Crowded House

This 2-CD set captures Crowded House's farewell concert when they played before 100,000 ecstatic fans in Sydney, Australia. While the band was famous for off-kilter live shows that were full of improvised comedy, the trio tightens up for this concert, proving that on a song-by-song level they may've been the finest guitar act of their era. No matter how many times you've heard "Don't Dream It's Over," while shopping for organic produce or waiting at a Laundromat, the closing rendition here will induce chills. Why the heck wasn't Crowded House as big in America as they were in the rest of the world?