Afterglow
by Crowded House
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Crowded House bestography
Afterglow is ranked 12th best out of 15 albums by Crowded House on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Crowded House is Woodface which is ranked number 988 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,768.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Afterglow track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Afterglow rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 85 Music Albums of 1999 | 22/85 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 68 Music Albums of 1999 | 15/68 | 4 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 34 Music Albums of 1999 | 3/34 | 5 |
| 2021 | zowie | Top 14 Music Albums of 1999 | 7/14 | 3 |
| 2019 | zowie | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2018 | rkm | Produced by Mitchell Froom | 34/77 | - |
| 2018 | Rovers | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/100 | - |
| 2016 | rkm | Melody, Harmony, Jangle & Twang 1967-2009 | 53/72 | - |
| 2016 | rkm | Australian & NZ Music (Chronological) | 49/68 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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Afterglow ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/25/2024 07:48 | LosWochos | 47,529 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2023 23:07 |  RevolverCB72 | 1,808 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2022 05:49 | MadhattanJack | 6,017 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
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neilgee 03/04/2021 19:24 in What album are you listening to right now?Afterglow comments
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"Afterglow" is a collection of outtakes, alternate versions and oddities recorded by Crowded House during 1985-94. Very often such collections come out uneven and pale compared to the artists' regular releases. For me this was not the case with this 1999 release, which not have hits like "Don't Dream it's Over" or "Weather With You", but still shows strong and consistent playing and writing.
When the band split up in 1996 they left behind them an unfinished album and a great number of other unreleased recordings. When you listen to this album it's big wonder why so many of these songs never made to the album, but fortunately the songs work really well as a whole in this context. Of course some songs stand out from the rest; for me especially the alternate version of "Private Universe", which is softer and spacier and without the distorted guitars of the "Together Alone" version.
"Anyone Can Tell" is a catchy commercial type of song that might have made it to the charts. Songs like "I Am Alone" and Sacred Cow" are more of the same melodic vein. Also the John Lennon inspired "I Love You Dawn" and the waltzy folky closing-track "Time Immemorial" stand out. All but one song, Paul Hester's charming "My Telly's Gone Bung" were written by Neil Finn. A surprisingly consistent album.
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