Crowded House
[Deluxe Edition]
Original album released June 1986
5.1 surround DVD-Audio released 30 July 2002.
Deluxe Edition released 4 November 2016
1986 album (Capitol)
Mean To Me lyrics
World Where You Live lyrics
Now We’re Getting Somewhere lyrics
Don’t Dream It’s Over lyrics
Love You ‘Til The Day I Die lyrics
Something So Strong lyrics
Hole In The River lyrics
Can’t Carry On lyrics
I Walk Away lyrics
Tombstone lyrics
That’s What I Call Love lyrics
2016 Deluxe Edition bonus disc (Capitol / Universal)
Something So Strong (home demo) lyrics
Hole In The River (studio demo) lyrics
Love You ‘Til The Day I Die (home demo) lyrics
That’s What I Call Love (studio demo) lyrics
Can’t Carry On (studio demo) lyrics
Walking On The Pier (studio demo) lyrics
Does Anyone Here Understand My Girlfriend (studio demo)
Oblivion (studio demo) lyrics
Walking On The Spot (studio demo) lyrics
Something So Strong (studio demo) lyrics
Now We’re Getting Somewhere (studio demo) lyrics
Stranger Underneath Your Skin (home demo) lyrics
Don’t Dream It’s Over (home demo) lyrics
Left Hand (live) lyrics
Grabbing By The Handful (live) lyrics
World Where You Live (writing demo) lyrics
Recurring Dream (original version) lyrics
Neil Finn: guitar, piano, lead vocals
Paul Hester: drums, background vocals
Nicholas Seymour: bass guitar
Original album produced by Mitchell Froom
Except ‘Can’t Carry On’ produced by Eddie Rayner and Neil Finn at Platinum Studios, Melbourne.
Rhythm tracks recorded by Larry Hirsch at Capitol Recordings Studios, Los Angeles.
Assistant engineer - Steve Himelfarb.
Tracks completed at Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles.
Engineers - Tchad Blake, Dennis Kirk.
Mixed at Studio 55 by Michael Frondelli.
Assistant engineer - Glen Holguin.
Design/Cover painting - Nicholas Seymour.
Additional musicians:
Tim Pierce - guitar
Jim Keltner - drums (‘Now We’re Getting Somewhere’)
Jerry Scheff - bass (‘Now We’re Getting Somewhere’)
Noël, Jim Gilstrap, Andy Milton, Joe Satriani - background vocals
Jorge Bermudez - percussion
Horns - Heart Attack Horns
Mitchell Froom - keyboards
See further credits in the LP and CD booklets.
Crowded House: Debut Album retrospective
Thirty years after the release of their debut album, seven Crowded House albums were re-issued in November 2016 to celebrate the band's 30th Anniversary. In this two part RNZ audio special, Neil Finn and Deluxe Edition co-producer Jeremy Ansell are joined by co-founder Nick Seymour via Skype to talk about the evolution of the songs on their debut album, from the Melbourne home demos to the Los Angeles studio sessions with producer Mitchell Froom.
Crowded House bass player and artist Nick Seymour talks about the debut album’s cover art: