of the band, his New Zealand influence is all over this album, and for me is an absolute ...  Read the complete review

CROWDED HOUSE - TOGETHER ALONE ------------------------------- Crowded house were an amazing band, most people will know at least one of their songs, but you would probably be surprised at how many others that you know as well. Over the years they have been most well known for the song 'Don't dream its ...  Read the complete review

"I was standing on a wave, then I made the drop..." Those are the words that introduce the masterpiece that is "Together Alone". The opening track 'Kare Kare' is one of those tracks that slowly creeps up on you and has hooks that pass through your mind for weeks after you've first heard it. Comparable to ...  Read the complete review

TOGETHER ALONE marks Crowded House at their creative peak and is easily their finest album to date, a combination of simple, wistful pop songs and a few songs with a possibly more sinister undercurrent, a recurring theme throughout a lot of Crowded House's work. The album was Crowded House's most commerically successful...such a shame that ...  Read the complete review

More gems are offered on this 'last' album of Crowded House in the form of songs like 'Kare Kare', Nails In My Feet', 'Fingers of Love' and 'Private Universe' that featured the now familiar Crowded House signature sound. 'In My Command' has a Beatle-esque rock feel with a Lennon-like vocal for ...  Read the complete review

This is Crowded House's final album, released in 1993, and probably their best. Whereas 1991's Woodface was their most successful album commercially, this one is a far more complete product, with some truely excpetional songwriting. The mood is very laid-back, but also quite melancholy, comparable with the Beautiful South's ...  Read the complete review