‘INTRIGUER’ DEBUTS AT #1
July 1st 2010 01:32
CROWDED HOUSE ‘INTRIGUER’ DEBUTS AT #1
New single ‘Either Side of the World’
at radio Monday June 28
The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed sixth studio album from Crowded House Intriguer, has debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart. It is the fifth time the band has topped the chart, giving them a cumulative total of fourteen weeks on top.
Intriguer follows 2007’s Time On Earth, which hit No. 1 in Australia and New Zealand, and No. 3 in the UK. It was a continuation of the legacy created by such music milestones as Crowded House, Woodface, Together Alone and Recurring Dream.
These albums have together accounted for career sales of more than 10 million, produced such global hits as ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over,’ ‘Something So Strong’ and ‘Weather With You,’ and created Crowded House’s reputation as one of the most compelling bands in the world.
The second single from Intriguer is ‘Either Side Of The World.’ Finn describes the track as, “a slight homage to JPY (John Paul Young).. a bit Love Is In The Air”. The track transformed and took on the samba groove at their very last rehearsal.
The album was recorded last year at Roundhead studios in Auckland with Jim Scott, who returned for mixing duties in LA. Finn describes the album as “This 10 track album is exotic in parts, traditional in origin, through many a twist and turn we fashioned some drama and intrigue. You will find some threads that go back through all that history and some new discoveries as well that will need to be followed up. Its part of the continuum and it may just be the best thing we’ve done ……till the next one.”
“Crowded House's mirror ball seems to be spinning under random chemical influences and Neil Finn's word pictures drip more heavily abstract but tunes zigzag towards similar, deeply satisfying bullseyes on the second album of their second life” Michael Dwyer, The Age (4½ stars)
“Crowded House displays a return to its effervescent best..” Graeme Hammond, Sunday Herald Sun (4 stars)
“A welcome, if not classic, addition to the Finn legacy.” Iain Shedden, The Australian
“Finn’s voice is, as always, comfortingly familiar, an immediate joy on an album that rewards patience and persistence.” Rod Yates, Rolling Stone (3½ stars)
CROWDED HOUSE
NEW ALBUM ‘INTRIGUER’ – AVAILABLE NOW
NEW SINGLE ‘EITHER SIDE OF THE WORLD’ – AT RADIO Monday June 28
New single ‘Either Side of the World’
at radio Monday June 28
The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed sixth studio album from Crowded House Intriguer, has debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart. It is the fifth time the band has topped the chart, giving them a cumulative total of fourteen weeks on top.
These albums have together accounted for career sales of more than 10 million, produced such global hits as ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over,’ ‘Something So Strong’ and ‘Weather With You,’ and created Crowded House’s reputation as one of the most compelling bands in the world.
The second single from Intriguer is ‘Either Side Of The World.’ Finn describes the track as, “a slight homage to JPY (John Paul Young).. a bit Love Is In The Air”. The track transformed and took on the samba groove at their very last rehearsal.
The album was recorded last year at Roundhead studios in Auckland with Jim Scott, who returned for mixing duties in LA. Finn describes the album as “This 10 track album is exotic in parts, traditional in origin, through many a twist and turn we fashioned some drama and intrigue. You will find some threads that go back through all that history and some new discoveries as well that will need to be followed up. Its part of the continuum and it may just be the best thing we’ve done ……till the next one.”
“Crowded House's mirror ball seems to be spinning under random chemical influences and Neil Finn's word pictures drip more heavily abstract but tunes zigzag towards similar, deeply satisfying bullseyes on the second album of their second life” Michael Dwyer, The Age (4½ stars)
“Crowded House displays a return to its effervescent best..” Graeme Hammond, Sunday Herald Sun (4 stars)
“A welcome, if not classic, addition to the Finn legacy.” Iain Shedden, The Australian
“Finn’s voice is, as always, comfortingly familiar, an immediate joy on an album that rewards patience and persistence.” Rod Yates, Rolling Stone (3½ stars)
CROWDED HOUSE
NEW ALBUM ‘INTRIGUER’ – AVAILABLE NOW
NEW SINGLE ‘EITHER SIDE OF THE WORLD’ – AT RADIO Monday June 28
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