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''Together Alone'' is the fourth studio album by the band Crowded House. It was released in October 1993 and was their first album to feature multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart as a full band member. Unlike the band's first three albums, which were recorded in the US and Australia and produced by Mitchell Froom, ''Together Alone'' was recorded in New Zealand with producer Youth. Seven singles were released from ''Together Alone'', including "Distant Sun", which was a top 10 hit in New Zealand〔("Discography Crowded House" ) ''charts.org.nz''〕 and Canada,〔("RPM Top Singles – Volume 59, No. 6, February 28 1994" ) ''Library and Archives Canada''〕 and "Locked Out" which reached number 12 on the UK singles chart〔("Crowded House" ) ''Chart Stats''〕 and number 8 on the US Modern Rock chart,〔("Crowded House – Locked Out" ) ''Billboard''〕 the latter on the strength of the song's inclusion on the soundtrack of the 1994 film ''Reality Bites''.〔("Soundtracks for Reality Bites" ) ''IMDb''〕 ==Background== The album was mainly recorded at Neil Finn's friends Nigel and Jody Harrocks' house at Karekare Beach in New Zealand, with additional recording in Melbourne, Australia at both Periscope and Platinum Studios. The album's opening track was named "Kare Kare" after the beach near where the album was recorded. The album topped the album chart in New Zealand,〔 reached number 2 in Australia〔("Discography Crowded House" ) ''australian-charts.com''〕 and number 4 in the UK.〔 Due to its inclusion on the ''Reality Bites'' soundtrack, the song "Locked Out" was bundled with The Knack's "My Sharona", which also features in the film, as a promotional jukebox single.〔''Bourke'', 1997〕 The video single release of "Nails in My Feet" featured a documentary of the making of ''Together Alone'' entitled ''Footage from the Together Alone recording session''. The song "Catherine Wheels" was written by Neil and Tim Finn while with Split Enz and was originally titled "The First To Say Gone". The final version included input from bass player Nick Seymour which earned him a co-writing credit, one of only five he has with Crowded House. (The others are "Recurring Dream" and "Help Is Coming" from ''Afterglow'', "Newcastle Jam" from the ''Special Edition Live Album'' and "Isolation" from ''Intriguer''). ''Allmusic'' noted that the album is, "More experimental and musically varied than any of their previous releases" and cited the addition of Mark Hart to the band's line-up and new producer Youth as reasons for this.〔 The album features more complex, layered guitar and keyboard arrangements than on Crowded House's previous works. The title track features a New Zealand Māori choir and log drummers and was co-written by Ngapo 'Bub' Wehi of the Te Waka Huia Cultural Group Choir, who also provide backing vocals on "In My Command" and "Catherine Wheels". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Together Alone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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