Crowded House
Crowded House | |
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Crowded House 2007 during a performance in Hyde Park, London |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | skirt |
founding | 1985, 2007 |
resolution | 1996 |
Website | http://www.crowdedhouse.com |
Founding members | |
Neil Finn | |
Bass , vocals |
Nicholas "Nick" Seymour |
Drums , vocals |
Paul Hester (1985–1994, 1996, † 2005) |
Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Neil Finn (since 1985) |
Bass, vocals |
Nicholas "Nick" Seymour (since 1985) |
guitar |
Liam Finn (since 2019) |
Drums |
Elroy Finn (since 2019) |
Keyboards |
Mitchell Froom (since 2019) |
former members | |
Vocals, guitar, keyboards |
Tim Finn (1990-1991) |
Drums |
Peter Jones (1994-1996) |
Guitar, keyboards, vocals |
Mark Hart (1993–1996, 2007–2015) |
Drums |
Matt Sherrod (2007-2015) |
Crowded House is an Australian - New Zealand rock band around singer-songwriter Neil Finn . The band was formed in 1985, broke up in 1996 and celebrated a reunion in 2007. Her biggest hits include the singles Don't Dream It's Over (1986), Something So Strong (1987) and Weather With You (1992).
Band history
The band was formed from members of the famous New Zealand glitter rock group Split Enz , an oceanic counterpart to the English Roxy Music . Singer, guitarist and main songwriter was the New Zealander Neil Finn (* 1958), the brother of the former band leader of Split Enz , Tim Finn (* 1952). Tim Finn had brought his younger brother Neil to Split Enz a few years earlier and left the group himself in 1983. Neil, who de facto became the new bandleader of Split Enz after his brother left , founded the new group in 1985 after Split Enz split up in December 1984 together with Split Enz drummer Paul Hester (* 1959; † 2005) and bass player Nick Seymour (* 1959).
At Finn's request, the first Crowded House album should sound far less elaborate than Split Enz and should be based on the clear rock and song structures of American bands. The band began work on the debut album in Los Angeles, where it was completed and first released in June 1986. After a long and unsuccessful promotion work in the USA and Europe, the breakthrough came in January 1987 in America when the third single Don't Dream It's Over reached number 2 on the American Billboard charts. The fourth single Something So Strong also reached the US top ten with a 7th place.
The second album Temple of Low Men , released in July 1988, was then far less successful and did not produce a single hit. Since then, there has been a gradual decline in popularity in the United States with a simultaneous rise in popularity in England and continental Europe. In the US, the band was considered a one-hit wonder.
From June 1991 released third album Woodface , for which Neil's brother Tim had briefly joined the band, made it in February 1992 the single Weather with You in the top ten in Great Britain and several other European countries; in Australia and New Zealand, Crowded House were now superstars. The following year the band was named Live Act of the Year at the Brit Awards; Neil Finn was named Songwriter of the Year by Q Magazine . The fourth album, Together Alone , now instead of Tim Finn with multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart , who had worked with Supertramp among others , was recorded in 1993 in a beach house on Karekare Beach near Auckland and is considered by many fans and critics together with Woodface as the best in the band. Neil Finn received several awards for his songwriting.
Despite the success, Paul Hester left Crowded House due to personal problems in late April 1994 and was replaced by the deadstar drummer Peter Jones , who accompanied the band during their performance at the London Fleadh Festival.
Despite a considerable increase in popularity due to live performances, Neil Finn disbanded the band in the summer of 1996 while they were promoting their greatest hits album. For the subsequent big farewell concert Farewell to the World in front of the Sydney Opera House , which was attended by more than 100,000 fans, Paul Hester even returned to Crowded House, who also played the three new songs for the best song released in June 1996. of album Recurring Dream .
In 2001 there was a quasi-reunion when, in a solo performance by Neil Finn, Nick Seymour and Paul Hester also appeared on stage for a few songs.
The suicide of depression sufferer Paul Hester in 2005 brought the rest of the band back together: In June 2007, Crowded House released the first studio album since 1993 entitled Time on Earth , which was originally planned as a solo album by Neil Finn. Paul Hester's successor was Matt Sherrod , who had already drummed for Beck . On July 7th, 2007 they performed at the Live Earth concerts in Sydney. In October 2007 the band played some concerts in Germany and Switzerland. At the end of 2010 she released her sixth album Intriguer . Just like Time on Earth , the album was particularly successful in Australia and New Zealand, but received little international attention. In 2016, Crowded House were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame .
The European tour planned for 2020 has been announced with personnel changes. Instead of Hart and Sherrod, Neil Finn's sons Liam and Elroy and the Crowded House producer Mitchell Froom are listed as band members.
Style and level of awareness in German-speaking countries
Musically, the band can be classified in the field of guitar rock. Finn's melodies are often based on folk songs, similar to the Beatles' . The lyrics of the songs deal a lot with inner moods, but also sometimes satirically account for consumer culture (cf. Chocolate Cake on Woodface 1991). In German-speaking countries, in addition to the radio hit Weather with You, Locked Out (from the soundtrack of the film Reality Bites ) and Don't Dream It's Over , which has now been performed by such different artists as Sixpence None the Richer , Paul Young and the Star-Search, are mainly known -Winner Florence Joy was covered.
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | AU | NZ | |||
1986 | Crowded House |
DE44 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK99
silver
(1 week)UK |
US12
platinum
(50 weeks)US |
AU27 × 6
(13 weeks)AU |
NZ3
platinum
(50 weeks)NZ |
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1988 | Temple of Low Men |
DE57 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US40 (19 weeks) US |
AU1 (27 weeks) AU |
NZ2
platinum
(24 weeks)NZ |
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1991 | Woodface |
DE26 (19 weeks) DE |
AT8thAT |
CH12 (11 weeks) CH |
UK6th × 2
(93 weeks)UK |
US83 (17 weeks) US |
AU2 (50 weeks) AU |
NZ1
platinum
(58 weeks)NZ |
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1993 | Together alone |
DE55 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK4th
platinum
(33 weeks)UK |
US73 (7 weeks) US |
AU2 (18 weeks) AU |
NZ1
platinum
(33 weeks)NZ |
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1996 | Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of |
DE57 (8 weeks) DE |
AT43 (5 weeks) AT |
CH17 (10 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 4
(91 weeks)UK |
- |
AU1 × 13
(68 weeks)AU |
NZ1
platinum
(36 weeks)NZ |
Greatest hits album
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1999 | Afterglow | - | - | - |
UK18 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
AU36
gold
(2 weeks)AU |
NZ30 (2 weeks) NZ |
contains B-sides and previously unpublished items
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2006 | Farewell to the World | - | - | - | - | - |
AU43 (1 week) AU |
- |
Live album
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2007 | Time on Earth |
DE95 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH89 (2 weeks) CH |
UK3
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
US46 (2 weeks) US |
AU1
platinum
(12 weeks)AU |
NZ2
gold
(10 weeks)NZ |
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2010 | Intriguer |
DE79 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK12 (3 weeks) UK |
US50 (2 weeks) US |
AU1 (5 weeks) AU |
NZ3 (7 weeks) NZ |
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The Very Very Best Of | - | - | - |
UK49
silver
(1 week)UK |
- |
AU11 × 2
(20 weeks)AU |
NZ12
gold
(4 weeks)NZ |
Greatest hits
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Singles
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | AU | NZ | |||
1986 | World Where You Live | - | - | - | - |
US65 (8 weeks) US |
- | - |
First published: August 1, 1986
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Now we're getting somewhere | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NZ33 (3 weeks) NZ |
First published: September 1, 1986
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Don't Dream It's Over |
DE13 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK25th
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
US2 (24 weeks) US |
- |
NZ1 (20 weeks) NZ |
First published: October 1, 1986
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1987 | Something so strong | - | - | - |
UK95 (1 week) UK |
US7 (21 weeks) US |
- |
NZ3 (12 weeks) NZ |
First published: May 1987
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1988 | Better Be Home Soon |
DE59 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - | - |
US42 (11 weeks) US |
AU2 (18 weeks) AU |
NZ2 (14 weeks) NZ |
First published: June 12, 1988
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When you come | - | - | - | - | - |
AU27 (9 weeks) AU |
- |
First published: September 1, 1988
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Sister Madly | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NZ26 (4 weeks) NZ |
First published: August 1988
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Into temptation | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NZ38 (3 weeks) NZ |
First published: November 29, 1988
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1991 | Chocolate Cake | - | - | - |
UK69 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
AU20 (10 weeks) AU |
NZ7 (11 weeks) NZ |
First published: May 27, 1991
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Fall at Your Feet | - | - | - |
UK17 (8 weeks) UK |
US75 (6 weeks) US |
AU31 (9 weeks) AU |
NZ24 (7 weeks) NZ |
First published: August 4, 1991
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1992 | Weather with You |
DE23 (26 weeks) DE |
- |
CH8 (20 weeks) CH |
UK7th
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
- |
AU27 (8 weeks) AU |
NZ9 (9 weeks) NZ |
First published: February 27, 1992
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Four Seasons in One Day | - | - | - |
UK26 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
AU47 (2 weeks) AU |
NZ33 (3 weeks) NZ |
First publication: 1992
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It's only natural |
DE59 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
AU15 (9 weeks) AU |
NZ31 (6 weeks) NZ |
First published: February 1992
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1993 | Distant Sun |
DE70 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK19 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
AU23 (9 weeks) AU |
NZ5 (9 weeks) NZ |
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Nails in My Feet | - | - | - |
UK22 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
AU34 (3 weeks) AU |
NZ11 (4 weeks) NZ |
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1994 | Locked out | - | - | - |
UK12 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - | - | |
Fingers of Love | - | - | - |
UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - | - | ||
Private Universe | - | - | - | - | - |
AU46 (1 week) AU |
- | ||
1995 | Together alone | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NZ37 (4 weeks) NZ |
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Pineapple Head | - | - | - |
UK27 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
NZ50 (1 week) NZ |
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1996 | Everything is good for you | - | - | - | - | - |
AU10 (7 weeks) AU |
- | |
Instinct | - | - | - |
UK12 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - |
NZ17 (4 weeks) NZ |
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Not the Girl You Think You Are | - | - | - |
UK20 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
AU37 (3 weeks) AU |
NZ41 (1 week) NZ |
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2007 | Don't stop now | - | - | - |
UK41 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
AU34 (5 weeks) AU |
- | |
Pour le monde | - | - | - |
UK51 (1 week) UK |
- | - | - | ||
2015 | Help is coming | - | - | - |
UK88 (1 week) UK |
- | - | - |
More singles
- 1986: Mean to Me
- 1989: I Feel Possessed
- 2007: She Called Up
- 2010: Saturday Sun
Video albums
- 2006: Farewell to the World (AU:× 3Triple platinum )
- 2002: Dreaming - The Videos (AU:× 2Double platinum )
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | gold1 | 27 × platinum27 | 1,650,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | gold1 | - | 25,000 | ultratop.be |
Canada (MC) | - | 3 × gold3 | 2 × platinum2 | 350,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 2 × gold2 | 5 × platinum5 | 90,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 100,000 | nvpi.nl |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 200,000 | Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002 |
United States (RIAA) | - | - | platinum1 | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 4 × silver4th | gold1 | 7 × platinum7th | 2,930,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 4 × silver4th | 10 × gold10 | 44 × platinum44 |
literature
- Chris Bourke, "Something So Strong", Sydney 1997, ISBN 0-7329-0886-8 .
- Kerry Downey and Chris Twomey: "Private Universe", London 1996, ISBN 0-7119-4816-X .
swell
- ^ ARIA Hall of Fame. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed August 6, 2017 .
- ↑ News blog of band leader Neil Finn. Neil Finn , accessed December 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b DE AT CH UK US AU NZ
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Official German homepage ( Memento from May 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- English fansite
- Crowded House at laut.de
- Crowded House at Discogs (English)
- Crowded House at Allmusic (English)