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I started out liking this but disliked it more with each song I heard
Great music to tune out while you're shopping I guess. It's not even annoying enough to be a song you'd dread if you worked at the store.
I'll admit, I have peeked into the user-submitted list, and one thing that jumped out at me was the amount of locally famous artists on there. The several outside the angloshpere were expected and even welcome, as there is plenty of great music being made anywhere in the world, the more surprising ones were the amount of local Australian and Canadian picks. Crowded House are pretty much no different than any of those Aussie bands only famous in their homeland. They make pleasant, but unremarkable pop rock with a very faint alternative twist and don't really add anything to the overall rock music landscape of the time. However, they got lucky and score a few international hits, and thus made this list. Key tracks: Fall at Your Feet Weather With You
Very adult contemporary, very inoffensive. Some of the arrangements are interesting but this just never gets out of 2nd gear.
Weather With You I have always thought was a great track. But even that could not drag this album out of the mire of substandard mediocrity. The only question is, could it drag them up to the dizzying heights of a 3? No not quite. 2
Very middle of the road and radio2 friendly poo business. The singles are pleasant enough and very ear wormy, but the album as a whole is a bit beige
Listening through the fourteen tracks of "Woodface", one thing is certain: there is nothing inherently unpleasant here. The production is undeniably polished, well-balanced, crystal clear, and professionally executed. However, despite the technical finesse, the song writing left me feeling entirely nonplussed. The overall experience is simply too "pretty." It’s tame, bordering on bland, and lacks the edge required to truly thrill or excite. Rather than stirring the soul, the music sits there politely; it’s an album that doesn't overstay its welcome in terms of minutes, yet feels strangely overlong by the time you've reached the fourth track. Granted, the album boasts 'Weather with You,' a song so prevalent it’s hard to ignore. I never much cared for it back then, though I can now appreciate the quality of the guitar playing. Throughout, the band occasionally channel a Squeeze-like energy, but without the wry wit, charm, or memorable tunes of the latter. Ultimately, "Woodface" is a pleasant enough background listen, but it fails to leave a lasting impression. Two stars. 258/1001 140/258 albums reviewed were new to me
I didn’t really understand what stood out about this album. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t an experience for me
Before: I've heard of them. I think they may have had some hits on the radio. During: Chocolate Cake sounds pleasant enough but nothing special. I can already tell this is not going to be something I like a lot. Probably going to be 3. It's Only Natural is kind of annoying. Fall At Your Feet and Tall Trees are just bad. I guess I'm going to have to skip through most of this. After: I ended up skipping through all the rest of the tracks. It's gonna get a 2 from me.
This is one of the most bland and dull albums I have ever heard. 🥱
Started ok, got worse, ended up bored
Falls into the unfortunate category of bands I thought were rubbish when I was growing up. Can I re-assess them with wisdom and experience? I can accept that their songs are well-crafted, but they're too polished and middle-of-the-road for me to care. 5.0 Fav track: Four Seasons in One Day Least fav: It's Only Natural (still hate this for some reason)
I liked the first song, but thought it got boring pretty quickly :/
Pretty up and down. Boring/fun. But hey, "Everywhere You Go, Always Take the Weather with You..."
Not really my jam
nada de especial, mas não é ruim tbm não é bom xd
Nothing outwardly wrong with this album. Its an ode to late 60's and early 70's rock contemporary. I hear the Stones, The Beatles, Paul Simon, the Byrds, and so many other definitive influences. But boy oh boy does this wind up sounding alot like derivative pop contemporary. I almost thought this might have been a Rob Thomas side project at times. Oh boy how boring this ended up. In 1991 we had such better albums to listen to before you die and this one ended up on here? Odd choice.
It was fun in an alt-rock way for a while and then really starts to overstay it's welcome
Boring & bland
Never really got the point of these dudes.
It’s ok but didn’t stand out
interesting and chill vibe i just wont listen again...also my spotify now thinks im an old man
4/10
I was not familiar with this album, had only know some of their 80's stuff before. This album was completely different from what I have heard or expected. It is very bland easy listening 90's alternative pop. The whole thing just blends together and sounds the same, jangly pop which gets repetitive and boring by the end, it isn't bad just forgettable. Tall Trees is the only song I would really go back and give a relisten maybe Weather With You too.
Nothing really stood out here, and the one record that did was decent at best. Favourite Track(s): As Sure As I Am Least Favourite Track(s): Fame Is
Corny, cringe, generic, kjedelig, uinspirert happy go lucky slop verden kunne klart seg helt fint uten. Nei takk, ikke min greie i det hele tatt ass.
Jangle pop heter det visst. Helt mid. Bandet har en kjempebanger som ikke er på dette albumet.
album legal, mas nada de muito diferente. 5,5/10
I sit, staring into the middle distance. This album plays in the background. "Why?" I wonder. The album plays blandly on, nothing to stop it. 2/5
Damn. I really did not like this lol. My least favorite kind of music to come out of the 90s.
Nothing really caught my ear besides Weather With You. Had a Beatles sound to it a little bit. Overall a little bland
I was excited to hear more of Crowded House as I really got into "Don't Dream it's Over" again last year. 1 banger in "Weather With You" and really like their bass player. This album didn't do it for me though. They sounded like most the average music in the 90's. The 1991 release date means they're a bit earlier but still sounds average. I like it to be more psychedelic, heavy, indie or unique sounding. I'm sure it's a classic that's a lot of people's favorite but won't be going back too much.
Not my jam, definitely eclectic 90's
2.36
Album Chocho, musiquinhas legais mas nenhuma que eu ouviria novamente.
I would happily die if it meant never having to listen to music from Australia again :)
#807. There goes God in his sexy pants and his sausage dog. 2/5: the fuck even is this stupid bullshit?
So bland and inoffensive it barely registered
??? 1991? ah der Hit: "Take the weather with you" na dann. c
Bettrrr than Coldplay
Album didn’t age well at all, and is an awkward mix of being to corny and self serious at the same time.
Milquetoast : the album. All the tepid early 90s band condensed into one place 2*
Meh
The big tunes are untouchable. Bit middle of the road otherwise.
Estuvo dificil. Este pop rock canción me cuesta siempre. Lo siento todo muy poco original. 3/10
2/5
2/3
When you wake up with me, I'll be your glass of water? What kind of lyric is that? I don't know, I couldn't get into this one. Felt like mediocre dad rock to me. When you're dealt 1001, they can't all be winners, I suppose.
Boring
doo bee doo
I have no words for this album, because it made me feel nothing. I didn’t dislike or like any of the songs —just nothing.
Listed at #3 for Australia's Top Albums of All Times...? I might need to relisten because this album seems meh. The best part is the psychotic jack o'lantern album cover. Side note: Growing up, INXS 'Kick' was one of the best Australian albums ever. It's officially #11, but not even one of the 1,001 albums I need to listen to...and this is?? Would I listen to again? Nope.
Huh, seems like standard 90s music. Pleasant enough, but nothing attention-grabbing
Not my thing
I actually really like their debut album. This one is just okay.
Not a pop girlie
This is not it.
When I saw my next album was from Crowded House, I immediately thought, "Well, here come the synths and drum machines." Only, that’s not what came. What came instead was a really good pop album that wasn’t meant to be a Crowded House album. In fact, even during the heart of the 80s, Crowded House wasn’t a synth-heavy new wave band, I just painted with a broad stroke. During a break from Crowded House, Neil Finn, the band leader, began writing songs with his brother Tim Finn. The songs were to be used for an album from the Finn Brothers.However, when Crowded House got together to write a new album, their record label didn’t like what they came up with. Neil asked Tim if Crowded House could use the Finn Brothers’ songs. Tim said yes, but only if he joined the band. Or, something like that, it seems memories are a bit fuzzy on how Tim got in the band. It seems reasonable to want to be a part of a touring act that was pretty big at the time. So, Crowded House used the Finn Brothers’ songs and made a good album, which most of the world loved, but not so much the U.S. The album came out in 1991, and the U.S. was into hair metal and rap, and this album is neither of these genres. Also, Wood Face is not a very appealing title. Woodface isn’t an '80s-sounding album. It could've been put out today and be a great album. The songs are just good pop songs with hooks that will have you singing along. But the best thing about the songs is the harmonies of the Finn brothers. If you squint your ears really hard, you almost hear Lennon and McCartney on a few of the songs. The album went to #1 in Australia, #2 in New Zealand, #6 in the United Kingdom, but it only went to #82 in the U.S. It was a top 20 album in most other European countries. But, as we all know, you can’t be huge if you aren’t huge in the U.S. So Crowded House continued on as a huge band in Europe, but they were looked at as a one-hit wonder in the U.S. Wood Face is a fine album and has some great songs, but it didn’t blow me away. I doubt I’ll be listening to it again. But, if you like good, solid pop music with real instruments, this is an album you’ll dig.
Totally OK 80's/90's poppy rock.. Will never listen to this album again.
not to be hyperbolic, but this album brought a deep - perhaps immeasurable - sadness to my day because i was expecting the fine folks who did don't dream it's over to be like, good, or something. i wanted to be swept off my feet like i was listening to don't dream it's over for the first time again. i suppose, unfortunately, it just wasn't meant to be .... 🥺 main word i feel with this album is "inoffensive," like, inoffensively decent, inoffensively bland. it was only at track 8 with there goes god that i felt SOMETHING. liked the orchestral touch on all i ask too, but besides those two tracks this was a big letdown !! highlights - there goes god, all i ask
Yes, okay, Weather With You is an absolute classic But I'm not hearing anything else on this collection that comes close, except maybe the Beatles-style Four Seasons song, making it a bit of a forgetable album
Some of it’s like yacht rock, but without as much soul. If this is one of the greatest Australian albums, maybe I don’t want to go there anymore. This is what the word mediocre was invented for.
It's ... nice. Unsure why this album is on this list. It's got a relaxed, instantly recognizable Aussie/Euro vibe distinct from US/UK pop music (and not knowing the band, I wasn't surprised at all to find they are Australian). Weather With You is lovely, and a genuinely great single, but the rest of the album is pretty forgettable. I see Australians find it to be in their top 5 of domestically produced albums so maybe that's why it finds itself in this list. Personally, if we need some Aussie representation, let's get Amyl And the Sniffers' debut on this list instead haha
Undistinguishable 90s alt rock.
I didn’t mind this album but it wasn’t something that resonated with me. I was never a follower of this group and only heard a hit or two (did they have more than that?). I wasnt interested in most of the tracks, though they were well produced and musically solid.
I never really got Eddie Vedder's fascination with Neil Finn and his bands. There's nothing really wrong with them, they just didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the music Vedder championed. Must have had good childhood memories of Split Enz or something. We all have bands like that... Anyway, this sounds about how I would expect a Crowded House album recorded in 1991 to sound. And it is absolutely NOT an album that anyone NEEDS to listen to. I liked "Four Seasons in One Day."
felt the wood on my face
Terminally 80s 90s. Not a lot of standouts but nice listening.
Meh. Pretty boring. Nothing grabbed my attention.
Man idk about this one. On one hand, its overly sachrine and sappy and none of the songs hook you. There is almost a nostalgic warm feeling and theyre so close to capturing something special but they never quite get there. The songs are flat the production is overly clean and ther lyricism is pretty poo. Whatever idk 1.5/5
It was just, meh, for me. Good musicianship
Meh. A middling album that is neither unpleasant or pleasant. It clearly doesn't really belong on this list. WOODFACE was not influential and does not exhibit some particularly accomplished bit of songwriting, musicianship, production, or genre creation that makes it a must listen for anyone. Increasingly I am perplexed by Dimery's choices. A ton of them seem to be for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the album and instead for non-musical reasons. Consider that Robert Dimery doesn't include SEAL's debut album, (also from 1991 by the way), nor do he include Sting's TEN SUMMONER'S TALES from 1993, but he includes this instead?
I listened to about 90 seconds of each song and left really unimpressed. Nothing stands out as unique - mayyyybe the occasional vocal harmony keeps this stomach-able That said, none of these songs are terrible. I reserved 1 star ratings for truly horrible albums.
This is okay rock pop but I don't think it was essential I hear this before I die.
Pretty boring to my ears.
Nobody ever needs to hear Weather With You or Four Seasons again. CH appeared in the (UK) charts when so much more interesting stuff was going on - principally rave, that they appeared old-fashioned at the time. Sturdy, well-built but lacking anything to set the pulse racing. Perfectly listenable album, but feels a bit comfy slippers. 2.5 really but their ubiquity on radio is a round down for me.
I really liked "Italian Plastic," but other than that, this felt very average. It was listenable and not a drag to get through, for sure, but it also didn't stand out or provide much memorable material. A lot of this album, especially the first track, sounded like an imitation of "Smooth" by Carlos Santana feat. Rob Thomas. Just less memorable lyrically. I also got some Spin Doctors and Third Eye Blind vibes. Not bad, catchy enough, just not memorable lyrically, which I think is this album's downfall. Wish I could give this a 2.5 because I didn't like it enough to give a 3, but it wasn't as grating and didn't drag on as much as a lot of the other 2s. In the interest of keeping 3 stars at "I liked this project a decent amount," I'll give it a 2.
I've seen Crowded House in magazines forever but had never listened to any of their music. This was pretty good, lots of love songs, but not produced in any ground breaking way.
there's some weird progressive potential buried in that whole mess. but basically it's a happy version of Slint on valium and speed at the same time.
Always Take The Weather With You had to be the second most annoying lyric just behind Are We Human or Are We Dancer?
Very 90s soft rock. I wouldn’t be able to tell them apart from other bands. I did enjoy a couple songs. Favorite songs: Fall At Your Feet, As Sure As I Am
meh
I got a little excited when I saw Crowded House as I thought I remember quite a few songs from the early MTV days. Then I heard nothing what I thought I remembered. Maybe it was Split Enz? Or maybe this album just had nothing worthy of MTV? Hell, I don't know. I just know this album wasn't very good and generated zero excitement. Pretty generic with minimal effort and energy. Good god, I'm wondering if I really did like this back in the day. Even for background music, was just OK. 2
2 The name Crowded House sounded really familiar to me, but I couldn’t seem to place a song by them - and after listening to this album, I can see why. Holy cow, is this music plain. Like, I don’t think I could come up with safer-sounding radio rock music if I tried. It’s certainly far from the most offensive sounding thing I’ve heard on this list, but man, was I bored. And wtf are some of these lyrics? “I saw Elvis Presley walk out of a Seven Eleven And a woman gave birth to a baby and then bowled 257 The excess of fat on your American bones Will cushion the impact as you sink like a stone” Part of me wants to give points for creativity, but at the same time, it’s also just kind of nonsense. I’m not really sure what they were trying to say on any given song here, if anything at all. Not that I was really expecting an album entitled Woodface to impart any kind of profound or lasting message, but I just don’t think there’s much substance in either the music or lyrics. Honestly, my favorite moment was the hidden track, I’m Still Here - it’s like the one time these guys actually woke up and put some energy into their music, and it’s the very last minute of the album. From a technical perspective, I think the album is fine, but from a musical one, I just don’t find it interesting - can’t imagine your house is going to be too crowded if you put this on. Or, judging by the hundreds of millions of Spotify plays, maybe it will, what do I know?
Meh
I don't love this album honestly just sounds like some pretty boring and uninspired pop rock. Weather with You is pretty good tho. 5/10 Favourite: Weather With You Least Favourite: All I Ask
Just found it quite a dull listen
Nothing really offensive, just not really for me. At times the songs phased into one. The most dramatic thing was the scream mid-way through the last song.
A mid album in my opinion, don't know how this made the list. 4/10
It's pretty generic adult contemporary.
Utterly forgettable for an entry into a genre I really enjoy. 2.5/5
I can imagine the author of 1001 Albums realizing he had omitted Crowded House, looking at the discography, and intentionally picking the least compelling of the four albums people actually care about, just to be contrarian.
Chocolate Cake - 2/5 It's Only Natural - 3/5 Fall at Your Feet - 3/5 Tall Trees - 4/5 Weather With You - 3/5 Whispers and Moans - 4/5 Four Seasons in One Day - 3/5 There Goes God - 3/5 Fame Is - 2/5 All I Ask - 2/5 As Sure as I Am - 2/5 Italian Plastic - 2/5 She Goes On - 2/5 How Will You Go - 4/5 Average score: 2.8/5 (rounding down) yaaaaaaawn i gotta agree with most of the other reviews, this is offensively boring. so much so that i don't even want to round this up to a 3
This one did not do it for me. Didn't really feel like it was pushing any boundaries on the one hand, nor did I feel like it really resonated as pop music on the other. Felt a bit like a 90s Coldplay.
This is not edgy music. In fact it's completely edgeless. It's like a musical sphere. Sure, the singles are decent radio fodder, but there's nothing else on here I needed to hear before I die.
Crowded House — always great for a coffee shop scene in a Hollywood movie. When I first heard them, I couldn't get past the clean production and tidy vocal harmonies. Maybe a bit too much like Salinger's Holden in his prime, I'd write them off as phonies or packaged fakes — and never bother to unwrap the apparent gifts to look any deeper. While I require music that's darker and edgier, there's a kind of middlebrow magic to this record as a whole, a balance of whimsy and substance rooted in a pop tradition where rebellion and meaning hides in plain sight.
Honestly just fine. But I don't really enjoy this style of music, maybe when I'm older.
Tolerable
It was OK. All of the songs sound like they could’ve been in a Farrelly brother's movie.
There are some songs that sound like a Beatles cover band wanted to write songs in that style, but suitable for the 90s audience. There's a strong early 90s vibe with the music. Nothing grabs me
Inoffensive in the worst way
I thought this album started out fairly strong, but pretty quickly fell off into something more bland and boring. It's also a bit long, with 14 (and a half songs) running 48+ minutes. It never really got back to being as good as it began, but stayed generally uninteresting. A lot of the songs felt the same, had similar themes, or sounded alike. The only song that really stood out as different was the last "hidden" track, which lasted barely a minute. While I can appreciate consistency for an album, that made it all blend together into something not very memorable. By the time it ended, I'd forgotten a number of the songs that had just played. I'm not sure I'll remember the rest in a few days. I wouldn't say it's bad, but it's really no better than fine to me. I probably would've appreciated a few of the tracks more if I heard them on their own. As it is, I don't see myself coming back to this one. Overall: 2.5/5
The Finn brothers' songwriting here lacks the spark or magic of their previous efforts in Split Enz. Most everything here is oh-so-pleasant (not a good quality for a rock record) with the exception of "Fame Is" which manages to bust through the blandness. Mitchell Froom's hyper-crystalline production also robs the songs (even the few tougher-sounding ones) of any kind of punch. The chimey guitars on this record come across as toothless. (Dude also has no idea how to properly mix the drum parts - does the snare *really* need to be louder than the singer?)
poppiges aus den 90ern, und zu schnulzig um lange hinzuhören - please, take these songs with you ..
Rock Pop
Soft early 99’s
Generic pop rock, mate. Inoffensive at best. Leave this one to the Australians, I'll stick to Don't Dream It's Over. Please note the attempted jumpscare hidden track at the tail end of this album (4/10, 2/5 on this scale)
It's not that the songs were bad... They were just kinda boring and sounded the same
A bit entertaining. Didn't really enjoy it.
Generische Radio musik. Warum unter den 1000 besten alben? Klar gibt es hier schlechtere alben, aber dort wurde zumindest experimentiert. Abgesehen davon läuft das Album halt einfach runter ohne dass man sich danach an ein Lied erinnert. "Super zum Autofahren". Von den einzelnen Liedern eigentlich eine 3/5 aber für das Album insgesamt 2/5
Was just ok, definite retro 90s vibe coming through
Not bad but boring. Just uninterested in what was being brought to the ears.
Fine
Maybe I'm just projecting the Finn brothers' history in Split Enz onto this music, but between the varied keyboard sounds, moderately ambitious song textures and sardonic Costello-like lyrics, it's clear that these guys have their roots in idiosyncratic, colourful pop music. On here, however, the songs have been neutered and seemingly designed for mass appeal enough to lose almost all semblance to creativity, real passion and even personality, instead reaching only mass tolerance.
Heard the weather song before and wasn’t a fan. This was the full experience of that initial reaction
Replacement level rock. Fine but boring. Probably could be three stars based on listenability but I found the slower ballads to be a real slog so I’m knocking it down to two.
How I reacted when I heard the lyric "There goes god... in his sexy pants and his sausage dog" perfectly encapsulates my reaction to this album. "Huh?"
This had me wondering about the origin of the band's name. What I settled on, was that this is good music to play when it's time to empty a crowded house. I was not engaged, nor impressed. This was dull.
Very 90s sound. Not really my thing. Easy listening but it felt so...dated. Like a worse version of REM. Lyrics were forced and weak. Music was mediocre. Not offensive, just very very forgettable.
This is a pretty unremarkable album. At times I thought it sounded vaguely Squeeze-like, at others I thought it sounded a bit like late period AOR Fleetwood Mac (maybe unsurprising since Neil Finn joined Fleetwood Mac for a time). Basically I have no pressing wish to hear this album again.
sadly so many of these songs fell flat for me. only enjoyed four seasons in one day and as sure as i am.
Not a fan of this. It's too soft and corny. They talk about weather a lot.
I really gotta hear this before I die?
Fairly generic stuff. Didn’t actively hate it but I was never excited to be listening. 2.5/5
Aggressively pedestrian.
Weird how tinny elements of 80s production mixes with an almost 90s alt earnestness in this not very good album.
Dad- 9 Mom- 6.5 Mike- 3.5 Lori- 3.5 Michael- 5 Miles- NA Cole- NA Avg- 5.5
Why is this on here?
DOS!
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.
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.
Boring. Never really liked this band. 2.5
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.
Blah. Bland. Vanilla.
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.
Listenable.
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 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.
Saai, vond het allemaal hetzelfde
Unfortunately found this pretty mediocre
Didn't really dig it.
Why? So so bland
No
I was interested initially but not fully my thing.
This was fine.
Real boring couldnt get into it, really bland music.
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
"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
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.
Really didn't like this on first listen, second listen it was more digestible, but still don't understand why this album was included?
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.
Agree with a lot of other reviews: forgettable
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.
It was fine. Bog standard MOR stuff. Fall At Your Feet remains a good song but I was a little disappointed with ..Weather...
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.
Warm and cosy but all a bit bland sorry!
not as bad as i thought it was going to be, but would never listen to this. 2.5/5
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.
Nice pop music, nothing mind-blowing. ‘Weather with you’ very catchy. I remember it now. 3 for the catchy song, 2 for the rest.
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.
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.
Tedious. Tiresome. Bland.
it was ok, i didnt finish it tho
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
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
2.5
Has some good moments, but it's Steely Dan but not as good. C
Absolut ikke essentielt, produktionen er pænt kedelig, men tit ret catchy. Lille 2er
Meh. Really didn't like it. Sounded like the Smithereens or some other discount box late 80s indypop.
"Siri, crea el álbum de rock más genérico posible para esta lista, por favor"
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
Pretty mediocre pop rock Standout songs: Whispers and Moans As Sure as I am
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 #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.
It feels like any song could fit the credits outro of any generic movie played in the morning on any tv channel. Very monotone.
Good music but not really my taste.
Jesus. Perfectly adequate. Exceptionally boring. Completely forgettable.
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
:/
Boring early 90s alt pop rock
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.
Just bland. Wasn't the worst thing we've listened to.
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.
Fall At Your Feet // All I Ask //
Couldn’t find it.
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.
this was ok, recognised the huge hits in the first half of the album and then it's more than punched itself out by the end of the second third - overall easy to listen to but not pushing any limits
Это не так уже прямо отвратительно, но господи боже этот альбом испытывает терпение. Лучшая песня - Four Season In One Day.
Not their best album.
If this album were a drink, it would be non alcoholic beer.
A few good songs in the first half. Faded away in the second half.
So this is about it for crowded house and hits. Most of these songs are still on some radio stations regular rotation in my country, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of these two brothers who can't keep a band together. 3/10 it might be good but I hate it.
Didn't dislike, but there's not much here
Insanely boring. Like someone took the worst parts of REM and made a compilation of it. Should be nowhere near this list.
This is the epitome of inoffensive music, the sort of music played for people who don't really like music at events where music is required. I can imagine there's a lot of wedding parties where this gets played. I noticed another reviewer calling out the similarity between this and the music in Spyro. Once my mind had been drawn attention to that fact, it stuck with me throughout the entire album, nudging it up from a snooze fest 1 star, to a tedious and beige 2 star effort.
Easy listening but doesn't do anything for me.
I didn't find this one very notable. Nothing really jumped out as good or bad. I like the cover though Will I listen to again: 2%
I can’t say I’m disappointed because I hate Don’t Dream It’s Over and I don’t hate this. I also don’t like it and I’m not sure why I needed to hear this. 2 feels harsh and 3 feels too high. I’m going to round down from 2.4 to a 2.
Cet album m’a terriblement ennuyée
Not great. It's okay as a background sound.
Pop rock lullabies for adults.
Something interesting about the sound of the singers voice, a little heavy and sad, which I like, and a kind of muted sound in the tone of the music... But it feels and sounds like POP music to me, blehh 2 stars
its just fine really. i dont feel anything for it but i dont hate it.
I don't hate this.
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
eh...
It's 2024 and all mediocre music sounds like AI to me. I had to check the release date to confirm that this was made by people.
Kinda just alright to me, forgettable
Potential but didn't get near it
No es mi estilo
Meh
*yawn* I fail to see what is original, or outstanding. Forgettable.
Meh
Fun
Crowded House never grabbed my attention. I quite liked one or two of their hits but never raved about them at all. Listening to the album through it appealed to me in that it was melodic but that was all. All the tracks merged into one another in one boring sound that never seemed to go anywhere as if too scared to deviate from the tried and tested formula used to gain the hits. Sleepily I arose from my slumber to turn the record off before it ended.
Didn’t mind Crowded House in the 80s. But this album was boring and I don’t think I’ll find myself going back to it at all.
Not sure why this CH album was so heralded...seems like filler music. Wasn't bad, but certainly didn't strike me as something I would have ever considered buying at the time of release. 2/5
Not for me
I love their song “don’t dream it’s over” so I expected to like this album. It was nothing like that song and I hated it
It was OK.
Didn’t feel like the band cared, it was such a boring album.
rock lento e noioso
Bluey's parents grew close over this album when they dated.
ok. Besides Weather with you and fall at your feet, i felt it was just ok.
While I think Australian music is greatly under represented here, I always found Crowded House's music rather mundane.
not bad
Ég hef nú alltaf verið veikur fyrir andfætlingatónlist og hafði gaman af þeim Finn bræðrum þegar þeir voru í Split Enz. Þetta er hins vegar bara eitthvað huggulegt miðjumoð, eitt og eitt þokkalegt lag. Virðast líka vera áttavilltir, óvissir á hvaða áratug þeir eru eða hvernig tónlist þeir ætli að gera. Skil alls ekki hvað þessi plata er að gera á þessum lista. Textinn á Chocolate cake góður, en vá hvað lagið er leiðinlegt. Næstu plötu takk!
Dit is wel gedateerd zeg. Kwalitatief is het goed hoor. Maar ik krijg iets te veel wegtrekkers. Af en toe komt er nog wel een krachtiger nummer voorbij. Die zouden het bijna naar een 3 trekken. Maar dan komt er een valse bonus-minuut. Waarom dat nu weer? Dat past toch helemaal niet.
Bad Australian R.E.M clone. Mid asf
Ein nichtssagendes Pop Rock Album, das zwischen wenigen vereinzelten Lichtblicken einen in monotonie und emotionslosigkeit regelrecht einschläfert.
C'était sympa sur les deux premières chansons, ça s'est dégradé après en pop-folk très générique
I don't know how to review this other than saying that every song sounded like an 80s/90s sitcom tv theme song.
I can’t imagine your house would ever be crowded again if you made a habit of spinning this snoozer.
Meh.
Everything about this album is right down the middle. The singing is fine, not great. The instrumentals aren't anything to write home about, but they aren't bad or detrimental at all. Overall, the album isn't bad at all, but it's really not good either. Just a whole big pile of meh. The fact that I can't really pick a favorite track because none of them stand out at all is pretty much a perfect encapsulation of my point
Nothing special really
So they had a really great hit song, released another album, then this one. An 80s band trying to stay relevant in the early 90s. Why is this on the list? Did anyone listen to this album?
Not bad. Can't really point out any issues but I can't really see myself going back to this
Slightly boring soft rock album to be honest
Ehhhhh
It is ok but is also totally forgettable. Not much to get excited about. Everything seems muted and broken down to basics.
Meio chato
Kind of remind me of Hanson. It's not my least favorite, but there's a lot of stuff I'd rather listen to.
Dares to ask the question, what if The Cranberries were mid?
Le falta alguito, muy básico. Es un rockito tranqui, onda rock nacional de los 2000.
This one didn't really impress me much, but it was easy listening.
Another band that hasn't got a sound of their own, each song sounds like they're taking turns knocking off random mediocre 90's alt-rock bands. From REM to U2, no one is safe. 2 parrots out of 5 🦜🦜
2-3
It's not what I remembered? It has some catchy well designed songs, but lyrically it falls short. It has catchy lyrics and songs but has a stagnant life about it.
Uninteresting, uninspiring, unexciting, underwhelming, and completely unnecessary. None of this album sparks anything within me. It is completely forgettable, but not altogether unbearable. I hope not to listen to it again, but I could if I had to. 2/5
There was a ton of construction going on right outside my window when I listened to this so maybe it is not a fair listen but oh well. Rather bold of them to incorporate the jackhammer and drill noises for a soft rock record. 4/10
2.75
Some nice hooks here and there but not enought o make me want to return to this in this lifetime.
Yet another boring pop rock album...
Only one song of note, otherwise generic
Dacht dat ik niets kende maar toch een paar bekende nummers. Als nog niet helemaal iets voor mij
a little boring although i did enjoy a couple songs
3/14
Boring. It's listenable, it's inoffensive, it's boring. It's like a lost Beatles record from an alternate universe where the Beatles weren't fun. Was the New Zealand music scene just really boring in the early 90s? Meh.
2,5. frekar leiðinlegt en fallegar melódíur.
Mediocrity at its best
If music fails to evoke ANY emotion whatsoever, I think that's probably the worst case scenario. You could put this on in any store where suburban moms shop and it'd be the perfect soundtrack. Unoffensive, easy to ignore and completely boring. No, thanks.
Eh. It’s fine. It’s not at all unique, though, and I see no reason for inclusion. Perfectly serviceable, but you don’t really have to listen to it ever.
nice to see an album from an NZ band, but I've heard most of the tracks too many times on radio and such to enjoy this. I was surprised by how dark some of the lyrics were
Aika kädenlämpöiseksi jää! Olis kaivannut paljon enemmän särmää tai jotain 2/5
Hmh, aika kädenlämpöiseksi jäi. Vaikea tajuta, mitä arvoa tuo listalle, vaikka olihan tuossa pari ihan kivaa biisiä.
Listalle tyypillinen kädenlämpöiseksi jäävä rock-levy. Huomaa mikä genre on dominoinut musakritiikkiä viime vuosisadalla. 2/5
It's good music and pleasant to listen to. But most of it is very generic and sounds pretty listless. I guess the context of when you listen to this matters.
i dreamt it was over
I like their hit "Don't Dream It's Over" and always wanted to give them a listen but never did till now. Major let down. Maybe I will try another album in another 30 years.
A banal, vapid 80s LP masquerading under the more reserved, authentic instrumentals of the early 90s. The musicianship is serviceable, but the melodies drag on and underwhelm at best. Add in truly god-awful songwriting and this was one poor performance away from being a 0.5 star album in my book. T
one good song
I didn’t find this all that interesting. In places, I forgot I was listening to it.
Not very interesting at all. I’m not kidding I literally remember almost nothing from this album. No melodies, rhythms, lyrics nothing. Makes for decent background music I guess.
Mwah best wel saai
Prefs : Chocolate Cake, Weather With You, There Goes God, Fame Is Moins pref : Four Seasons in One Day
Harmless enough, but slightly hum drum. Charming songs wouldn't turn the radio off if they came on, but wouldn't add it to my collection.
This was fine. A little boring, but nothing egregious.
A bit lame really
Limp like three week old lettuce. Good sing along tracks, though.
Just not for me.
this is not an essential album. why are so many the new wave/alt albums on this list so boring
Other songs aren’t as good as Weather With You
mostly forgettable indie pop 2.5
wow! a bland 90s albums with dudes whose lyrics are so blandly mysoginist and sexual it could knock over a truck. you like O A R? this is your shit. you like soul collective? this your jam? you like hootie? hop on board? shite.
Best Song: Fall At Your Feet. I must have heard this in some sitcom or romcom... It has that hint of familiarity that makes it more enjoyable. Worst Song: Whispers and Moans. That falsetto is not nearly as sexy as I think the singer intends. Overall: Utterly forgettable pop rock. Also, some absolute childish album art. Nothing to note here.
Ranged from mildly interesting to inoffensive to boring