Recurring Dream [Import]

Crowded House | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000005RRN
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,114 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Weather With You

2. World Where You Live

3. Fall At Your Feet

4. Locked Out

5. Don't Dream It's Over

6. Into Temptation

7. Pineapple Head

8. When You Come

9. Private Universe

10. Not The Girl You Think You Are

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. There Goes God

2. Newcastle Jam

3. Love You 'Til The Day I Die

4. Hole In The River

5. Private Universe

6. Pineapple Head

7. How Will You Go

8. Left Hand

9. Whispers And Moans

10. Kill Eye

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Live Album I Ever heard, July 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Recurring Dream (Audio CD)

If you are a big Crowded House fan buy this Special Edition Best Of instead of the plain Best Of since it includes a second CD of live concerts cut of CH's best. The "Whispers and Moans" cut rocks, and "In My Command" brings down the house. These live versions are fuller and richer than the studio album cuts and you'll find yourself singing along in no time. Paul Hester's drum work on Whispers is staggering. Also, a song called Left Hand is included, which I haven't found on any studio album. Buy this with no regrets!!!!!! I paid $25US for this in a store, so the price here is a steal!!!!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 Stars: Nice Live Disc, August 21, 2005

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This review is from: Recurring Dream (Audio CD)

While Neil Finn has made albums with several entities, including Split Enz, the Finn Brothers and a solo career, perhaps his best known work was written during the course of Crowded House's four studio albums. Some of the best loved songs ever produced by a New Zealander are compiled on Recurring Dream: 'Don't Dream It's Over', a timeless ballad with a memorable organ solo, the jingle-jangle of 'Weather With You', and the sensitive ballad 'Better Be Home Soon'. The selections from each album are solid, although the democratic policy of allowing exactly four songs from each albums means that great Woodface songs 'There Goes God' and 'Chocolate Cake' miss out at the expense of inferior tracks such as Crowded House's 'Mean to Me.' The three new songs recorded for Recurring Dream are a disappointment; 'Everything is Good For You' is quite possibly the worst track that Crowded House ever recorded, 'Not the Girl You Think You Are' may be Beatlesque but it isn't particularly interesting, while 'Instinct' is merely the best of a bad lot. Recurring Dream inexplicably ends with new song 'Everything is Good For You', rather than 'Better Be Home Soon' which is tailor-made for the position. Despite its faults, Recurring Dream is a good introduction to Crowded House, containing key album tracks such as 'Into Temptation' and 'Private Universe', although fans will want to dig deeper especially into Together Alone and it might be simpler just to get each of their four albums individually.

Recurring Dream Bonus Disc

I'm not usually too excited about live albums, but this record, released as a bonus disc to Recurring Dream is good enough to stand enough on its own; as a bonus it's simply superlative. There's also very little crossover with the greatest hits tracks, as only four songs appear on both discs, and it covers a bunch of excellent Crowded House songs that didn't make the cut. `There Goes God', `Whispers and Moans' `Kill Eye' and `Love You Til The Day I Die' all could have held their own on Recurring Dream, and they're all presented in excellent live versions, making the 2CD version a much more valuable Crowded House anthology than the first disc alone. There are also a couple of otherwise unreleased songs - the catchy and atmospheric `Newcastle Jam' and `Left Hand'. Most of the recordings come from the 1990s, with Mark Hart featuring as the keyboard player or second guitarist - he's almost the ideal foil for the band, either able to reproduce or improve the original arrangement. While Hester and Seymour were fine musicians their influence wasn't always that apparent on record, but they were much more integral on stage - Hester's pranks (an extreme example entailed coming on alone for an encore in a Santa suit playing metal guitar riffs, stripping naked, then making obscene noises in the mike) were an important part of the band's charm.

I'm rather indifferent to the live versions of the Together Alone material here; `In My Command' lacks the energy of the studio version and `Pineapple Head' and `Private Universe' lack a bit of atmosphere, but otherwise these songs are pretty much all at least as enjoyable as their studio counterparts. Particular highlights include `There Goes God', much punchier here than on record, while the epic ten minute take on `Hole In The River', ending with traditional Irish ballad `The Parting Glass', blows away the studio version and might be my favourite Crowded House track ever. Lots of compilations throw on a couple of otherwise unavailable songs to entice completists, but there's a whole disc of first rate material here that any Crowded House fan will want to hear; it's not too hard to find copies of the bonus disc edition in New Zealand, but overseas fans may struggle to track it down. - Fyfeopedia Music Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHEER EXCELLENCE!, January 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Recurring Dream (Audio CD)

This album was, for me, a superb introduction to the band that would come to dominate my CD player aned my life! Quite simply this is a must for anyone - and I mean anyone. The songs are simply infectious - Neil's mastery of lyrics, harmonies and anything musical, all shine through here. Personal favourites include "Fall at Your Feet" - which gives me a lump in my throat whenever I hear it! "Don't Dream its over" and the previously unrealeased tracks "Instinct" and "Not the Girl you think you are". The songs are saturated with honesty, intelligence and emotion and can make you cry one day and smile the other. The album also has lovely up-beat pop songs: "Weather with You", "Distant Sun" and "It's only natural" spring to mind. This album is essential and I can't stress that enough. It is one of the few albums that I would pay ridiculous amounts of money for! Track it down! If you are disappointed then you are in an almost negligible minority! Happy Listening!