Woodface

Some solid 90s vibes here

There's nothing particularly bad about this album; but there's nothing particularly good about it either.

Really obsessed with this song Chocolate Cake... the rest of it is just ok, but pretty good. I did not know that Crowded House did Don't Dream It's Over! That's a great song, too. Very good.

Generic pop rock. It’s fine, I guess.

Pretty decent album. Easy to listen to while doing other things

I was forgetting every track as it played. Completely disposable and unserious. It's not hard to picture someone liking this. It's definitely a band, who wrote some songs, and played them, which is a thing people do, and then people might listen to it. What is impossible to picture is the person who likes this being remotely interested in an exploration project like this list. It's music for people who aren't that into music. I think the band isn't that into music!

good stuff, but feels a lil dated for something made in 1991 lol

yeah, i always knew them as the guys behind "Don't Dream It's Over". no, i didn't expect them to be a big cultural institution in Australia with a fanbase and everything. i mean, i probably should have -- any foreign band with just one song you hear on American radio has a 50/50 shot of being exactly that. it's especially odd how none of their later songs caught on in the US once they went a bit more indie, cause some of these sound like they should be college radio regulars. i still get the feeling that they're a bit deeper than your Deep Blue Something or your School of Fish. i can imagine this being a comfort listen in the future, or something to put on in the car. a surprisingly pleasant find compared to what i was dreading i'd find (really boring soft rock). good job, Oz.

Oddly, I actually like this. It started out as very 90s punk/almost jam-bandy at times which I don't always have taste for. But this is different in some way that I can't quite put my finger on. It's like a meld of R.E.M. and Soundgarden. Despite some negative reviews, I like this one.

on this list its a 4 but otherwise a 2

It was ok

Wow! I’d left this album back in the 90s and I’m so happy that it came up on here. What great songs and memories this one brought back. Love it!

Die Band hani trotz intensivere 80er / 90er Jahre gar nie uf em Schirm gha. Steile ihstieg ine potentielli Neuentdeckig vo dem Monet, mit zwüscheziitliche "Niedlichkeit" wo mer biz zu herzig gsi isch, de höhepunkt erreicht mit "Weather With You", wo mer mal wider de nuggi usegschosse het als gäbts kein Morge, und uf de Abschluss wider chli meh ernüchterndi realität das de wieder-los-faktor ned alllll zu höch wird sii bide meiste lieder obwohli das Album sehr fest gnosse han. Verdient das Album 4 holzgrimasse? Min Holzbuch seit leider eher 3 Holzfratze. Wäri aber es Klars 3.5

Crowded house, vu wo chund mir das bekannt vor. Ach kei ziit für settig überleggige, ich bin 1 album hindedri und muss vor de bewertig zerst na nahlose. Also spotify action und direkt ine. Gmi gma gmüetlich sowit. Und denn everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you. 1 classic, 1 banger song. Daher kenn ich sie. Richtig guete Track. S ganze Album isch gmüetlich, aber denkes 1 banger schaffts doch nöd direkt uf nes 4i z lupfe. aber gechillt. 3 fröhlichi grüess ah euch 3 süesse Lil'neduzen out

DOS!

wow – was für es average album! han gad d‘definition vomene 3-sterne album googlet und das holzgsicht hed mi direkt ahglachet weather with you isch en banger tho, de rest nüt wo d‘ohre beileidiget aber meh halt ebe wie gseid au nöd

I found this uninteresting and one-note; it seems to be a pattern in a lot of jangle pop from this time. It's solid in the background, but when you try to dive into the lyrics or music here, you're left with something so painfully run-of-the-mill. Songs like 'It's Only Natural', 'Fall At Your Feet', 'Four Seasons in One Day, and 'There Goes God' are fine enough, but I'd say everything else here did nothing for me.

I think when this was current I probably would have rated it a 4, but it's only a 3 to me today. A few classics. And a sound that is so familiar. But it's not an album I'm going to reach for to listen again. I'm probably being too generous, tbh.

Kids today don't realize this was the only listenable CD your new age hippie aunt had, the rest were like Enya and shit like Star Noises Vol. 4: Sounds of Saturn.

I was a fan of Split Enz back in the day, and was pleased when Crowded House formed, but didn't pay a lot of attention to them at the time. This was a new album for me, something I hadn't heard at all, and I found myself enjoying it quite a bit. It's pop, but it's not meaningless, there's some craft to it for sure, which is the dividing line between art and noise.

Favorite track: Fall At Your Feet

Brilliant album. Had on cassette in the 90s.

C.H. is a band I've slept on for some time... and probably will continue to sleep on after today, lol, but that's just my own personal taste. This is an excellent album - plenty of beautiful melodies, and the REM vibes are unmistakable. Just not something I'd typically go out of my way to listen to.

the band sounds alright at first, then the kinda neutered vocal harmony pipes up over it. woof. it's only natural is the best bad song in a bad bunch. made me think of big star for a second. yearn for big star. why would i listen to this when there's big star? instrumental as backing track for vocals. ladies and gentlemen, the house band for television's "seventh heaven." orchestra. crooning white man singing sentimental lyrics. bad. i'll listen to some pop rock. i'll put on a 10cc record. but this is dreck. this is worse than supertramp. this is a 1.

😬

i really like the title and album art. I felt ready and willing for something completely bizarre. I'm ready to be impressed. These are the same cats that did DONT DREAM IT'S OVER (heyyy now heeeeyyy noowwwww) - which is a solid song. Early take-aways....yawn. CHOCOLATE CAKE has me running for the hills. Imagine seeing them live and being super excited they played this song. When I hear this song I think of zak for some reason. Vocals on first few tracks are offputting. It's dadc0re. i'm trying to put myself in the headspace of someone in 1981 and turning this on, but I keep just switching to talking heads. Crowded house sounds like so much of the safe early alt Rock. Train, matchbox 20 that isn't catchy. I actually like the guitar tone and little lick in IT'S ONLY NATURAL. It sounds like realestate to me. I wish they jammed more in that space, the lyrics and the singing makes it feel so formulaic. FALL AT YOUR FEET sucks but I understand why it was popular on the radio. Imagine loving this song. lmao TALL TREES I actually kind of like. the cool guitar tone is back. Lil guitar solo, like super little. Cmon just jam out a little you nerds. diggin the instrumentation on WEATHER WITH YOU, but i'm a sucker for that sitar sound. Chorus is super lame. they jump the shark on every song. its actually incredible FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY fuckin sucks. okay I'm just skipping songs now. I'm dreaming it's over. I wonder if it's called ITALIAN PLASTIC because they are using crappy melodica. nerds i really hated this whole listening experience. firm 1.

Favorite songs: Four Seasons In One Day, Tall Trees, There Goes God, Weather With You, Fame Is, It's Only Natural, Chocolate Cake Least favorite songs: All I Ask 4/5

Another band I've never heard of, so no preconceived ideas about it. It's okay, unobtrusive background music.

Lot of bangers, still a little above average

Boring. Never really liked this band. 2.5

I liked it, I have never heard of them, but they reminded me of the Byrds. Pretty good.

You know, sometimes it doesn't get much better than this, after writing a fairly ambivalent review of my previous 2 star album from yesterday, I was greeted with a goddamn delightful Crowded House album... Another band who I had only really heard in Greatest Hits form (the brilliant Recurring Dream album) of which 4 songs came from here, so getting into the Neil & Tim Finn deep cuts is a great way to start a day.

This is one that was okay but nothing really stood out.

I'm no Crowded House aficionado, but this isn't one of the albums that stands out to me. I grew up in the 80s listening to top 40 and songs like Better Be Home soon, Don't Dream its Over and Something So Strong. There are the wholesome voices, the harmonizing, the simple slow guitar rhythms, but lacks personality outside of 'this is 80's college rock.' Nothing to see here ... move along now.

Australia is not the problem. Crowded House is not the problem. The Triffids were the problem. Ok, Nick Cave is also the problem. One of my group members blamed Australia for The Triffids, and questioned The Great Southern Land’s musical output. When we listened to the stealth Nick Cave album by The Birthday Party, I highlighted some of the more deserving bands in Oz’s rock history. So here, in addition to giving some credit to Crowded House, how about a look at my picks for the best music coming out of Oceania today (while Crowded House was based in Australia, lead singer Neil Finn was from New Zealand). I think “Woodface” is my favorite Australian album on the 1001. That statement, paired with my ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review, seems to say a lot about Australian music. But I think Crowded House are pretty decent. Neil Finn is a good songwriter. I just don’t think I’d choose to return to this. I think AC/DC has better songs, but for a full album, Crowded House is more palatable. Like I said in my Birthday Party review, there are other great Australian albums. And today there is even better music coming out of Australia and New Zealand. Stuff worth checking out in the last decade includes Camp Cope, Alex Lahey, Amyl and the Sniffers, Courtney Barnett, Middle Kids, Angie McMahon, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Mallrat, and my favorite Aotearoan band, The Beths. And of course, on band name alone, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Tropical F**k Storm. In particular, The Beths’ “Expert in a Dying Field” and Courtney Barnett’s “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit” belong on the 1001.

Other than a very jaunty song about Chocolate Cake and the hilarious lyric "There goes God in his sexy pants and his sausage dog" there is nothing to see here. It's very Toad the Wet Sprocket kind of meh 90s alt rock. Not unpleasant but nothing to really get excited about.

Blah. Bland. Vanilla.

This is an incredibly well made, and incredibly generic album. Nothing here is bad. Nothing is memorable either tho.

I thought this was going to be pretty inoffensive but something about the lyrics and the songs irritated me. Weather With You and Fall At Your Feet are good though.

What if Crosby Stills Nash and Young had grown up in AUS? You would get this very pleasant album. I love artists that are huge in one country. Something sort of amazing about the power of music AND YET - can't travel over seas.

No estuvo mal, pero sí suena como muchos otros discos de los 90

We enjoyed this one. Recognised a few of the songs, but our first time listening to the album as a whole: we will be listening again.

Not really any memorable songs but definitely is a vibe I feel like it needs more grit and energy

Easy listen, nothing to write home about

Everywhere you goooo

Bright and lovely piece of work. Never going to move from safe but nevertheless comforting.

Maybe a little too Americana for me, but I didn’t mind it. More light rock Americana

meh

Australian Travis energy. Had a fun time with this one.

This was probably all the rage with college radio. fun album but nothing too memorable.

A winner for sure, a gem uncovered in this process. Not quite where Screaming Tress got me, but it’s good.

good songs on this, weather with you is a banger

Whenever I come across a song I recognise by artists I don't I'm surprised how I could live without the knowledge. I cannot imagine where I've heard 'Fall at Your Feet' before, but I could sing along to it no problem. I recognised 'Weather with You' too, also not sure from where, but that's less of a surprise with it being the single. The album is quite fun, and very late 80s early 90s rock. I think I have a soft spot from the TV left on as I would fall asleep to shows at 2100 in my parents' room.

Vey nice. Nothing spectacular in my opinion but I did like it.

Meh.

The most boring middle of the road bland album I have ever heard. Hated it.

The singles are pretty great. The rest is the filleriest of filler

This was fine. I'm sure it was good at the time, but it feels a bit dated now and doesn't blow me away. 3.0

i don’t care

I've seen the album before. But I never listened to it all the way through. I knew the hit Weather With You, which I liked. But I would have assigned it to a completely different group. I learned something in that respect. Beyond that, the album was remarkably unremarkable. 3/5

Listenable.

No

This reminds me of something, but I can't think of what. That's funny, because it seems otherwise totally unremarkable.

I remember sort of liking the '80s hits I'd heard from this band, but I didn't know anything past that. Still pretty solid pop rock at first. It's not something I expected to enjoy, but I was. Then it just FELL OFF with All I Ask and never found its way back. The whole back half was just terrible. It was like a different band.

Can I say that they do a good job of not offending anyone? Cheery, light, inoffensive gutsless? I thought Chocolate Cake's varied taking the piss would promise some edgy guitar or slashing lyrics, but I guess not. After a minute I just started forwarding. Blah.

I remember hearing chocolate cake on the radio in 1991 and being absolutely blown away. It was lyrically witty and interesting and catchy. And there weren’t an awful lot of Australian bands around. There are six absolute bangers on this album all of which I heard over that period of 91/92. Some of them feel a bit too easy listening but they haven’t ever left me. Weather with you is obviously an absolute classic. A very welcome nostalgic trip.

The harmonies are great. I only know a couple songs by name but over all not familiar with this album. Good musicians and production but nothing mind blowing. It's a well done recording but I don't feel like I missed anything by not hearing before. The vocal harmonies are the highlight of this album for me but Finn brothers voices are sometimes a little too nasally.

This was delightful until ‘All I Ask’. I did not enjoy that song, and then couldn’t get back that loving feeling for the rest of the album.

Crowded House sounds fantastic. Vocally, the harmonies are beautiful; melodies, too. Very pleasant. Musically, it's solid — not overly ambitious, but clearly pro. And I suspect the compositions are just as good. But somehow, the smooth professionalism of the performances and recording strips away any depth to the songs. They sound really nice, but nothing remains other than I'll probably recognize the band by their sound the next time I hear them. But was it this song, or another...? I don't know that I'd be able to tell. A 3-star of the highest order.

I was a bit dismissive of this one at first. It sounded nice, but it lacked depth, maybe? But it grew on me as it played. The lyrics were often pretty interesting. By the end I was rather enjoying myself.

This sure was fun.

Better than expected.

#817 (1001 challenge): "Woodface" by Crowded House (1991) "Woodface" is the third album by Australian and New Zealand rock band Crowded House. Pop rock, alternative rock and pyschedelic pop are the Wiki-listed genres. Sounds right. The original song material sent to their label Capitol was rejected so band leader Neil Finn asked his brother Tim Finn if they could they could use songs from their Finn Brothers' project for the Crowded House album. Tim agreed only if he could join the band. Deal done. The bandmembers included Neil Finn (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Tim Finn (piano, guitar, vocals), Paul Hester (drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards) and Nick Seymour (bass, vocals). This album was their comercial breakthrough in the UK hitting #6. It also reached #82 in the US. The bouncey "Chocolate Cake" opens the album. Keyboards, guitar and drums. Harmonized vocals as the lyrics take aim at the gluttonous excess of Americans which will be their downfall. Well....no comment. Tammy Baker, Andy Warhol and other Americans are mentioned. A harmonica solo. "It's Only Natural" is slower with a melodic electric guitar. Vocal harmonies again and a catchy chorus (not the last one). A couple is on hard times and he wants to be with her. "Fall at Your Feet" is the first song to feature solo Neil Finn vocals. Beautiful solo and backing vocals. He is hanging around for that person to love him. So far, it's three for three with great songs on this album.

I knew from the chocolate cake song that this would be rough. Generic pop music that you'd expect to hear on a TV sitcom.

Okay, I'll bite. Why is this on the list? Did the author owe the band money? This is so bland and forgettable. What interesting album doesn't appear on the list because this got a spot? I almost gave it a 1*, but it isn't offensive or anything. I thought about it, though.

Een saai album. De nummers leken te veel op elkaar en het was vrij eentonig, weinig variatie.

Saai, vond het allemaal hetzelfde

Pretty great album. Back in the day this got so much airplay in Canada, i thought they were Canadian.

Dull

Had to give Woodface a second run thru because on first listen I had myself second guessing my harsh feelings about it. I really liked when they leaned into the jangle like on Tall Trees. They’re also really good at harmonic folk like on Weather with You, which had me thinking of a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young track. I couldn’t help but feel there was something lacking here and believe the album could have benefited from a touch more passion and punch to their sound to bring more life to the often flat sound. Chocolate Cake really put this album firmly behind the 8 ball for me personally as I hated that song so much so though they did kinda win me over, it was an uphill battle after that awful song. 3 stars

Really enjoyed this. The harmonies and orchestral touches were on point.

Unfortunately found this pretty mediocre

Didn't really dig it.

good enough Would buy though

20 albums in and this is my first pleasant surprise. This feels like a tv show that you have to watch the first couple episodes that aren't that great before you start getting into and you're like, 'yeah, actually, i'm going to keep watching' and it grows on you. Ends up being a really familiar without ever having heard a song before. Really enjoyed the majority of it.

This one hits me hard in a personal level. Can't give it less than 5 stars.

3,5

Generic pop rock. Meh.

Any Aussies in the house? This album is chock a block with great songwriting and singable tunes from a band hitting their peak. Not sure how this will go down with people not from the right place or era. Let's read some reviews and find out. Ok.It divides people, but what doesn't. No surprises. Crowded House is great music for mildly interesting white people. If you're not that, you probably don't feel it. I like to think I'm mildly interesting. Four stars

I remembered this as being sublime and it doesn’t quite live up to that hype. It somehow sounds a bit lacklustre at times. Still, there are some fantastic pop songs on here

Decent enough pop rock, easy to listen to and not at all challenging. A few solid radio hits, but a lot of skippable or forgettable tracks. Has a unique charm that made it fun, but nothing overly groundbreaking. The second half of the album is also noticeably weaker than the first half. Top tracks: Fall At Your Feet, Whispers And Moans, Four Seasons In One Day

Am I stupid for thinking Crowded House were one-hit wonders? Like all I knew from them was Don’t Dream It’s Over. I didn’t even know they did anything in the nineties. Is it just me? Anyway, this album’s kinda catchy. Nothing here is too bad. But nothing really sticks either. It just feels like a standard 90’s rock album with a little charm. Some nice rock songs and some nice ballads, but nothing that blew me away. I can’t even say I really enjoyed the hit singles here. Everything just felt…mid. I did enjoy There Goes God though. The lyrics were funny enough to be interesting. Favorite track: There Goes God Other hits: Chocolate Cake, Weather With You, It’s Only Natural, Fall At Your Feet, Four Seasons And A Day, Fame Is

Why? So so bland

Imagine listening to all the great albums released in 1991 and genuinely thinking that this mediocre nothing of an album deserved to be remembered. Crowded House had one song that everyone likes, and it's not even on here either. Some critics' opinions aren't worth paying attention to.

It's a bit strange to see this on here. I have fond memories of the singles, Weather With You, At Your Feet and It's Only Natural, as they were played a lot when I was a kid. The album, and frankly the band in general, is just middle of the road AOR without any real excitement or innovation. It's fine, but a long way away from a must listen.

Chill album, allt låter väldigt "clean and polished" skulle kräva lite mera edge. Nice melodier

No

Hello, we're Crowded House, allow us to play 12 songs that precisely sum up three star music. Prepare yourselves to feel almost nothing, but have a reasonable time while you do so. Don't forget to sing along to our hit.

didn't know much of these guys outside of their big hit 'don't dream it's over' and so i was pretty optimistic. this album is not really that at all. it's not... bad. it's pretty nothing, to be honest. a lot of it reminds me of the band squeeze, but this album is not as fun or interesting as stuff that squeeze put out. quite frankly, it's kind of boring. it's so MOR, i don't think you could get more middle on that road. it's here, we've achieved pure mid. a lot of this sounds like a dentist's waiting room. the most boring guy you know listens to this to get in touch with his "sensitive side." bleh

I was interested initially but not fully my thing.

The fact that this album does not contain the mega-monster-super-smash-hit song, "Don't Dream it's Over" leads me to believe that Crowded House will appear again on this list. So, I'm just gonna kick the can down the road and save an actual review until then. [Notes to Self: 1."Four Seasons in One Day" sounds like a late-70's Paul McCartney/Wings album cut. 2. I seriously thought "Fame Is" was a Squeeze song mistakenly slipped onto this album. 3. Everything else sounds like that band that did "Don't Dream It's Over".]

This was fine.

Real boring couldnt get into it, really bland music.

I liked the first half of the album better than the second half. But I really liked the first song.

Someone on here said that it sounds like Gilmore Girls music and I have to agree with that. I knew one song of the album, which was more than I thought, and I enjoyed myself enough listening to it, but I don't think it's one of the 1001 best albums ever

Weird lyrics but cool

Pleasant middle aged fodder. Some risqué lyrics that proved an education for Hamish

Nothing Special?

Solid fine

Pleasantly surprised by this album!

Chocolate Cake Slaps. Fall at your Feet is incredible. Weather With You is an anthem. Four Seasons in One Day is gorgeous. The rest are so worthy of a listen. 5 Stars.

"chocolate cake" is one of the worst songs i've ever heard. and they made it the opening track and a single. unfortunately the rest isn't much better.

not good enough to be this slow.

Had not heard this album before, and am only familiar with a couple of their hits. It's clear they're a talented bunch that groove together well, but the sound comes off really dated to me and I didn't find any of the tracks to be stand-outs. I can tell it's a well constructed album, but not my cup of tea. Might've dug it more when it came out though

Another weird choice for a band who has a much more classic album, or at lease one that has their signature songs. This sounds like one of those later Squeeze albums - perfectly alright, they are pros, but you barely remember while you are listening to it, much less after.

Don't understand how this is on the list. It reeks of desperate attempts to reclaim their earlier glory. The only impressive thing here is their perseverance in sticking to the 80s formula in the same year Nirvana's Nevermind blew it all up.

Somewhere between fine and meh for me.

Unfamiliar with this one.

Really didn't like this on first listen, second listen it was more digestible, but still don't understand why this album was included?

Hey is this the band that made the theme song to "Friends"?

A pleasant surprise! I wonder how many other jangly-pop guitar bands like this I missed out on at the time due to the Grunge Ascendancy. I will listen to this again.

I don't recognize a single song off of this one. Which is kind of fun. I suppose this just went under the radar in the US. Music-wise it's alright. Nice enough.

One of my favorite albums. It really holds up. Also I’m an American who finds the lyrics very entertaining.

breathtakingly beautiful

Agree with a lot of other reviews: forgettable

This was very good. Listen again categoru

This album is a particular favorite of mine. I love Neil and Tim Finn...you cannot go wrong with anything by them. Love their voices. Love their writing. Two of these songs are on several playlists of mine...Weather with You and Fall at Your Feet. Love all of it. I think they're highly UNDERrated here in the U.S.

I went to high school with Tammy Baker. No idea what she has to do with any of this. Maybe she moved to Australia? It was a long time ago.

Couple good hits and a decent 90s folk album

I think there are some big fans of Crowded House, but this album is the pits. I think they are basically borrowing from every band in the 70s and taking all energy out of it.

Good music but kind of bland. Good for it to be sprinkled into a playlist.

I thought I liked Crowded House. Until I heard this album

First time listening to this band, great album. Melodic and beautiful, definitely gonna check out their other albums

some really beautiful songs with at times very corny writing. good headphones/speakers really come through on this record, very crisp production 7/10

Truly nothing to write home about. A few sounded good, but I could have not listened and been fine.

Genial y super divertido. Me la pasé muy bien y ya quiero escucharlo veinte veces más. Se va invicto.

After a long hiatus back to these albums. This was the last recommendation a year or more ago when I stopped looking at this site. And it was a pretty nice welcome. I liked what they were putting down. But at the same time it wasn't mind blowing or reality altering. Just a solid listen. Only 1 save for later with "Fall at Your Feet". And I don't even love ballads vmbut this one is good. Thanks 1001 for the rec, glad to be back. 3/5 ☆s

just another 90s pop album interesting songwriting aside it feels kind of bland.

The epitome of average 90s rock. Landing on 2.5 stars, but begrudgingly will give this a 3.

Never heard it before, but was not expecting such a banger

To me, this album was fine, and the epitome of a three star album. Pleasant enough to listen to, but nothing particularly memorable either.

I'm inclined to say the reviews for this album verge on harsh. Are Crowded House reinventing the wheel, burning down record stores and inventing new instruments? No. However, this album is fine - it's easy to listen to, doesn't try too hard but has it's quirks and interesting moments. Safely a three.

It was fine. Bog standard MOR stuff. Fall At Your Feet remains a good song but I was a little disappointed with ..Weather...

Yeah, I can rock with this I guess! 3.5 stars.

Wow this is a great early 90's indie rock album

Couldn’t tell you a single thing about what I just listened to. It was an album that happened, and it just kind of droned on in the background while I was making and eating breakfast.

6/10

Warm and cosy but all a bit bland sorry!

A nice new discovery for me. I liked it very much.

not as bad as i thought it was going to be, but would never listen to this. 2.5/5

Chocolataaaaateee caaaaaakkke! Lol. Album was fine.

Not a fan of this one. Woodface is very well produced and recorded, but by the end it feels too clean and formulaic. This band did not seem to like taking chances, and they didn’t have any soul or emotion either. It’s a shame, because the songs a performed very well, but it just lacks a certain rawness that I desire in rock music. This ends up being more pop than rock.

Treacly jangly pop on the threshold between 80s new wave and 90s alt-rock with 60s psych throwbacks. Some nice melodies but really the only interesting this is the variety of instrumentation. It is sickeningly sweet stuff with vacuous lyrics, uninspired performances, and bland songwriting. Cloying 90s filler.

Perfectly pleasant but before I die?. nah

3.5

Used to live this album back in the day. A wonderfully crafted pop album.

Fall at your Feet and Weather With You both unlocked some memories. Overall a safe, pleasant album. Doesn't stand out in a significant way but wasn't bad or unenjoyable either. Very much a 3. The comment about Gilmour Girls soundtrack fodder was apt, as someone who's never actually seen that show.

Trash

Dull in the whole

Never got to this yesterday. I'll check it out today. i don't even know what kind of music this will be. Meh, it was alright. 3 stars.

has the elements but lacks something required for it to be good

Nice pop music, nothing mind-blowing. ‘Weather with you’ very catchy. I remember it now. 3 for the catchy song, 2 for the rest.

Day373 - i could listen to neil finn sing all day. any album with three really good songs is worth this list

Listened to this one yesterday while installing some lights. This sounds super familiar, but I don't think I've ever heard any songs before. Took me a while, but I think the vocals just sound like a slurry of popular 90s rock bands (Cake, Better Than Ezra, and Toad the Wet Sprocket). Ultimately, I feel like this was fine, but not something I really care to go back through for repeated listens. Soft soft 3 for me.

A pleasant listen! High 3.

A band with 13.1 million Spotify listens a year that I have never heard of so looking forward to this. Turns out it was just pretty sold alternative almost surf rock at points. I can see why this band is as popular as there are. Nothing to hate here. Pretty high 3

Really not vibing with this. Not great 90's rock. Fall at Your Feet in particular sucks. Tall Trees sounds like Temu REM. This has a song I start to like and then goes right into another song I don't like. Much too generic 90's rock for me. Meh.

I have not heard about Crowded House, but this was pretty good. I found a few good tracks that I might return to.

As is probably the case with most people, the only Crowded House song I know is "Don't Dream It's Over." I think that's a fantastic song, but with such a small sample size, I have no idea what to expect from this album. I have soft spot for music from the late eighties and early nineties, so I'm hoping that I'll really love this, so let's jump in! Well, at least I still have "Don't Dream It's Over." I thought this album was pretty dull. Parts of it did tap into the nostalgia I have for nineties pop rock, but it was only surface level. Overall, I didn't find anything particularly remarkable about Woodface. This album sounds like something that would have played on an adult contemporary radio station in the states when it came out. But despite some good vocals, and a really good song in "Fall At Your Feet," this album just doesn't have much to offer up, especially at a time when music like this was really plentiful. In my opinion, albums like this should be driven by catchy hooks and melodies, but I didn't find any of that on this album. The music and songwriting here aren't bad, but Crowded House didn't manage to capture my attention here.

I've never heard of this group before, but they are great! I enjoyed the album. Mellow 90s alt rock, nice variety even though all of the songs are mellow.

Couple of good songs on this, recognized a few of them. Very classic rock.

➕chocolate cake, italian plastic ➖there goes god, how will you go/i’m still here kind of generically good. something i could hear in like. your moms friends sandwich shop. tomato soup and a grilled cheese

Pros: (1) kind of sounds like Squeeze (apparently Squeeze didn’t make the book! Dimery, you slimey limey, how many times are you going to fuck up?!); (2) has some decent songs on it. Cons: (1) boring and (2) goes on way too long. All things considered, eh. https://giphy.com/gifs/latenightseth-seth-meyers-lnsm-8Fc0E0rNGI1xSSqBTZ

yeah my face was sad during this album

They have one amazing song, and it’s not on this record. This is so dated it hurts. It’s not terrible. It’s okay. It’s just cheesy. Formulaic.

Still sounds good with 4 or 5 very good tracks

Never really listened to a lot of Crowded House, but really enjoy what I’ve been hearing.

okay sound for that era, didn't blow me away.

Favorite Track: Four Seasons In One Day

Nothing life changing but a surprisingly interesting pop album

Like someone said, lets make an album of everything good till 90's and did a great job

Wow, awesome

Tedious. Tiresome. Bland.

One of my favourite albums from 1991. Great vocals nice tunes what's not to like. A couple of classic songs.

Absolutely love it. Great lyrics and harmonica solos

it was ok, i didnt finish it tho

A few songs I recognized and enjoyed, but kinda meh otherwise

Not bad, not quite my taste.

Me aburrió un fla 2,5

Yikes - I had not expected this. I like Weather With You, so I thought that I would also enjoy the rest of the album. But no. Not at all

All in all, pleasant but nothing wonderful. Just good enough for a listen.

yea ok. Crowded House just kind of phoning in the type of stuff you'll hear while shopping at Whole Foods.

3/5. This album has some highlights and unfortunately, some lowlights as well. It feels like a natural progression of where psychedelic music would go and it does the genre well but not sure it's my favorite. The first half is much better than the second half, so it does drag on for a little longer than it should. I might feel like the songs are better on second listen but it felt very surface level. Either way they were catchy and very 90's. It was a good listen but not a great listen. Best Song: Chocolate Cake, Weather With You, How Will You Go

Surprised I had never heard any of this before. Like an Aussie/NZ version of CSNY

Surprise favorite. There goes god in the sexy pants

An interesting and good album. The first half holds up a weaker second half, but the vibes are on point throughout. It's an album that I'm not really sure how it got to be on this list, but I did really enjoy listening to it, much more than some other albums that have come up on the list. The album itself never really gets quite to being great, but it is very good. Favorite Song(s): Chocolate Cake, Whispers and Moans

Overall: 6/10 This album started out really strong to the point that I got Beatles vibes from it, but I got pretty bored by the end. There's much better rock from the 90's that was missed in place of this. I still enjoyed it for the most part. Fav Song: It's Only Natural Least Fav Song: All I Ask

Good album. Very entertaining

Yeah this album was just so.....eh. Bit too long as well, nothing really jumped out to me on this record. I almost have nothing to say because all of it was just so forgettable

Neil Finn: great voice. Theorem: all rock singers ultimately want to be Mel Tormé or Frank Sinatra. Neil Finn can almost prove this, most noticeably on the ballads. Great drumming by Paul Hester, tragically died of suicide at age 46 in 2005. Great production, great songwriting, impeccable execution. All of this does not make for a perfect album though. It’s too precise, too chill, too easy. It’s not annoying, it just has zero edge musically or otherwise. So it comes down to a matter of taste. Crowded House do a PERFECT job of not doing anything new or even all that interesting. Which sucks because I really liked listening to it. Also very much like the band. Loved Split Enz. I wanted to like this more. “Not bad != great” is another possible theorem.

It was fine, nothing really stood out for me.

Hadn’t heard of this band. Quite pleasant, though nothing about this album really lingered in my mind afterwards.

More great pop from the 80s/90s era. Fall At Your Feet, Weather With You, and Four Seasons In One Day are all absolutely excellent and the whole album is very listenable.

Continuing the power pop tradition in line with 80s era Squeeze, Crowded House removes the jangle, new wave and silliness out of Argy Bargy and outputs a perfectly capable and consistent album of pop rock songs.

Another group that I've always liked. I bought Recurring Dream, a compilation of their greatest hits, many years ago and it has been on fairly regular rotation since then. Plenty of Woodface tracks are on the compilation, but there are several others I was hearing for the first time. The whole album was great, even the new songs. The vocal are always amazing, beautiful harmonies and the lyrics are very clever. Musically the can tend to sound very 'samey' - but then you could probably level that accusation at nearly every band. I think there will only be a very small number of people that don't like this album.

It’s Only Natural to want some Chocolate Cake after you listen to this. All I Ask is that you don’t eat too much otherwise you may get a Woodface.

2.5

Decent album. Very alternative of the late 80s/early 90s variety. Kind of like REM doing a Steely Dan impersonation.

Has some good moments, but it's Steely Dan but not as good. C

Crowded House is one of my all-time top bands so I'm biased. This album is packed with great songs, Fall at You Feet, Weather With You, Whispers and Moans, Four Seasons in One Day, All I Ask are all favorites. The Finns are a treasure.

Another great album that reminds me of my young adult years. This album came out in my college years and was very popular in my area. Maybe it is the nostalgia that makes me rate this higher than some might? I feel like some of this has been hardwired directly into my DNA. I loved every track on this album.

There goes God In his sexy pants And his sausage dog Ugh

Nunca oí de esta banda, mi estreno fué agradable.Gran calidad de la composición en las letras y un prolijo trabajo musical en este album donde brillan talentosos músicos en armonía. Batería y bajo a lo que se suman voces destacan su gran calidad. Prometo seguir oyendo sus propuestas que invitan a pasar muy gratos momentos en los géneros que interpretan.

Neil Finn is the antichrist. 3

Better than I was expecting, but I only recognized one song on this album, "Weather with You."

3/5 Just fine – couple of classics, but I'm otherwise unmoved.

It's fine. It reminds me of something on some of the tracks, but I can't quite place what it is. Maybe it's just 90's rock in general. Standouts It's Only Natural Tall Trees 3/5

100% at det her var affirmative action for at få flere albums fra Oceanien på listen TIL at Crowded House ikke er et one hit wonder, det er faktisk et two hit wonder! For jeg har helt sikkert hørt Weather With You før. Mega kedeligt 90'er adult alternative, ca på niveau med det Sheryl Crow album vi havde for lidt siden

Absolut ikke essentielt, produktionen er pænt kedelig, men tit ret catchy. Lille 2er

This is so boring, I can't imagine anyone finding this essential. Generic rock, reminds me of a worse version of REM than REM.

Melancolic but happy Oz sound.

Soft rock, easy listening

It's ok

Favourite tracks: fall at your feet; weather with you; chocolate cake; tall trees

Meh. Really didn't like it. Sounded like the Smithereens or some other discount box late 80s indypop.

Wanted to hate it. Ended up thinking it was very good. Maybe a bit long, and gets a bit too much like 90's beige toward the end, but some incredible harmonies and good songs.

Wasn't bad. I'd give it another go.

This album has a sentimental meaning to me so it's difficult to judge. These are great songs - not stylistically innovative. Just good to listen to.

I thought this was fine; nothing crazy though there is some subpar singing going on here and is super evident in "All I Ask". Actually had to skip to the next song because of the poor display. 5/10.

Curti, tem umas 3 ou 2 músicas boas

"Siri, crea el álbum de rock más genérico posible para esta lista, por favor"

Production and music (saxophone, keyboards) make this sound more like a mid 80s album. Some nice vocal harmonies. It's pleasant but nothing really notable or exciting. Highlights: "It's Only Natural" (slightly funky pop), "Weather With You" ("Eastern" sounding riff that reoccurs throughout the song, harmonized vocals), "She Goes On" (folk pop) Notable: "All I Ask" (old school torch song with lush strings that seems out of place on this album)

This was okay. I quite liked the beginning of the album, but it sort of fell apart as things went on. Most of the tracks also sounded the same, and there wasn’t a whole lot of variety. This is one of the albums on the list that even though I got some personal enjoyment out of, I in no way think it should be on the list. This is definitely not something you need to hear before you die.

Hearing this album for the first time in nearly 30 years unlocks a lot of memories. What can easily be confused as generic boring 90s pop dismisses the fact that this sort of indie album broke so much ground at the time of its release. Does it stick and stay relevant in 2024? No, it's a pop album at its heart but still a very much listenable one at that. 3.5/5

This was fine but I would not listen to this again. Nothing was really bad about it, but I couldn't get into it IDK.

That typical rock indie sound. I don't know what makes this distinct from others in this genre, but not awful. Something to put on in the background. Highlights: Fall At Your Feet

Brilliant songwriters and album

Pretty mediocre pop rock Standout songs: Whispers and Moans As Sure as I am

Pleasantly surprised by tracks between the hits. Interesting songwriting, good production. I don't know if it's actually middle of the road or just feels that way because of the band's reputation? Not sure I'd come back to it in a hurry, so it's a 3.

Ja dit is voor mij dus echt een 13 in een dozijn band. Is dit echt nodig om te luisteren voor ik dood ga? Het is gewoon een rock band, met die ene hit( Weather with you) Dit voelt voor mij echt alsof ik zometeen ook een album van Nickelback tegen ga komen en een album van Imagine Dragons. Prima bands hoor, daar niet van, maar zijn dit nou dé beste albums allertijden? Het is niet slecht, maar jezus christus, als je een band had in de jaren70, 80 of 90 dan sta je sowieso op deze lijst. Maakt niet uit hoe interessant je album was. Daarentegen sta je alleen op deze lijst met elektronische muziek als ze er écht niet omheen konden, je een soort gekke Indian drum n bass maakt of je naam Kraftwerk is. Dit album is niet slecht, echt niet. Maar het is gewoon een rock album, niets meer, niets minder. FAVO: Fall at your feet, Weather with you

this is the most overwhelmingly normal album for a list of the 1001 (1089) most important albums to listen to before you die. like, they didnt do anything wrong, they didnt ask to be here in the special-special list, man, theyre just making music (my name's woodface and i care what you think)

This is #day56 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to some generic early '90s pop-rock dragging on some '80s flair. Discerning one song from another can be rather daunting on this album. Nothing too terrible about it (although some lyrics are pretty darn corny), but again, I don't get the value of ending up on the list of albums you must hear before you die. A case in point when you absolutely don't have to. Should I still be hoping for a solid entry soon? I keep clinging to the thought that this list has loads of crap. I'm not giving up, though. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day57.

It's an unimpassioned 2.75 star.

Not bad, but didn’t really grab me.

Pretty good.

Fucking belter of an album.

It feels like any song could fit the credits outro of any generic movie played in the morning on any tv channel. Very monotone.

This is what pop-rock should be. I really liked this album. Solid tunes all along. One of the best discoveries of the project so far.

Good music but not really my taste.

Jesus. Perfectly adequate. Exceptionally boring. Completely forgettable.

This is pretty good, I like it a lot. It sounds a lot like Crosby Stills Nash & Young but with a more 90s vibe infused in

Quite generic and pretty bland pop-rock music. I liked Weather with you and this is the only song I recognise from this album but the rest are samey and not too exciting.

The 90s were weird, where in order to be "daring" and "different" in a post Smells Like Teen Spirit world, you had to copy the sound of a bunch of 60s and 70s soft rock groups in order to stick out. Throw in some XTC for good measure, and you get Crowded House's Woodface. Crowded House was a band I thought I'd like more, as I quite enjoy their hits, but this album is a bit of a bore, and while often vaguely enjoyable in its America-esque hooks, it only brings in to question for me why this is considered somewhat of an essential album, while anything by those infamous soft rock groups is considered weak and inessential. It leaves a sour taste in my mouth that all this album had to do to stand out was copy and paste decades old sounds, but I suppose that's how art has always been. Still, not impressive enough to be considered even just "okay" in my book.

Very dated sound that wasn’t appealing to me. 2.5/5

Pretty good

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83% Best: Chocolate Cake; Weather With You; Whispers And Moans; She Goes On Must-Hear? Sure

Boring early 90s alt pop rock

This album was great. Listened to it in a hotel with a soccer game in the background. Shit rocked.

Never heard of these guys, but I love the style. I’ve heard “Fall at Your Feet” only as a part of the 4-chord song by Axis of Awesome. The lyrics are a bit weird in some places, but good weird, not Nick Cave weird. Overall, I’m a fan of this but it didn’t quite give me enough feels for a 5 star.

I liked it. The sound was unique/strange. Also there’s the fun hidden track at the end. Maybe someone can better quantify this genre of music, but it kinda reminds me of the black keys. 3 stars!

Pleasant for background music with a couple standout songs. I can see the appeal and I do love the 90s pop rock sound, but I don’t think it’s anything groundbreaking or massively influential, just good music. It’s a standard, middle of the road three for me.

There goes God with his sexy pants and his sausage dog. Not bad, but a little boring. I would have preferred if they leaned into their accents more. Instead, it just sounds like generic soft rock. I'm still here. I won't go away.

I'd say that this was mostly a nostalgia trip for me. An album that was played a lot by those around me because it was one of the few tapes we had in the 6th form art room.

The Good: the artwork on the album cover The Bad: that I had to refer to the cover of the album as something good The Ugly: a catalogue of music which has been abused in series/movies To be fair, the production is solid, the album contains 5 hits which puts it on a different level than many other, mediocre, productions. But the hits are too bland, and when this album came out I was not excited... and neither am I now. 3* because of the 5 hits.

6.5/10

Weather With You, Fall At Your Feet, It’s Only Natural & Four Seasons are as good as it gets. The rest is not too bad at all

Mediocre Squeeze. Sqooze?

3-4

3.5 Nice cover.

Some really good songs on this one, I just love Weather With You, Chocolate Cake and Tall Trees. The album is a great chill album, though I wouldn't say it breaks new ground or anything, it's just solid. I think I just like Neil Finn's voice.

Crowded House is fine for adult contempo. It’s not *completely* bland.

Just bland. Wasn't the worst thing we've listened to.

Never heard this one before. And I sort of liked it? Like kinda liked a lot of it. Grabbed me from the first song, Chocolate Cake

Really like this band. The harmonies on the vocals are what gives them their distinctive sound. On some of the tracks they sound very Beatleesque. The only criticism is the album gets a little boring towards the end. Didn't like the medley track at the end of the album, it sounded a bit messy. Other than that though, quite a pleasant listen.

This took three listens to stick; “Fall At Your Feet” and “Weather With You” drew immediate nostalgic swoon, the rest slighter on first touch. A couple of listens later I think this is a triumph from the Antipodean School of Fey. I nervously await Simon’s verdict for the true measure of its feyness.

This album was huge when I was in the prime of hipness, so naturally I dismissed it as boring. My impetuousness was quite accurate it seems, there are some decent melodies but it all sounds so dispassionate. "Weather With You" is the biggie, pervasive and slightly annoying to this day. Crowded House have generous songwriting talent but lack something important in the delivery, achieving a Squeeze-like impression when they could have aimed for Aztec Camera if they'd put the effort in. Low 3

Probablemente uno de los álbumes más aburridos que he escuchado en esta lista. ¿Por qué está en esta lista? No lo entiendo. Un pastiche desabrido de letras "profundas" con inflexiones que buscan ser John Lennon desesperadamente y música genérica de finales de los '80s y principios de los '90s. ¿Pudo inspirar a alguien? Probablemente ¿A alguien importante? Definitivamente no. Sálteselo si puede, está mejor sin escuchar estos 48 minutos de pastillas para dormir. Protip: Si te gusta este tipo de música, escucha The Jaywhawks; mucho, mucho mejor.

2.5? Nothing spectacular about this

Maybe one of the last new wave albums to be released of it's heyday? Don't Dream it's Over is my go to karoake so I was interested to actually listen to an album by these guys. A little jangly, good pop appeal. This album also doesn't take any real swings. Some good tracks though (All I Ask, Weather With You, Fame Is). The rest feels not bad but not very memorable.

I like this album overall, although there are a few misses. Best track: Fall at Your Feet. Fun (not) fact: Weather With You was accidentally misspelt and is actually about a sheep farmer and his friend

Fall At Your Feet // All I Ask //

Generally good and some slower soulful songs but I know there are better albums from them

Who? Bit of a yawn

Couldn’t find it.

An absolute treat. One of those albums where you are surprisingly familiar with a few songs but the rest is a mystery. Sometimes the singles are just the diamonds in the rough. Sometimes the singles are just an indication of the quality to be found on further inspection. This is the latter and the singles hit me like a wave of nostalgia, but the rest way very good. Four seasons in one day could have been a Beatles song, and italian plastic shone. An unfortunately line about god and a sausage dog, plus some random mooing probably keep this off the top rank, but i think i managed 4 listens in a day and that speaks volumes

solid vibes but not enough to stand out

I really enjoyed this album!

Besides the hit on this album, this was my first conscious exposure to Crowded House. I enjoyed this, actually, and this really tastes a LOT like Wilco. Or the other way round, given these guys were first. I have half a mind of checking out some more of their stuff.

A 90’s album painfully stuck in a sound from the 80’s.

Bored Yer Da’s fav

2/5 - This did not evoke a single emotion out of me. I used to like weather with you, but now I know it’s not by an 80s yacht rock band, I like it less. The end of how will you go / I’m still here is the only time I thought they were feeling the music, but even that was for 10 seconds at the end.

Just an amazing album, weather with you, four seasons in one day and Fall at your feet are just phenomenal songs. Top 3 album for me

Already knew Don’t Dream It’s Over and a couple of their radio hits, but I had never heard this album. The bass lines are complex and interesting, and the songwriting is catchy. Favorites: chocolate cake, it’s only natural, fall at your feet, weather with you, four seasons in one day, and there goes god. When I started this project, I wanted to discover good music that I had not given a chance. I will most likely listen to more Crowded House (and Split Enz). 3⭐️ (really somewhere between 3 and 4).

Not my favorite CH album but 5 ⭐️ nonetheless because it’s still great

I really liked this, but wouldn't play it on repeat so capped at 4 stars

Like if the Jayhawks made alt-pop instead of alt-country. Not great, not terrible.

Finely crafted tunes

Australian REM. Perfectly adequate.

Some nice music. Soft and enjoyable