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}} ''Woodface'' is the third studio album by the band Crowded House. The album was produced by Mitchell Froom and released by Capitol in July 1991. It features five singles "Chocolate Cake", "Fall at Your Feet", "Weather with You", "Four Seasons in One Day", and "It's Only Natural". ''Woodface'' was a major hit in Australia〔("Crowded House Discography" ) ''australian-charts.com''〕 and New Zealand〔("Crowded House Discography" ) ''charts.org.nz''〕 as well as giving the band their first top ten hit album in the UK.〔("Crowded House" ) ''Chart Stats''〕 It was listed at No. 3 in the book, ''100 Best Australian Albums'', in October 2010. ==Background== During a break from Crowded House following the Canadian leg of the tour in support of their second album, ''Temple of Low Men'', band-leader Neil Finn began recording songs with his older brother and former Split Enz band mate Tim Finn. These songs were originally intended for a Finn Brothers album. Once these sessions were complete, Neil teamed back up with Nick Seymour and Paul Hester to write and record Crowded House's third album. Capitol Records rejected most of the new Crowded House songs, so Neil asked Tim if the band could use some of the new Finn Brothers songs. Tim agreed, on condition that he would join the band, although he has since indicated he meant this as a joke. Whatever the truth of that claim, the group that returned to the studio included Tim as a full band member.〔''Bourke'', 1997〕 The album was titled ''Woodface'' and was released in July 1991. It was co-produced by Mitchell Froom and Neil Finn, and mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Eight tracks were co-written by Neil and Tim Finn and mainly feature the brothers harmonising on lead vocals, although Neil takes the lead on "Four Seasons In One Day" and Tim sings "All I Ask", which later featured in AIDS awareness commercials in Australia.〔 Five other tracks were solo compositions by Neil Finn and the remaining two were written by Paul Hester, including "I'm Still Here", a hidden track. Former Beach Boys drummer Ricky Fataar is credited on three of the Finn Brothers songs, "All I Ask", "There Goes God" and "Weather With You". During the UK leg of the ''Woodface'' tour, Tim left the band.〔''McFarlane'', 1999〕 Multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart, who had played some keyboards on ''Woodface'', was recruited to replace Tim for the remaining dates. The final date of this tour at The Town & Country Club in London was recorded and given a limited release in Australia, while individual tracks were used as B-sides for the album's singles in other countries.〔("Crowded House Discography" ) ''amws.com.au'' - 12 January 1994〕 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「Woodface」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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