| Product Summary | | Label: ATO RECORDS/RED | | UPC: 00880882158026 | | Release Date: 7/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204776920 | | Item#: M3N556 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25730 | Format:  CD |
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| Time on Earth, which is layered with rich textures of guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, horns, touches of Hammond organ and sitar, and plenty of stellar harmonies, should earn the band new listeners who may have missed them the first time around. It will certainly delight the legions of long-time fans who've loved Crowded House ever since they formed in Melbourne in 1985.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | In the days when hair metal ruled the rock roost, New Zealanders Crowded House made the world safe for graceful, McCartneyesque pop. Their first new album in 14 years, TIME ON EARTH makes it seem as if barely a moment has passed since Neil Finn and company's glory days. The jangling acoustic and electric guitars, elegantly unfurled melodies, and Finn's winsome-but-wise delivery remain untarnished. Some high-profile guests are on hand, including former Smiths axeman Johnny Marr and Dixie Chick Natalie Maines, but they're ultimately frosting on the dream-pop cake. It's not that Crowded House set out to recreate the classic sound of hits like "Don't Dream It's Over," just that it comes as naturally to them as breathing, and feels as relevant to 2007 as it did to 1987. |
Producer: Ethan Johns |
Engineer: Neil Baldock; Dave Paul |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/10/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 8215802 | | Label : Red Ink Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 58m : 30s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00880882158026 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (p.100)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "TIME ON EARTH is an assured, soothing collection of sweet-tempered pop tunes and ballads."Entertainment Weekly (p.75)
- "Beatlesesque melancholia permeates the record, with singer Neil Finn's reflection on 'English Trees' a typically lugubrious contribution." -- Grade: B Uncut (p.104)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his taut album possesses the immersive qualities and cumulative impact of a good novel." |
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| | Bio | | | Crowded House "It's one thing for a band to get back together and expect that everyone's just going to embrace you as if you'd never left - that it's going to be a big celebratory and nostalgic exercise," says Neil Finn, leader of the newly reformed Crowded House, one of the most beloved pop-rock bands of the late '80s to mid '90s. "That's not what we have in mind. We want to get out amongst it and be a band that has to earn our respect again." Finn's high standards and relentless work ethic have enabled the New Zealand-born singer, guitarist, and songwriter to survive three decades in the pop trade, delivering such timeless gems as "I Got You" for his elder brother Tim's New Wave band Split Enz, "Don't Dream it's Over" and "Fall at Your Feet" for Crowded House, and "She Will Have Her Way," which appeared on Try Whistling This, one of his two solo albums. Adored by fans and critics alike for his keen eye for lyrical detail and matchless gift for melody, Finn proves his songwriting skills are as sharp as ever with Time on Earth, the first studio album from Crowded House since 1993's Together Alone. That album was the last to feature the band's original drummer, Paul Hester, who tragically took his own life in March 2005. In the months following Hester's death, Finn sought solace in his friend, Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour, and the two began making music together at the beginning of 2006. "We found a way to express something musically and it just felt good," Finn says. "Even though there were only two of us, it felt like a band again. By the end of that process, I admitted as much to Nick and he admitted it to me."
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