Originally published in The
Aquarian Weekly
Crowded House /
Time On Earth
ATO Records
Crowded House are back
with their first new
album in 14
years, and that’s good
news
for fans of memorable
melodies
and chiming guitars.
The New
members Neil Finn and Nick
the seat once occupied
by
drummer Paul Hester, who
committed suicide in 2005.
On first listen,
there is nothing
that rose to the level
of
Crowded House
classics like
“Fall At Your Feet.”
But now that
I’ve had the chance
to hear the
album a few times, there
are a
number of songs that are
stuck
in my head. The first
single,
“Don’t Stop Now,” is
certainly
the first song ever
written from
the point of view of an
automobile’s GPS system.
This is the most
welcome
reunion in recent memory.
In A Word: Shimmering
Grade: B+
- by Ken Shane