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Gravity Stairs

Crowded House

Gravity Stairs

Eighth full-length studio release from the New Zealand rock band led by Neil Finn and produced with Steven Schram

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
BMG Rights Management
UK Release date
31/05/2024
US Release date
31/05/2024
  1. 9.0 |   XS Noize

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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    The most Crowded House thing that Crowded House have made in 30 years. Print edition only

  3. 7.8 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    This eighth variation of Crowded House finds them sedate but thoughtful, gently probing the edges of their familiar sound rather than blowing the roof off it, and that's perfectly suited to the easygoing energy they have together
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  4. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Most of Gravity Stairs revels in a certain slowness, a soft touch that often barely registers. However, amid the lightness, there are plenty of revelatory moments to be found
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  5. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A welcome reminder that the Finn family are still going strong, with upbeat, breezy numbers set against languid, deliberately paced tracks
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  6. 7.0 |   The Irish Times

    There isn’t anything you haven’t heard before, but it’s presented with such panache that you won’t be able to say no
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  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Pitch-perfect harmonies and inventive chord sequences abound. .... Where it falls short, perhaps, is the absence of the full-blooded radio-friendly hits of old. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   American Songwriter

    The current edition of Crowded House leaves you wanting more—or at least wanting to return for another go-round in hopes of untangling a few more of the alluring melodic and lyrical puzzles that lie beneath the collection’s shimmery surface
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