Tracks
Side A
- 11986Something So Strong2:54D major
- 21991Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 17 of 1992, 9 weeks in the chartWeather With You3:44E major
- 31991It's Only Natural3:32F minor
- 41991Dutch Top 40: peak position 24 in week 31 of 1991, 4 weeks in the chartChocolate Cake4:02E major
- 51988Fall At Your Feet3:19A♯ minor
Side B
- 11991Distant Sun3:50G minor
- 21988Better Be Home Soon3:08G major
- 31991Four Seasons In One Day2:50G major
- 41986Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 26 of 1987, 13 weeks in the chartDon't Dream It's Over3:58D♯ major
- 51986Mean To Me3:14A minor
Side C
- 11993Locked Out3:18G♯ major
- 22007Don't Stop Now3:53G minor
- 31993Pineapple Head3:27F minor
- 41996Instinct3:07D♯ minor
- 51993Fingers Of Love4:26D major
Side D
- 11993Private Universe5:39A major
- 21996Not The Girl You Think You Are4:11G♯ major
- 31993Nails In My Feet3:39D♯ major
- 42007Pour le Monde5:10F minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Very Very Best Of
The Very Very Best Of sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 121 bpm.
Quietest track: Not The Girl You Think You Are · most energetic: Locked Out
Across 19 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All eleven members of Crowded House over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Neil Finn
Nick Seymour
Paul Hester
Craig Hooper
Tim Finn
Mark Hart
Peter Jones
Matt Sherrod
Mitchell Froom
Liam Finn
Elroy Finn198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Very Very Best Of by Crowded House released?
The Very Very Best Of came out in 2010.
How many tracks are on The Very Very Best Of?
The Very Very Best Of has 19 tracks, 72 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The Very Very Best Of made the Dutch Top 40?
Three tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Weather With You, Chocolate Cake and Don't Dream It's Over. The highest was Don't Dream It's Over, at number 5 in week 26 of 1987.
Which category is The Very Very Best Of in?
The Very Very Best Of is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Crowded House.
Who was in Crowded House when The Very Very Best Of came out?
In 1986–2007, Crowded House consisted of Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Paul Hester, Tim Finn, Mark Hart, Peter Jones and Matt Sherrod. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Very Very Best Of mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Very Very Best Of?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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