Dreamers Are Waiting

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Dreamers Are Waiting
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Studio album by
Crowded House
Released4 June 2021 (2021-06-04)
Recorded2020
Studio
Genre Jangle pop [2]
Length41:53
Label EMI Australia
Producer Crowded House
Crowded House chronology
The Very Very Best of Crowded House
(2010)		Dreamers Are Waiting
(2021)		 Gravity Stairs
(2024)
Singles from Dreamers Are Waiting
  1. "Whatever You Want"
    Released: 29 October 2020
  2. "To the Island"
    Released: 17 February 2021
  3. "Playing with Fire"
    Released: 13 May 2021
  4. "Sweet Tooth"
    Released: 28 January 2022 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Clash 7/10 [7]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Sputnikmusic3.6/5 [11]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Dreamers Are Waiting is the seventh studio album by New Zealand-Australianrock band Crowded House, released on 4 June 2021 through EMI Music Australia. It is their first studio album since 2010's Intriguer , with the band reuniting with producer Mitchell Froom, who is now also the band's keyboardist, for the first time since Recurring Dream (1996). It is also Crowded House's first album with Neil Finn's sons Liam and Elroy as members of the group. [13]

Contents

The album was preceded by the singles "Whatever You Want", released in October 2020, "To the Island" in February 2021, and "Playing with Fire" in May 2021. [13] [14]

Crowded House embarked on the To the Island tour of New Zealand in March 2021. [13] The group have announced plans to tour the UK and Europe in support of the album in 2022. [15]

At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album won Best Adult Contemporary Album. [16] [17]

Background and recording

Neil Finn stated that he wanted to wait until there was a "fresh and authentic way to re-approach" recording as Crowded House, as he was "afraid of just repeating the same formulas". [14] The album was primarily recorded in Los Angeles before the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, [18] but was finished remotely. [19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Finn except where stated. Track 6 is mistakenly attributed to Liam in the liner notes.

Dreamers Are Waiting track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bad Times Good"
3:41
2."Playing with Fire"
3:27
3."To the Island" 3:59
4."Sweet Tooth" 3:12
5."Whatever You Want" 3:22
6."Show Me the Way" 3:43
7."Goodnight Everyone"L. Finn3:30
8."Too Good for This World"
3:39
9."Start of Something"
  • L. Finn
  • N. Finn
3:20
10."Real Life Woman" 3:48
11."Love Isn't Hard at All"
  • E. Finn
  • N. Finn
3:02
12."Deeper Down" 3:10
Total length:41:53

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Dreamers Are Waiting
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21] 12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 16
Irish Albums (OCC) [24] 23
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [25] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [28] 6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Dreamers Are Waiting
Chart (2021)Position
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [29] 44

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