- Audio CD (Feb 1 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Best of
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- ASIN: B00003ZADB
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. I Am In Love (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Sacred Cow (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. You Can Touch (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. Help Is Coming (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. I Love You Dawn (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Dr. Livingston (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. My Tellys' Gone Bung (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 8. Private Universe (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 9. Lester (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 10. Anyone Can Tell (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 11. Recurring Dream (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 12. Left Hand (1999 Digital Remaster) |
| 13. Time Immemorial (1999 Digital Remaster) |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
The unreleased residue of popular recording careers is typically the stuff of box-set "extra" discs and sometimes suspicious reissue "bonus tracks." Even the Beatles' vaunted Anthology series argued that serving up leftovers as a main course is a risky proposition at best. Afterglow, a collection of 13 surplus tracks from New Zealand popmeisters Crowded House, fares better than most such efforts, if only because of the old-fashioned dedication to songcraft that Neil Finn and company displayed throughout their career. Stretching from the band's pre-signing days ("Recurring Dream" and "Left Hand"), through no fewer than seven outtakes from the band's 1991 standout, Woodface (including some outstanding harmony work between Neil Finn and elder brother and fellow Split Enz mainstay Tim) to sparely produced tracks for an unfinished fifth album, Afterglow possesses a surprising cohesiveness as an album. While there's no stellar pop hits like "Don't Dream It's Over" lurking in this scrapyard, there's enough solid B+ material to perk the interest of Crowded House devotees. --Jerry McCulley
Product Description
CROWDED HOUSE Afterglow (1999 US AUTOGRAPHED 13-track CD album of Undiscovered Gems - tracks inc I Am In Love Sacred Cow You Can Touch Help Is Coming I Love You Dawn Recurring Dream and more complete with picture sleeve. The front of thesleeve has been signed by NEIL FINN in black marker pen - a nice autographed collectable)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice collection of extra material,
By jeu8478 "jeu8478" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Afterglow (W/7 Tracks) (Audio CD)
Not quite a "lost album", but almost. Afterglow collects 13 tracks, the "Odds and Sods" of the group's career, as the Who might say. If it were an actual album, it might have been the group's third best, although by nature, the album is a little disjointed. As far as tone goes, the album leans more towards the brighter aspects of the Crowded House and Woodface albums, as most of the songs were recorded in those periods. The album is a nice collection that flows pretty well, and there are probably a number of groups that would like a collection of songs this strong to be their greatest hits album. The best songs here are "Recurring Dream", a jangle-pop number that predates the group even being called Crowded House; "I Love You Dawn", a pretty love song penned by Neil Finn for his wife, and "Time Immemorial", a folky ballad that was to have closed the Woodface album. Also look for drummer Paul Hester's vocal spotlight on the silly "My Telly's Gone Bung". He's no Ringo, but on the plus side, he's no Ringo. That makes sense if you think about it. Don't start with this one, but no fan of Crowded House will dislike this album.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Private Universe!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Afterglow (W/7 Tracks) (Audio CD)
With the inclusion of this c.d. into my Crowded House collection, I now boast of possessing three separate and greatly varying versions of Private Universe. All three are transcendant blissful recordings. The inclusion of this simple, sparsley arranged version (no small feat with Youth at the production controls!) is a wonderful compliment to the original release. The third version, incidentally is a Finsbury Park Italian manufactured bootleg where Maori musicians fill out the end percussion groove splendidly. Neil! Neil! Neil! This is far and away your masterpiece. Grace us with ten more versions of this gorgeous song!
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best collection of outtakes I've ever heard,
By A Customer
This review is from: Afterglow (W/7 Tracks) (Audio CD)
This album was the first Crowded House CD I bought, and now that I have all of the others, it remains one of my favorites. All of the tracks are great, and they range from the silly ("My Telly's Gone Bung") to the sublime (most of the others). I actually prefer this version of "Private Universe" to the version on Together Alone. The great thing about Afterglow is that it is not just for die-hard fans--anyone who appreciates good songwriting will like it.
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