Crowded House

[CRAZY-HORSE]

CROWDED HOUSE "time on earth" 2007.

a full fourteen years has past between 'together alone' and this one,
amongst various solo projects came the sad death of drummer Paul Hester in march '05, he committed suicide by hanging himself in a Melbourne park unable to cope with the chronic depression that plagued him for much of his life,yet Hester was always outgoing and flambouyant in public. RIP PH.
Crowded House had reformed several times over those years,mainly for benifit shows and Hester was there till the end, everyone on the band knew of his 'demons' but it never affected the way he handled himself when a part of it.
this album started off as a Neil solo set but quickly evolved into a Crowded House album even though the themes and music are quite sombre.the only track that is upbeat both in music and lyrics is "people are like suns", unfortunately its the final track.
track three is upbeat musically, but subject matter of PH's death is quite dark...gotta love Finn's falsetto vocals in the chorus!!
three tracks here(#'s 1,3,10) deal with the death of Hester, track 9 was co-written with the Dixie Chicks...
only real issue i have with this one is that i think it is probably three tracks too long for my liking with the dark subject matter!
another very good album from Neil and the gang IMO

I LOVE THIS ALBUM!

tracks:

1. nobody wants to** *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZ_vxLB_SU audio
2. dont stop now***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KlG1Z560bE video
3. she called up***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB1oArI9Mkw audio
4. say that again***
5. pour le monde**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VN5j1-W0Zg audio
6. even a child**
7. heaven that im making***
8. a sigh**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CsFrh6o15M audio
9. silent house**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQSc6dwRTo live
10.english trees**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm4dZI0Odxg audio
11.walked her way down**
12.transit lounge**
13.you are the one to make me cry**
14.people are like suns***

3s=6
2s=8
1s=0

rating: 2.4