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Temple of Low Men by: Crowded House List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £5.37 You Save: £3.62 (40%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0077774876322 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: August 16, 1993 Studio: Capitol Sales Rank: 24647 MPN: 48763 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: The temple of low men is slang, of course, for a woman's lower sexual regions--and if it shocks you that safe old MOR Crowded House would call their album after such a thing, then you haven't been listening to safe old MOR Crowded House: all Neil Finn's songs are about guilt and obsession, the way mortality makes every great moment bittersweet, and sex. "When You Come" isn't about his wife returning from the shops--you don't have harmonies so hard and desperate where a simple "Hello" would suffice. And when Mrs. Finn first heard "Into Temptation," she was convinced Neil was having an affair. Of course, there's those classic cartwheeling West Coast Crowdies songs you expect: "Love This Life" is as blithe as a child on Easter morning and "Better Be Home Soon" is a lantern for the heart when the days get dark. But there's always electric storm-clouds in the distance. --Caitlan Moran Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A FORGOTTEN MASTERPIECEThis was the album that brought me to Crowded House,and it's brilliance hasn't dimmed with time.The music is darker than people expect,but is much better for it.It contains alot of their best music,such as Into Temptation,Love This Life and the under-rated Mansion In The Slums. Having seen them at Wembley recently,i don't think there's any reason why they won't reach these heights again. I think Together Alone and Time On Earth are great albums,with tracks as good as what appear on Temple Of Low Men,but this is just perfect. So if you have to pick a Crowded House CD this is where to start. Rating:  - Temple of great songs but no hitsI remember hearing Better Be Home Soon, the first single, the first time many years ago. It was a very nice song but surely not a contender of being a major hit. There had to be other songs lined up being hit singles, this one being merely an introduction to their new album? The reality was, however, that Temple Of Low Men barely has a single radio friendly song. The song closest to it, Never Be The Same got some airplay on Rock oriented radio stations but was mysteriously never released as a single. Unlike their first self titled album, which was full of catchy pop tunes and a glossy production, Temple Of Low Men consist mainly of darker tunes. This is not to say that they are not catchy, they simply do not provide necessary ... Read More: Rating: - Interesting follow-up'Temple of low men' seems sometimes to be a reaction to the global success of their self-titled first album. Because of this, Neil Finn's material seems to go into a lot of dark (but beautiful), places. Take 'Into Temptation' for example, possibly one of the finest CH songs ever, is fairly self-explanatory but full of all kinds of interesting imagery ('the cradle is soft and warm', 'into the wide open arms of hell'). There's also interesting commentary on working yourself into the ground on 'Mansion in the slums' ('You laugh at yourself while he's breathing down your neck'). However all this doesn't mean Neil Finn somehow forgot to write the same kind of soaring anthems as 'Don't Dream it's Over'. Opener 'I feel possessed' is delicately funky ... Read More: Rating: - Love it, love it, love it!I've loved Crowded House for years and I even lost this album so I have brought it again. It's great pop! catchy melodies and lyrics that will make you think. With classics like Into Temptation and Better Be Home Soon, you'll be singing along in now time. Great! Rating: - WOW!!!this album is possibly the greatest creation by any musician at any time anywhere!!! neil finn's brooding and obsessive song writing reaches his best right here!!! there is just song after song on this album that strikes chords in everyone's heart. we've all been through what finn, hester and seymour sing, from troubled, heart-wrenching relationships to knowing a partner is cheating on you, to your true snobbish dreams and those annoying people you hate but really you love. this album although recorded in 1988, still speaks to my contemporary ears. its not as polished as woodface, but that is where its charms lie. it is a really honest and heart-wrenching journey. fantastic stuff! please buy this record, listen to ... Read More: |
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