Random Crowded House Songs
After the band broke up in the mid-nineties, a handful of Crowded House tracks surfaced on Recurring Dream (a greatest hits compilation) and Afterglow, a mishmash of unreleased recordings.
On Recurring Dream, Crowded House reformed to record three new, rather demo-like songs.
Everything Is Good For You
= 2 stars
The initial guitar lick sounds like Anyone Can Tell. Essentially sounds like a demo, the raw elements of the band, guitar, bass, and drums. The song itself isn’t up to snuff, though.
Instinct
= 3 stars
The chorus reminds me of Aimee Mann — a good thing. Unpolished, but kinda cool. I really notice how Nick Seymour picks unusual notes to highlight with his bass playing. Sounds like a drum loop is keeping time.
This video looks like a home movie.
Not The Girl You Think You Are
= 4 stars
A slow, gorgeous, Beatle-esque waltz track, not unlike a George Harrison / John Lennon demo. The best of these orphaned tracks.
Here’s the track list for the songs on Afterglow with some notes about each:
- I Am In Love (seems to be from Temple of Low Men era)
- Sacred Cow (Woodface era — my favorite track on this disc [four stars] — could have been on Woodface)
- You Can Touch (Meh)
- Help Is Coming (Together Alone era — similar to Kare Kare)
- I Love You Dawn (Ergh, really cheesy)
- Dr. Livingstone (dud)
- My Telly’s Gone Bung (Paul Hester = meh)
- Private Universe (demo version of a Together Alone tune)
- Lester (demo of a really great song about Neil’s dog)
- Anyone Can Tell (dates from the first album.)
- Recurring Dream (dates from the first album — sounds like Big Country)
- Left Hand (decent)
- Time Immemorial (Woodface, country song)