Classic Masters

Classic Masters Artist: Crowded House
Label: EMI Special Products
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724358267822
EAN: 0724358267822
ASIN: B00009QGEN


Release Date: 2003-06-24

Classic Masters


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Tracks:

  1. Something So Strong
  2. Weather With You
  3. When You Come
  4. Don't Dream It's Over
  5. Fingers Of Love
  6. Nails In My Feet
  7. Never Be The Same
  8. Chocolate Cake
  9. It's Only Natural
  10. Distant Sun
  11. Sister Madly
  12. Hole In The River

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Well chosen collection, outstanding digital remastering.......2003-09-16

Thoughtful collection of songs, which mostly avoids duplicating tracks from the 1996 retrospective Recurring Dream, The Very Best of Crowded House. Of those 19 selections, only 4 are duplicated here, version to version (the band's most popular tunes "Something So Strong", "Weather With You", "Don't Dream It's Over" and "It's Only Natural" aptly appear on both collections). While Classic Masters features two elusive live tracks, "When You Come" (from Newcastle, Au 3/3/92) and "Sister Madly" (from London, England 11/12/93, edited), the true gold of this release is found is the rich, digital remastering of the band's earlier catalog, particularly the tracks from the first two albums -- Crowded House, Temple of Low Men -- where the improvements are most striking. The depth and full range of frequency finally return to these recordings, a quality sorely missing from many 80s CDs which were poorly mastered to disc in the mid-80s to early '90s. This collection corrects that mistake magnificently. Highlights here include the stirring bass line of "Never Be The Same" (from Temple of Low Men) and the moody Split Enz-inspired instrumentation of "Hole in the River" (from the first album). Sadly, the only pitfall of this collection is technical. Track 10, Distant Sun (remix), has a bad glitch that carelessly causes the line "drawn to the flame" at the end of the second verse to repeat.

5 out of 5 stars A great additon to any Crowded House/Finn Collection!.......2003-08-02

Just bought this last night - what an awesome find! It is worth every single penny alone just to hear a live version of "When You Come"! Neil Finn is THE master of pop music! This album nicely complements ones already existing Crowded House/Neil Finn/Tim Finn collection. "Chocolate Cake" & "Nails in my Feet" are strong fan favorites and are a nice find on a compilation album. I cannot even begin to recommend enough to everyone all Crowded House & Finn endeavors!

(Keep your eyes peeled for the future Finn Brothers album!)

5 out of 5 stars Good collection for the $$.......2003-07-30

Being one of the biggest Crowded House fans ever, I purchased this album from Amazon the day it was released, not even knowing what songs were included on the CD. This is a great collection and reasonably priced. This CD includes of some of CH's best work, even if it is only 12 songs in length. I was pleasantly surprised to see "Fingers of Love" and "Nails in my Feet" were added to this collection. These are 2 of the best CH songs ever, and SHOULD have been included on the Recurring Dream/Best of album but weren't. I'm sure it was difficult to pick only 12 of CH's best songs, since every one of them was a classic in my opinion. The 2 live songs on the album are good quality, but don't do the band justice. I've had the privilege of seeing them play live a few times and they were absolutely amazing. Here is the track listing since it's not on Amazon yet:

1. Something So Strong
2. Weather With You
3. When You Come (live version)
4. Don't Dream it's Over
5. Fingers of Love
6. Nails in my Feet
7. Never be the Same
8. Chocolate Cake
9. It's Only Natural
10. Distant Sun
11. Sister Madly (live version)
12. Hole in the River

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