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Jun 29, 2021The great news is that Dreamers are Waiting is very much in the excellent category.
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Jun 22, 2021Finn senior’s prescient lyrics, sugarcoated with melody for ease of delivery, help make Dreamers Are Waiting both tart and timeless.
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Jun 11, 2021An album that offers familiar comfort even if it doesn't precisely sound like any previous Crowded House record.
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Jun 4, 2021Dreamers Are Waiting is a very welcome return for a band who have been away for far too long.
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MojoJun 3, 2021Dreamers Are waiting is possibly the most Crowded House-sounding album crowded House have made since their Crowded debut. [Jul 2021, p.83]
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Jun 3, 2021It doesn’t just retain the intimacy that made them so cherished, but makes it their signature sound. They exist on their own island now: a place to take refuge from the rest of the world, when it all becomes too enormous and terrifying to bear thinking about.
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Jun 18, 2021If some listeners don’t feel quite the immediacy that connected them with some of Crowded House’s early material, Dreamers Are Waiting is an album that rewards with multiple plays as a whole.
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Jun 7, 2021Even if little here sparkles as splendidly as House’s prime era, Dreamers Are Waiting is quality, thoughtful pop from the mind of a guy who knows his way around a terrific tune.
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Jun 4, 2021The result, though not as immediately catchy as the band’s earlier, now classic records, is still a solid collection of jangle pop
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Jun 3, 2021Perhaps too slick for some, the Crowded House catalogue has never been afraid to be open. Maybe that’s a fault, but there’s certainly nothing wrong with a slice of innocence and songwriting purity in a landscape so smothered with irony.
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UncutJun 3, 2021Often feels more afterthought than addition. On form, however, few write or sing human frailty with Neil Finn’s poise. [Jul 2021, p.25]
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 3, 2021Finds their former highs trapped behind glass, blurred and beclouded like the past year has been for all of us. [Jul 2021, p.86]
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