{"product_id":"9798765105153","title":"Crowded House's Together Alone","description":"Author: Smith, Barnaby\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765105153\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntertextual, passionate and personal throughout, \u003ci\u003eCrowded House's Together Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is a key addition to the surprisingly limited range of scholarship on one of Australasia's most successful and adored bands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFusing pop music with place and landscape, Crowded House's \u003ci\u003eTogether Alone\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) was unprecedented in its Australasian context, and in the process of making this album, the group's sound transformed profoundly. \u003ci\u003eCrowded House's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTogether Alone\u003c\/i\u003e examines why Neil Finn took the daring decision to record amid the wilds of Karekare Beach, West Auckland, considers how British producer Youth impacted the band's dynamics, and places the album within a wider artistic context, expanding beyond pop. \u003cbr\u003eThe book also recounts author Barnaby Smith's visit to Karekare on the trail of \u003ci\u003eTogether Alone\u003c\/i\u003e's atmospheric melancholy     a psychogeographic adventure exploring what it means to visit a landscape under the spell of the music it has inspired. A song-by-song analysis further explores the fragile alchemy that produced the most poetic statement in the Crowded House catalogue.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636896026782,"sku":"UBD-9798765105153","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765105153.jpg?v=1774399055","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765105153","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}