Woodface

Not the album that has "Don't Dream It's Over" -- this is definitely a big departure from that

calm and old. liked this

I was confused on how to feel about this for a bit. First track is pretty good, and then I get opinion clouded; until I saw a review that said “oh they sound like rem and then it clicked, 5 stars” and I agree on the first part, but this is like REM if REM didn’t have “it”. Album is still good but I don’t love it, really takes a lot of influence and sounds like a lot of music that is better than it but it’s still good.

Absolutely meh album. It's fine overall, just lacks emotion or anything memorable

Great album

Wow, I'm surprised by the super negative 1 star reviews. While it's not my favorite album, it was pretty enjoyable overall.

Quite like this. Of course I was a huge Split Enz fan which counts into it. This is enjoyable music with some clever hooks. It's not going to change the world, but why should it. Sometimes music can just be for pleasure. Dad-rock, perhaps, but it is a 35 year old album, so why not. Nothing ground breaking, but a good solid album with no bad songs. 4/5

I am not sure I like the name of the album or the album cover. What I do like is the music on Woodface. I am very surprised Crowded House's debut album isn't in the book, considering it has two of Crowded House's biggest hits on it. This is very good accessible pop-rock with some jangle that I tend to like. While Woodface does not have the biggest hits by the band, it essentially has all of their other hits. I know this may not be for everyone and there is certainly some filler towards the back end of the album. I (just) went back and listened to the debut album by Crowded House and this is the better album. It doesn't have the highpoints, but it is a more consistent album overall. It has a much worse cover and album title. My favorite tracks: Chocolate Cake It's Only Natural Fall At Your Feet Weather With You Four Seasons in One Day There Goes God As Sure As I Am She Goes On

It was fine to listen to, but I probably wouldn't seek it out again.

Fun, easy listening

Curious indie sound

I saw Crowded House a couple years ago. They broke into Aquarius in the middle of Weather With You. Awesome show.

I can tell there's talent in these guys, however it's like they've been asked to create music for a sitcom

Boring.

I hadn't listened to a Crowded House album before this and only knew their biggest hits. A bit too polished and middle-of-the-road, but a good pop song is a good pop song, and there are plenty of them on this record.

Very middle of the road sounding brit pop rock from the 90s. Not bad, but also not great.

Lmao the top 4 reviews are so harsh on this. Just look at the keywords from reviews section : "Boring", "Bland, "Generic", "forgetable", "Australian". Jeez. Rightfully so sadly. This is not good. Its sounds like REM if they were a boys band. Hu... if you wanna listen to the blandest pop rock there is thats a bit overproduced its the album for you. I cannot find any rediming quality abouth this album. Its so innnofensive. The hooks sucks. Its the kind of music AI train on. Mid at best/5

Liked!

Another - interesting - choice. I'm a fan of Crowded House. I've seen them a couple times. I would not call this their best album. Certainly not their worst either. It does have a bunch of classics on it. But I would think their self-titled debut was far more influential and, at least in the US, more successful. This one I'd call a 3 1/2, maybe 4 stars.

This is it for the representation on Crowded House on this list. Its not a bad album, it just sounds like more 90s to me, and I got bored quickly. 2 1/2 stars!

This was a difficult listen. I couldn't make it all the way. Skimmed it and still was unbearable.

Album #246 Crowded House: Woodface Despite considering myself a connoisseur of all things 80s pop and rock, I have actually never heard of Crowded Face. This is very surprising to me, since apparently there are one of the biggest pop acts of the late 80s and early 90s, or at least that’s how it seems according to their Spotify numbers. Of course, after a bit of digging I realized that they were the band behind “Don’t Dream It’s Over” which is a classic song that sounds like it is meant to play during the climax of an Adam Sandler movie. My optimism for the album was further enhanced by finding out they were Australian, since Austalia and New Zealand were home to much of my favourite music during the 80s: bands like The Church, The Go-Betweens, Midnight Oil, the entire Dunedin/Flying Nun scene. One thing that all of those bands have in common is that they have distinct personalities, yet consistently captivating jangly melodies. Well after listening to Woodface, unfortunately Crowded House have neither. This album is so incredibly safe, normally I’m not one to complain about pop music not being experimental or whatever, but I’m genuinely surprised by how popular some of these songs are. Weather With You has absolutely no catchy hook, infectious passion, or ear-worm riff; it’s just a nothing-burger of a song; yet somehow it has 300 million streams. This is the type of music that I would expect to play in the background of an A&W whilst I wait for my cheddar bacon uncle burger to be cooked. The lyrics here are also really strange, with a lot of pop-culture references and surrealistic campy imagery; it seems they were trying to emulate Dylan at times, but instead of coming across as poetic, it just comes across as weird. Just an absolutely inoffensive placid album, which is something that people say about a lot of albums that I enjoy, so hey maybe this one just doesn’t click for me for whatever reason. Not the worst thing ever, but if you’re looking for an emotional early 90s pop album, I would suggest Cake by Traschan Sinatras, as I think it accomplishes a lot of what Crowded House tries to do here, only with actual personality and grace. Best Songs: As Sure As I Am, It’s Only Natural, She Goes On Worst Song: There Goes God Score out of 10: 5

Had on in the background as I made breakfast. Enjoyable for that reason, but did not grab me!

My patience for albums on this list after 1015 is limited. So this felt like someone hit me in the face with wood.

I actually enjoyed listening to this album. The vocals were relaxing and interesting. And for some reason it felt very nostalgic and pleasant to listen to. Now I wouldn’t add these to my main playlist, but I would seek some songs out to listen to on an odd day.

De momento me parece un álbum con un rock pop clásico con canciones amenas pero en su mayoría no memorables Musicalmente hablando se aprecia su talento, se ve que aprovechan muy bien su nicho a lo largo del álbum sin embargo hay momentos donde se salen de la línea para ejecuciones un poco más serias Chocolate Cake y Fall at Your Feet son las destacadas del álbum Se siente que la pasaron bien en la confección del álbum y que el producto nace de esa buena onda Para ser un género con el que habitualmente me cuesta congeniar, me parece un producto que invita a explorarlo más, sin embargo sigo admitiendo que no es mi cancha más habitual Está bien y para alguien muy metido o conectado en este género puede ser un gran álbum

I loved this album when it came out, but now it seems really dated. There are a couple of solid songs on it, but it seems mostly clean and emotionless to me now. In most cases, nostalgia will give an album a boost. Not here. Strange.

Exactly the type of 80s to 90s transition music I don't really like. Always hated the song Take the Weather. I was going to give it two, but I started skipping songs after listening to half. Just don't like it. 1/5.

Solid disco album! The titular track is fine, but far from my favorite song which was a pleasant surprise.

Pleasant

Surprisingly good. Chocolate cake was an interesting song

I'm gonna copy another review I read here that sums up how I feel about this one: OH GOD THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING TERRIBLE ITS THE WORST ALBUM IVE HAD ON THE GENERATOR SINCE MELLON TWATTING COLLIE AND THE INFINITE BASTARD SADNESS HOW THE FUCK DID THIS ALBUM GET INCLUDED ON THE LIST I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW ANY PERSON COULD BEAR TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE BELLENDING FORTY EIGHT MINUTES AND ELEVEN SECONDS OF AURAL GONORRHOEA THIS ALBUM DISSEMINATES THERE IS NOT EVEN A VAGUE GESTURE AT A PLEASANT QUALITY OR A REDEMPTIVE FEATURE THAT COULD PERMIT THE LISTENER A MOMENTARY LIFT FROM THEIR LUCIFEROUS HATRED OF THIS ALBUM AND WHAT CATALYSES THE HATRED THIS ALBUM ENGENDERS IS THE ALBUMS MONUMENTAL SMUGNESS ITS SO PLEASED WITH ITSELF FOR MAKING SUCH ASININE PAP TRUE STORY THIS I WAS UNABLE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE SONGS TOGETHER IN ONE SITTING I WAS SO REPULSED I HAD TO BREAK UP THE ATROCITY BY PLAYING MUCH BETTER SONGS AFTER EVERY TWO OR THREE TRACKS FIRSTLY I STARTED WITH CHARLIE FEATHERS CANT HARDLY STAND IT WHICH HAS THE SLIGHT MISFORTUNE OF BEING IN A TARANTINO MOVIE THUS ROBBING IT OF ITS COOLNESS BUT I STILL GET OFF ON THAT ROCKABILLY GROOVE THEN I WENT FOR DONOVANS ATLANTIS A CLASSIC BIT OF HIPPY NONSENSE FOR WHICH IVE ALWAYS HAD A REAL AFFECTION THEN MY INTERNET WENT DOWN FOR A BIT AND I WAS WELL CHUFFED BECAUSE I COULD POSTPONE LISTENING TO THE REST OF THIS JIZZSCAB AND THEN IT CAME BACK ON AND AFTER TWO SONGS I PUT ON LOOKIN FOR A KISS BY THE NEW YORK DOLLS THEYRE MORRISSEYS FAVOURITE BAND DONT YOU KNOW THEN AFTER THAT I CHOSE THE PASSIONS IM IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR A POST PUNK ONE HIT WONDER THATS WONDERFULLY ICY AND CORUSCATING AND I FINISHED WITH LL COOL JS MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT BECAUSE I WANTED SOMETHING FUN AND STRAIGHTFORWARD AFTER HAVING DEALT WITH CROWDED HOUSE THE LITTLE SHIT CAKE BAKERS WHILST READING ABOUT THIS MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF HAVING YOUR HAND REPEATEDLY SMASHED INTO A CAR DOOR I DISCOVERED THAT THE BANDS FIRST ATTEMPT AT THIS ALBUM WAS REJECTED BY THE RECORD LABEL HOW BAD MUST THAT HAVE BEEN WERE THEY LITERALLY JUST RECORDING PARTICULARLY CACOPHONOUS DIARRHOEA OR SOMETHING AFTER WITNESSING THE TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN THE PHILOSOPHER HANNAH ARENDT CONCEIVED OF THE BANALITY OF EVIL WHERE SHE ARGUED THAT EICHMANNS CRIMES LIKE SO MANY CRIMES LACKED ANY SERIOUS IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATION BUT WERE MAINLY DRIVEN BY AN UNTHINKING COMPLACENCY BOLSTERED BY CLICHED DEFENCES SO IF THIS MUSIC IS BANAL AND IT IS DOES THAT IMPLY ITS EVIL WELL FAINTLY YES THIS ALBUM EXEMPLIFIES THE BANALITY OF EVIL MUSIC LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM IS AKIN TO WITNESSING A LITTLE OLD LADY BEING MUGGED AND QUICKSTEPPING IT AWAY BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO GET INVOLVED CROWDED HOUSE MAY BE THE MOST GUILTY BUT WERE ALSO GUILTY WE COULD HAVE STOPPED THEM AND WE DIDNT AND WE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT SQUEEZING OUR CONSCIENCES IN A VICE UNTIL THE DAY WE DIE I have to say, Woodface isn't really my kind of thing.

I dunno man - think it’s one you had to be there for. I wasn’t offended or anything by the pick, but lost me more than a few times.

Pretty solid album even if it doesn’t have “don’t dream it’s over” on it.

This is pretty generic and inoffensive, but I didn't mind it as much as I expected. Whispers and Moans was a standout track.

I think you could get AI to make something pretty similar with a couple good prompts

This didn’t even have the decency to be unpleasant in a fascinating way

On hold music at its finest. Nice enough to be catchy and keep you just there and not hang up but not good enough to make you immerse yourself into it enough to have a bop along. First 5 tracks decent enough but then declines as the album goes on. Best track- ‘fall at your feet’ Although ‘weather with you’ stood out too. Worst track- ‘there goes god’ Only Just better than average 5.5/10

Crowded House A real album of two halves. Front loaded with all the hits and then tails off into insignificance. Neil Finn can write some great Paul MaCartney type melodies, but whereas Macca will always add a twist of acidity, Finn's remain syrupy sweet from start to finish. Best tracks are the singles, with Fall At Your Feet being my pick. Worst Track - Fame is 5.5/10

At it's best, it's decent, but at it's worst it's just boring. This album is just so painfully 90s.

Older soft rock, not really my jam.

Other than the main known tracks like "Weather With You", "Fall At Your Feet", "It's Only Natural", the rest is just boring bloat. Disappointed to be honest. Give me a greatest hits, that'll do the job I think.

Very mid 3/5

Never heard of this band before but clearly I knew at least three songs of theirs since they get played pretty frequently on the radio. There were some good upbeat tracks on here until the latter half where it mellows out a bit too much, but I did enjoy the album and gave me an appreciation for sons like Its Only Natural and weather With You.

Some classics on here

Decent

Overall listenable album but with really nothing memorable. I will never listen to it again and I would have died happier without doing that in the first place. Another argument supporting my developing theory that popular music in the 90s (barring the due exception) sucked particularly...

Very similar to XTC with their happy pop style. I really enjoyed this one,

Some decent songs

Might change it later.

fiola, auto

It's not bad, but it sounds very generic. Nothing special to be on this list. 3 stars

Listening to Woodface feels like being trapped at a dinner party with someone who insists on showing you 47 vacation slides from places that all look exactly the same. Every song blends into the next in a beige blur of earnest harmonies, tasteful guitar strumming, and melodies so aggressively inoffensive they achieve the impossible feat of being both catchy and completely forgettable. The album has all the danger of warm milk and all the excitement of waiting for your computer to install a printer driver. By the time it limps to the finish line, you're left wondering whether you've actually heard an album or just spent an hour inside the world's nicest dentist's office. Woodface isn't bad because it's offensive—it's bad because it somehow drains the life out of every promising idea until even silence starts sounding like a bold artistic statement. Much love, ChatGPT

Quite a pleasant listen. I recognised two songs. Bit of a pop/very soft rock sound. Unlikely to listen to again.

Every song feels like it was assembled from the same handful of jangly chords, polite melodies, and safe arrangements. Nothing is offensively bad, but almost nothing is memorable either. It's music that seems terrified of taking a risk, settling instead for an endless parade of middle-of-the-road adult rock that drifts by without ever demanding your attention. The harmonies are undeniably polished, but polish alone can't make up for a complete lack of personality.

The epitome of background music, at least, for me. It's not bad music, but I can't call it good either. It just is. It exists. I had never heard of this band before, and after this album, I'm good never hearing of them again. If you enjoy it, more power to you, but its not for me.

ALL I ASK??? I need to relisten to this one to fully grasp it but I liked it a lotttt 4!!

Inoffensive, and I liked the singles. Dragged a bit by the end. I guess you could say I Dreamed It’s Over.

I bought this when it first came out, having loved their first one. I didn’t listen to it as frequently. I remembered “Four Season in One Day” pretty well, though. Maybe I should have spent more time with it then.

This is just so safe and unexciting. I thought I would be somewhat endeared by its cheesiness -- but no, it just sorta stinks.

2.1 1x JFK to ATL after NE roadtrip

Don't dream it's over

Enjoyed it.

Great band, great record. Glad it's on this list

Full of hits, and for good reason.

Proud to be a New Zealander listening to this.

2.5 - ok

So boring and even less memorable

5 - AVERAGE

unremarkable but not in that boring of way, almost in a comforting way? still forgettable tho, and prolly shouldn't be here. 3/5

I really like it, nice for work

It was very forgettable. I don't remember any of the songs that were nice. I could listen to it but that's it Review - 5/10

the third studio album by australian rock group crowded house. collaborating with another band of brothers from new zealand, the efforts from both groups are essentially compiled into this album here. it proved to be successful in australia; critics say that it's one of the best rock albums to come out from that country. clean is a good way to describe this album. definitely a great example of a pop album that exhibits the formula well and... i don't wanna say it sound perfectly produced, but it's near-perfect. i guess the only thing that prevents me from rating it higher is the fact that it's a pop album, tried and true. it sounds like a pop album, it was composed as such, very radio-friendly. it's still high quality stuff! but there's really only so much you can say about the music itself... despite this, i guess i can say it was worth the listen! i see why people down under respect this album and the band members a lot.

It's pretty enough music, but that's all it is. The lyrics. My god. I'm not going to repeat the line, but everyone has heard it. Ranks right up there with Milton. Maybe even Dante. NOT. Come on, I've heard better written, more heartfelt words in middle-school English poetry writing exercises. Every song sounds the same. If you wanted background music for your average teenage girl drama watch marathon, here's your choice. No friction, no hooks, nothing to bite into. It's the audio equivalent of beige wallpaper. It's the perfect background music to "Will Chloe text him back?" Gimme a minor chord, a different tuning, a weird signature. Something! My Rating: 2/5

Neat little indie pop record from New Zealand! Very tuneful, 80s style songwriting with more updated 90s production. Really straddling the line of that pre-Nirvana wave before everything in rock got heavier and edgier.

Blah has blahed harder before b/c blah blahs hardest w/ U2 - ‘Tall Trees,’ ‘Weather With You,’ & a few other moments are more meh-kinda-okay-I-guess than blah full stop - but blah does blah pretty badly on Woodface, a record w/ little soul & no imagination. ‘Blood dries up / Like rain, like rain / Fills my cup / Like four seasons in one days.’ Another Aussie act (Nick Cave, Triffids) for the Christian majority, I'm not sure, but it has a Christian rock feel, & I don’t trust the band’s ironies, which are soft & boring, i.e., is 'There Goes God' really all that unbelieving? If music doesn't make you feel a thing, it ought to make you feel a whole lot of things, especially pop: you know, that magic of heightened receptivities. Woodface don't do that.

HEY NOW, HEY NOW, WHEN WILL THIS ALBUMMMMM BEEEEE OVVVERR

On first listen I thought this was a really witty band and all the jokes went over my head and then I realized they were Australian not British and suddenly they didn't seem so smart anymore. What does that say about me? Super fun and catchy - he's got such a good voice and their harmonies are really simple but really good. It feels very much like it's ripping off Squeeze and Elvis Costello but I don't mind it. The production is super dated of course but kinda fun. I get the feeling that this was seen as disposable trash when it came out, but it's pretty fun trash.

Surprisingly good. Nothing standout (other than Weather with You), but it was very solid.

Pretty chill music. I like it.

Ok so not the most memorable album I’ve heard but I still enjoyed it for the most part.

Crowded House is a pretty good band and this is a pretty good album. I am a little surprised that this list decided not to include their self titled album which I think is much better. But I enjoyed the listen and there are some really good tracks on here.

This very much sounded like generic feel good music and I wasn't really here for it. The last 15 minutes felt like a long 30 minutes - time really felt stretched with this one. I'd give this a 2.5 if possible.

I have to say ot was good

5/10 It was fine, just a little uninteresting to listen to. Saw some reviews absolutely slating it but it’s just pretty mediocre if not below par, non of the songs really popped to me but it was okay to listen to in the background.

5/10 = i do like crowded house despite the fact my dad absolutely beefs with them and huffs and puffs when it comes on shuffle but felt quite whelmed by this, they get their sound across well but it just kind of bored me by the end

c'est pas un mauvais album mais il est oubliable en faisant tout ce qui a déjà été fait avec 10 ans de retard

A few redeeming songs but overall a very boring album.

Enjoyed this quite a bit - more than expected. Favorite track was as sure as I am.

Always liked this band, forgot about this album. Started out lovely and maintained throughout. 4.5 rounded up because it’s been so long since I had a 5, and Elizabeth really liked it. Went back and listened to their debut album, which I know a lot better, and it’s not as good as this — except for Don’t Dream It’s Over, which is such a great song it would elevate any album up a point.

It’s a dead horse to beat, but some of these albums do not belong on any “mandatory” list. Nothing in my life is better for having listened to this album.

LOVE the Crowdies! Neil Finn one of the great pop singers ever! but this is unfortunately another case of right band, wrong record for the list. three of these songs are gorgeous indelible masterpieces (Four Seasons, Whispers and Moans, Fall At Your Feet) and the rest are just.....there, i guess. your mileage may vary with a couple more fan favorites that simply don't do it for me, but still, it's really hard to pretend there's much here past the a-side. i do think Tim's presence here hurts the record, or at least i imagine that's what it is, as it's the only one he's on and the only one that's not kind of neurotic and tortured and written to a fine glittering point. oh well! still three incredible songs!

Not bad at all, but not really an essential listen.

Muy buen pop, melodías agradables.

While I enjoyed this perfectly fine, I don't feel any urge to revisit the project.

Like listening to an episode of Dawson’s Creek (derogatory)

An 80s album that sounds distinctly of its era, but doesnt rely on synths and electronic drums. It instead relies on colorful lyrics, nice harmonies, and super clean production. Great stuff!

Absolutely not what I thought this album would be. Added it to my library after listening.

It's a solid album, but nothing special.

Mooooo

Harmless but boring.

Not terrible, but nothing really caught me. Near catchy, but struggles to get there at times. Cringey lyrics abound.

1001 mediocre British albums I didn't need to hear before I die. It's decent music, but just not that remarkable. The vocals and vocal harmonies were executed pretty well, although I didn't appreciate the bashing of America on the first song. "Weather with you" was one of the better songs for its sitar(?), other world instruments, and singable chorus. I also liked "As sure as I am" for the key change and African inspired chorus. I like Italian Plastic, too; I guess I'm enjoying the second half a bit more than the first. I'm trying my best to rate this objectively and not give it a 2 out of spite, but I also don't want to give it a 3 out of pity.. It's growing on me in the second half, but I'll go with a strong 2 to a light 3

A little surprised to see *this* Crowded House album here, as my impression is that their 1st 2 albums (this was their 3rd) were probably better, so (although I like the group reasonably well) I wouldn't have thought this album would be a candidate for this '1001' group (then again, as we've seen, 1001 is a LOT of albums). Anyway, 3 stars. About as I would have guessed, a few topnotch catchy pop song melodies, and the rest kind of just fair. I own the 1st Crowded House album, which has their 2 biggest/best hits (Something So Strong, Don't Dream It's Over), so that (or a greatest hits compilation) is (IMO) the way to go, with Crowded House (and would have been better choices for this list).

Admittedly I wasn't having a good day, but I'm going to be ruthless. I'm tired of inessential albums on this list. There's so much better music out there. The main thought I had while listening was that it sounds like a tired echo of 80's music

7/10

Has some good songs, overall decent. Not as interesting as the cover would suggest.

Another case where i think they picked the wrong album, and perhaps even the wrong band. Crowded House sprung from New Zealand's Split Enz who has some classic albums worth checking out - start with True Colours, which a better album than Woodface. But so is Crowded House or Temple of Low Men. Neil Finn is so talented, he's also played with Fleetwood Mac, and worked with Wilco, Radiohead and Johnny Marr. Still - some great songs on Woodface. Happy to see it here.

eh i liked some of the lyrics but thats about it, nothing over the extraordinary compared to other albums too this far. i liked how they wrote "in her soft wind i will whisper, in her warm sun i will glisten". a little poetic and corny but whatever i like mine a little bit cheesy. but what caught my attention first to the album is the first track ngl, its a bit silly and funky. why would someone write a song based on asking if they could ask for another piece of chocolate cake? well overall its an easy to listen song just like every other song so far.

2.5

2.5

Love Crowded House, an Aussie band that deserved the hype to crack the US.

Boring but easy consumption. Just wasn’t anything that drew me in and I don’t even remember finishing the album.

Pretty boring. I'd rather listen to Don't Dream It's Over 14 times in a row.

8.5

Don't remember anything about this a day later.

Completely underwhelming

I'm going to wear a T-Shirt with 'Crowded House' written on the front. Actually, I'm not because this record sucks.

Some solid 90s feel good music. I enjoyed this listen, definitely a foot tapper.

First, their previous album had much better songs on it. Second, even that does not deserve placement on this list. It’s mid music, at best.

This is good sounding. Lots of well blended instrumentals and a good vibe. Fall At Your Feet just sounds like it was bound to be successful with radio play. I don't know if I'd listen to this all the time but if I was a producer at that time and heard this I'd sign them in a second. I like the album cover somewhat.

Has the energy of a pretty good local bar band. Lot's of late Beatles, or post Beatles vibe. The start of Weather with You reminds me of the start of While My Guitar Gently Wheeps. This is fine. I'll round up from a 2.5

I am biased because I love crowded house. Can't give it anything less than a 5, I enjoyed my time listening to this

My first impression was "meh" but as I listened more, I got annoyed and couldn't finish the album. It's just too lightweight and wimpy.

I've loved this album since it first came out. It's definitely their strongest album, supported by lots of great songwriting by the Finn brothers. I've always liked Neil Finn's writing. It's also something special when brothers harmonize, especially the Finn brothers. Liked Songs Added: Chocolate Cake Fall At Yout Feet Weather With You Whispers And Moans How Will You Go/ I'm Still Here

I wanna sing this entire album (AND there's a spinet)

I remember this got rave reviews upon release. This is my first listen however there's not much to get excited by. I'm aware of the hits and they are mostly good songs but some of the other tracks are very poor in comparison. Average at best

Groupe inconnu. Encore un album pop/rock plutôt mou et peu original. Rien qui donne envie d'y revenir ... En plus l'album est beaucoup trop long et finalement terriblement ennuyeux. Je l'ai laissé en musique de fond en faisant autre chose. =>2/5

A pretty little pop album without any sort of edge and lyrics with the depth of a high school poetry album. I get its appeal, but it makes me feel nothing.

So aggressively mid

Dispatches from the last optimistic time on earth seriously it sounds like when you used to only have to care about relationships and feelings and humans and not the world ending

I liked this

You can only imagine my disappointment to hear this album after reading Apple Music’s description of “Woodface follows the lead of The Beatles and Beach Boys at their most psychedelic, expanding pop music’s range with bold sonic and lyrical details.”

it’s fine

So many brilliant songs. Some crap ones too but the brilliant ones are brilliant enough that I’m a happy customer.

Take the Weather with you is an OK song and Italian Plastic. As Sure As I Am is OK too. Much of the rest of this album didn't move me much. 2/5

Well-crafted. Some belters, some MoR. Second half gets boring.

I have already listened to this and it's one of my favourite albums

I love this album, start to finish

Fall at your feet är en jättefin låt, det stannar dock där. Resten helt oförargligt. Svag 2a

Väldigt meningslös musik.

Det räcker tydligen med en jättehit (en rätt trist sådan dessutom) för att komma med i boken. Meningslös poprock. Klarar inte tvåan.

Australiens svar på Mike and the Mechanics. Harmlös och intetsägande musik. Bäst lämpad för Radiosporten. Det är så uddlöst att det inte ens provocerar mig.

Muy buen album y grupo, la única canción que conocía de este grupo era Don't dream it's over, pero este album me gustó mucho

Chocolate Cake was a risky opener for its time but funny to this American. Unfortunately, the music drifted from there toward adult contemporary/soft rock. This is a group that peaked in the 80s with Don't Dream It's Over, and others have mentioned 90s groups like Better Than Ezra and Toad the Wet Sprocket for comparison—maybe for Something So Strong, but not for this album. The later tracks sounded like The Avett Brothers to me. In total, this is one of the more complex 3s I've scored—not bad, not great, and mostly not memorable.

Having terrible album art is quite the curse, but having your album art be the most interesting thing about it is almost as bad. Unfortunately, this is the case for Woodface. Crowded House were kind of ahead of the curve with their "approximately indie" sound, this was from like '91. I have to wonder if Crowded House are kind of thought of as Australia's REM? But regardless, this could honestly do to be a little more interesting. The lyrics are playful and slightly surreal, and the vocals are pleasant. But the other performances here are just too polite. There are some little flourishes here that are neat, and there are some good songs. In particular, there's a pretty good run about half way through. But I don't think there's much here that's truly exceptional. And I'm kind of lukewarm on it in general.

This is a perfectly fine album. Very lightweight, but that’s not a criticism, and the singles have become part of the British musical wallpaper. Unlikely to seek it out, but also unlikely to turn it off if it is on.

sorry this came out in 1991?? Sounds vaguely Beatles (but add harmonica, and better production values) Maybe I'm being grouchy but like... think of all the amazing world music we lost to have this totally forgettable australian pop rock album on this list?? how about all the WOMEN. There is ONE Nina Simone album on this list. That's the same number as Crowded House look it's fine minus a point for creepy album cover

I’m a fan of the first Crowded House album and a few Split End songs but I’m not sure what happened here.

Fuck off with this shit. 1/5

Last night, I accidentally played "Woodface" on a slightly higher speed, making it seem off. At normal speed, it's just fine; nothing but a decent 90s album. "Fall at Your Feet" is my favourite from "Woodface". After that, you get a 3-track streak of filler, broken by "Four Seasons in One Day". "Fame Is" was almost my favourite, but the chorus ruined it. 3 stars for "Woodface".

Very catchy. Natural, Fall, and Weather With You are excellent

This is my first time listening to this album but I feel like I’ve heard 4-5 of these songs before. I enjoyed it!

Fall at Your Feet Weather with You Four Seasons in One Day

Great tracks.

Cool

I've been waiting years for Woodface! It came to my attention quite early on in this project that it features here. Finally, 941 albums through, here it is. As an Aussie, this is exactly the type of music I grew up with and am so familiar with. Crowdies are a staple on Australian FM radio, so many tracks from this album feature on AU/NZ greatest hits playlists, it's without question of a doubt that I bestow the highest rating upon this masterpiece. I love the silliness of Chocolate Cake and Italian Plastic. The fabulous Finn Brothers' harmonies on It's Only Natural and Weather With You. The cheeky charm of Paul Hester's vocals backing up Fall At Your Feet and leading in the bonus track I'm Still Here. The Melbournosity* of Four Seasons In One Day. I was amused to read on Wiki that Tim was only joking when he said he wanted to be a Crowdies member. Apparently his demand was taken seriously, and we have this fantastic piece of work to be thankful for. Brilliant stuff. *Yes, I invented the word Melbournosity and am happy to see "No results containing all your search terms were found" upon googling said term.

Great mix of genres. We need more of this.

Cool unique sound and interesting songs

On JEOPARDY Q: Crowded House’s Woodface. A: What is a completely normal album?

It's good music that is entirely unobjectable, but it gets pretty bland.

Peters out over the last few tracks but still an enjoyable album. Interesting harmonies and solid musicianship throughout. Not something I would put on by choice. 3.5*

Some good some bad. 3

I liked it. It was a nice listening album.

If Neil Finn is good enough for Fleetwood Mac, he's good enough for me. I really liked this one. Not every track is a winner, but there's enough good ones to make this an enjoyable listen.

Boring

Beautiful jazz

This was painfully generic.

Thought this was really good, would put on

I've never heard of this band before... This album was fine. None of these tracks fully drew me in, and most of the moments I enjoyed were enjoyable because they reminded me of other artists I like. Not the worst thing I've listened to, but I wish Crowded House did a little more with their sound here. Favorites: It's Only Natural, Tall Trees, Italian Plastic

90s soft rock. Nothing about it is particularly bad, but not exactly the sound I'm drawn to. Fall At Your Feet is a lovely song but it sounds like The Police. The rest... well I've already forgotten as I'm writing this.

3.0 - Ok

Discovered some fun songs on the second side. I already knew the big hits from this one, not all songs are great but nice listen. 1. Fall At Your Feet 2. Weather With You 3. Four Seasons In One Day

I had only ever heard It's Only Natural, Fall at Your Feet, and Weather With You and have LOVED them for as long as I can remember. Was honestly let down with the rest of the album, although I didn't hate it. Still worth 4 stars solely for those three songs

A very mediocre and disappointing album. The usual melodies that you expect from this band simply are not there.

in the car aux when im alone. fame is is really good

Pretty good stuff!

It's alright, I guess.

crowded my ears and not in a good way

background music

It’s really too bad when the music is ok but you can just tell all the guys in the band are so annoying

A few cool songs, a couple I could do without. Like a mix of Elliott Smith and The Cure, with some 80s ballad style added in for good measure.

Listenable

I didn't have high expectations for an entire album of Crowded House music, when it didn't even include "Don't Dream it's Over". This album was mostly a pretty solid listen, and I was surprised to know I knew a few of the tracks on the album. I mostly liked this album. The only track that I absolutely hated was "All I Ask". The song sounded like a very schmaltzy Christmas song. I will skip the track on any future listens to this record.

the last part of "how will you go/i'm still here” jumpscared me, i really fucking thought it was over, and BAM, wtf hahaha

Certified Jason’s Deli Classic. It’s like a combination of R.E.M. and… ummm Dave U2? 6/10

4.1

I'm only on the third song, so maybe it gets better, but what the hell is this? It's kind of like easy listening? It sounds like a less shitty Eagles. It sounds like if Sheryl Crow was a boy. It sounds like an album they made in a weekend to honor a bad contract. It sounds like the rejected soundtrack to 50 First Dates.

Easy listening, had it on the background, remembered nothing.

good album, worth a listen

Bien.

Lovely, melodic and easy to listen to.

Relatable lyrics.

Yeah it was good and fun and reminded me of the indie music I listened to in college a lot but it's way older which is just cool!

For me Crowded House was one hit wonder from the 1980’s. So it was news to me that they released music in the 90’s. This album sounded like it could have been a Squeeze record. Enjoyable enough but not what I expected.

Not my favorite Crowded House album but it does have one of my favorite songs "Fall At Your Feet". I love listening to that song and it is on my favorites list but the other songs don't have the same impact for me and are not necessarily anything I would listen to regularly. I love the band overall but this album just doesn't do it for me.

Yo tmb tengo sexy pants and a sausage dog. Hubieron varias que me gustaron y es más como un 3.5 tirando a más.

me recordó a the police pero diferente, me gustó

In many ways this feels like a discount REM album, and yet I found myself suprised at how much I was enjoying it. The withdrawn style of singing sometimes gets monotonous. Songs like Fall At Your Feet *work* for me. It's nothing exciting, but if it came on the radio my foot would be tapping a little bit! I guess the big thing I learned out of this is that a discount REM is still REM enough for me to get some enjoyment out of it. Weather with You also has some really great instrumentation and vocal lines to the point I can ignore that the lyrics are nonesense.

I enjoyed this more than I expected given the album cover.

Melodic, harmonic, with well written and well arranged songs. I didn't actually realise that I knew so many Crowded House songs, let alone about 5 songs from this album. I can't knock the qulity but it's still a bit middle of the road Radio 2 music for old people. But since I'm now 62 I guess I'll have to rate it a 4.

NZ/Aus represented! Kind of reminded me of men at work, but blander. An ok alternative album, didn't hate it. 4* Highlights: fall at your feet

We hebben die CD.

Toffe vibes

It was fine. It happened. It was an album.

Not bad…. Nothing relevant

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Normalillo

Tää oli kyllä kiva!

Tää oli hyvä! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pretty good

the hidden track was the best thing on it

Eh, DNF

nondescript and boring

Хз, неплохо, не круто, но и не отстой.

cool album cover, 90’s beatles, noticeable theme in early 90’s music that emulates 60’s rock with it’s own modern grit

Already know & love this album!

Tapped into my childhood love of echo and the bunnymen and elvis costello. 5 stars = would buy on CD and listen again if I had more money and space for CDs.

The album was a mixed bag. Some really good songs, and some meh songs.

Really nice, I was expecting nothing and got a hidden gem :)

Oh, to have chocolate cake, sexy pants, and a sausage dog

What in the absolute dad rock is this. So banal and bland in its totality, this feels like the most pointless album in existence. And weather with you is STILL horrible.

Pleasantly poppy rock album with quirky lyrics here & there that's better than it ought to be. No, Weather with You is not the best song. I liked Chocolate Cake & There Goes God. God apparently wears sexy pants & has a sausage dog. Who knew? 3 Album cover review: The Necronomicon looks it's having the best day ever!

I think I'm a bit prejudiced against Crowded House because they were on the radio constantly at my first Saturday job. It's nice but feels a bit bland for me.

I enjoyed this album. Smooth voices, interesting lyrics, a good sound.

I think it was pretty average pop rock album. I liked a few songs, "Tall Trees", "Weather With You" and "Whispers And Moans". It had slight Prefab Sprout vibes to me (one of my favorite bands) but it also seemed a little generic for the time.

4/10 - No song on this album I would go back and download. Disappointed considering I really like “Don’t Say it’s Over”.

A mid album in my opinion, don't know how this made the list. 4/10

catchy but not in an earworm way. good background music, got a lot of work done while listening. not sure what makes it "must listen before you die" material but i guess every album on the list cant be incredibly interesting or innovative.

Excellent dentist office waiting room music.

Cool album cover but kind of boring

5/10… australian rock / kiwi pop / *1991

I didn't know what to expect going in here but was impressed. The songs were memorable, the instrumentals were impressive and overall it didn't sound too dated. 3.5/5 -> 4/5

It's okay.Nothing really extraordinary.

physics lesson kinda boring

I liked the chocolate cake song and the line about God and a sausage was pretty amusing. This was catchy but forgettable.

What if The Eagles were Kiwis from the 80s

A quality album with some good tunes. I can't put my finger one why they've never quite been to my taste.

Ah I’ve always been fond of this album. The melodies and lyrics take me back to a time and a place long ago.

I vibed to this album and liked a couple songs, but it wasn't super stand out to be, just nice.

It was a fun little album, but a little uninteresting. Weather With You was definitely the stand out track, but other than that there wasn't much to the album. Very enjoyable as background music, though.

A la banda no la conozco. Arranco piola, es como un rocksito medio alternativo medio pop. Me copa. El disco medio pelo, normalito, bien de fondo, pero nada wow. 6/10

Bueno ya lo terminé, ni supe cuando se acabo haha creo que no soy tan culta como para apreciar muchos de los discos de este proyecto, como que quise investigar para encontrarle algún detalle que me gustará pero pues no entendí :3 Le doy 3 estrellas por su audacity de la primera canción pero la verdad no lo volvería a escuchar.

enjoyed the few moments with CSNY harmonies some and its optimistic sentimentality feels quite quaint, but otherwise a fairly uncompelling and forgettable iteration of pop rock to my ears 2.5/5

сначала мне как будто не зашел альбом но я была и не в том расположении духа потом переслушала и очень даже хорошенький больше всего понравились fall at your feet и four seasons in one day

extremely mid

1 3 6 Первая половина альбома мне понравилась, но чем дальше, тем хуже. В Whispers and Moans басист обезумел и начал раздавать нереального стиля, респект.

Album was alright, definitely interesting, but nothing I'd probably come back for. I still enjoyed the ride enough. Like a ~3.25

Buenas canciones, grandes exitos, quizas la segunda mitad del album me paso desapercibida pero no dejan de ser buenos temas y ella tener una gran pero gran voz.

This felt mellow which I liked, but it loses steam halfway through. Very accessible music and easy to listen to but there’s not much differentiation because of it.

the harmonies remind me of those from pussycat dolls

Wow, I couldnt tell you one unique thing about this album. Impressive.

Familiar with all the sing along singles from this album. The rest are more of the same. Not too bad for a Sunday afternoon. Fall at your feet by far the best track.

Dull

These dudes really couldn’t accept that the 80s were over. Quite insufferable. Sad how this will tank the overall’91 average.

booring

This was a tough listen at first but I was raised in the UK in the 90s so I did quickly settle in. This is a painfully hit and miss album but there are some low-key certified bangers (fall at your feet, weather with you). Despite this I’m not sure this is a must listen album, those are just a few alright songs. I won’t be doing a deep dive into their discography, put it that way.

Polite young fogies. Tasteful but insubstantial

I don't think I've ever heard this band, but their songs sound familiar. Just like the 90s.

A perfectly alright alt-rock sounding thing by band I’ve never heard of. Not particularly remarkable or memorable, but good

I think I would like Crowded House's debut album over this one. This was fine I guess but it just didn't resonate enough to get the added star.

ok album. nothing really jumped out at me to say, this is awesome.

This should be the album that all other albums are compared to. It's the least offensive album possible, while being the least exciting album possible. This is the most generic, almost algorithmic music possible. This is a 3.0000000.

Enjoyed, an easy relaxing listen. Enjoyed enough to explore other works by them.

Very good. I like some of their songs, but I after listening to this entire album. I enjoy them even more. Definitely worth a listen.

So I'm really behind on this project right now, that's the consequence of a 60 hour work week where I'm unable to listen to any albums, and I'm very tired. This album really didn't help as it's insanely generic and boring imo. 3/10

This is the fourth 1990s album I've generated in the past six days, and each one sounds completely different. The goofy song titles, and obscure lyrics make this album interesting on its own, but it lacked emotion, and the passion that comes with artists. Favorite Track: "All I Ask".

4 good stuff

Very well crafted pop rock.

Chocolate Cake 4 It's Only Natural 3.3 Fall at Your Feet 3.6 Tall Trees 3.5 Weather with You 3.5 Whispers and Moans 3.6 Four Seasons in One Day 3.4 There Goes God 3.2 Fame Is 3.4 All I Ask 3.1 As Sure as I Am 3.4 Italian Plastic 3.4 She Goes On 3 How Will You Go 3 Score: 3.385714286

Inconsequential

Lots of silly (but fun lyrics), but liked the melodies, harmonies, and music. Enjoyable listen.

Good

It was really good 👍. There is not much else to say about it. Overall, I would give it a 4.1/5!

An okay album, neither good nor bad, but easy to listen to

Pleasant listening.

I’ll put them in the one hit wonder category. That was quite long and didn’t get anything out of it. Rating: 1.4

God, how boring

Before this I knew one Crowded House song, Don't Dream It's Over. It's a pretty good, catchy anthem. Unfortunately that's not on here. Unmemorable stuff here mostly.

jak coś z taką halloweenową okładką może brzmieć jak słabo

First band I haven't heard of before on this list and I loved it. Even though I had never heard it before, it felt so nostalgic. Excellent stuff from the Kiwis.

i don't really know how I feel about this, it was good, but like idk

Loved this vibe, the vocals were really pleasant. Liked the top half more than the rest, but all still enjoyable nonetheless. Favorite song: it's only natural / fall at your feet

I’d call it a feel-good album. At times it can be a bit dull, and I also don’t get that feeling of putting it on and melting into the thought, “this is a masterpiece.” “Weather With You” is definitely the strongest point. 5/10

Chill album with great song writing and lovely harmonies

Just a damn solid pop rock record, don't get the hate

Liked it quite a lot

Enjoyed this one, nice, easy listening pop/rock music. Weather With You was my fav song of the album. Italian Plastic (my fav first listen) and Fall At Your Feet were my other highlights

Enjoyable enough but completely unremarkable

Really pleasant music. Sounded like the kind of thing the friends on Friends would have been really psyched to go see in concert. Like REM but not as cool. I think I mean all of this in a complimentary way.

Started off with some country vibes, which I wasn't sold on. Going forward it was more regular rock, and sounded like an imitation of early R.E.M. Everything also felt like the opposite of danger. Everything just sounded so... safe. Even the songs with distorted guitars. If you want to offend exactly 0 people with you music choice, this is the album the play. I did find 'Fall At Your Feet' and 'Weather With You' to be quite nice tracks. But other than that I didn't find that much. It wasn't necessarily too long, but there were too many songs. Weak 3.

Ah, ’90s rock. I always give you flack for being the most boring era of rock music, and this album doesn’t change my mind. Man, is this dull. It’s so ’90s pop-rock, so radio-friendly, that it makes you nauseous. “Weather With You” is the main hit I recognized, but the guitar riff and bongos feel gimmicky and tacky. Yuck. It also sounds like it really wants to be The Beatles. “Four Seasons in One Day” especially feels like something they could’ve written. Throughout the album, I kept waiting to find a single genuine emotion that didn’t feel polished to death in the pursuit of commercial radio play, but I couldn’t find one.

“Fall at Your Feet” is a great song and “Weather With You” is OK. Rest of this album is blah.

I’ve never heard of this band before. I guess they’re okay. Nothing special to me.

Nothing special but nothing overly offensive to the ears either. I like their hits, but didn’t see any on this album.

I always forget just how much I like Crowded House.

Better than expected.

So bland

At 27, I thought Woodface was inessential. At 61, I think that judgement tells me rather more about 27-year-old me than it does about Crowded House. In 1991 I was listening to Prince obsessively, deep in baggy, hanging around people who liked psychobilly, going to see Johnny Thunders near the end of his life, and drinking in bars where the carpet alone constituted a health and safety issue. I liked music that seemed to matter immediately: music with danger, scene, attitude, damage, modernity. Crowded House looked suspiciously well-adjusted. They wrote proper songs, sang in tune and seemed like people who knew where the washing-up liquid was. I sneered. The funny thing is that even then the case against me was already quite strong. Around the same period, a fanzine called Slag jokingly dismissed me as a “Prefab Sprout fan”. I laughed because it was truer than I let on. I clearly already had the receptors for yearning, wit, sophisticated melody and beautifully constructed pop. I simply preferred those things when they arrived wearing less respectable clothes. Listening to Woodface now, that contradiction becomes rather obvious. “Chocolate Cake” wins me almost immediately. It is sharper, sillier and more insolent than the tasteful adult-pop object I had preserved in memory. The whole record is dafter than I had any right to expect. That matters, because it means the craftsmanship never becomes upholstery. Then “It’s Only Natural” arrives and lands much harder than it did in 1991. Nothing about the song has changed. I have. What I once heard as merely tasteful now sounds poised, emotionally exact and melodically effortless. “Fall at Your Feet” is worse, in the sense that it leaves even less room for my younger self to hide. I must have heard it countless times while maintaining that Crowded House were somehow beside the point. In fact it is beautifully controlled: vulnerable without pleading, moving without insisting that I be moved. That may be the largest change in me as a listener. At 27 I tended to equate force with importance. I wanted music to announce itself through danger, novelty, scene or abrasion. At 61 I am much more interested in what can be done without forcing the point. Restraint no longer sounds like weakness. Craft no longer sounds like compromise. A song does not need to kick the door in to prove that it belongs in the room. The faint Beatles scent running through Woodface should also have been a clue from the beginning. Not imitation, but the same generosity of melody, the same willingness to let brightness and melancholy occupy the same space, and the same instinct that a song should contain slightly more tune than is strictly necessary. “Four Seasons in One Day” is pure McCartney in that respect, and I mean that as very high praise. It has the kind of small, beautifully observed melancholy that would have sat comfortably on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Even “Weather With You”, which I once regarded mainly as the sort of song that would annoyingly lodge itself in my head while I cooked tea, looks different now. Becoming lodged in someone’s head while they cook tea is not evidence of triviality. It is evidence that the song has entered ordinary life. That is a considerable pop achievement. There are moments where the record pushes too hard. “Whispers and Moans” occasionally huffs and puffs, and I recognise the problem because it resembles my own weakness in songwriting. If I try too hard to sound weighty, I often sound less effective. The best things I write tend to work sideways, with a lighter touch. The best songs here do the same. They smuggle feeling in. That recognition is part of the personal arc too. I am not simply hearing Woodface with older ears. I understand more clearly now what kind of craft I value, including in my own work. I no longer need seriousness to announce itself as seriousness. Much of the music I thought essential in the early 1990s drew part of its power from scene, fashion, youth and moment. Some of it still sounds wonderful. Some has withered badly once removed from the weather that gave it charge. I do not regret loving it. That urgency was real. But Woodface never needed the weather. It did not need to be the future. It did not need to be dangerous. It did not need to flatter my idea of myself. It just needed to be full of songs. And it is. So here I am, 35 years later, listening to “Tall Trees” and thinking, bloody hell, that’s decent too. At 27, I thought I was dismissing a record for lacking importance. At 61, I can see that I was partly dismissing a kind of musical value I had not yet learned how to recognise: patience, grace, wit, durability, emotional restraint, and the quiet confidence of very good songwriting. Woodface did not have to change my mind in 1991. It simply stood there until I was ready.

stop that was so fire.