Neil & Tim Finn

[CRAZY-HORSE]

TIM FINN "say it is so" 2000.

seven years since his last solo effort and big brother Finn has no recording contract so he funds the album himself and one of Sony's smaller independant labels puts this out for him.
this is a mature TF looking back for his most personal effort to date and he has finally stopped trying to write hit singles and just concentrate on making a good honest album, it succeeds in some respects as with the music and lyrics but Tim Finn is still trying to not sound like Tim Finn but rather trying to be something he isnt, gone are the odd double meaning lines and subtle humour that has been a mainstay of his style for almost twenty years and in comes someone who looks like Tim Finn.
that said, this is not a polished-produced effort, rather a slightly under produced album that benefits from his increasingly mature hoarse vocals, and gone are the several dud tracks that usually make up his albums(there's only one dud here),there are orchestral,string arrangements on this one...but as with all his material, including most of Split Enz back catalogue it still takes several listens to appreciate this album fully.
oh yeh, almost forgot..the video for "death of a popular song" was banned here in Oz back in the day as it shows Finn being killed in a drive-by shooting,,,pathetic really what with all the violence on tv and in the movies????

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1. underwater mountain**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kVl2zqHUgI video
2. shiver**
3. good together**
4. road trip**
5. currents**
6. need to be right*
7. twinkle**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWmrhc_Q4D0 video
8. big wave rider**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICoW-J4uT...re=related video
9. death of a popular song**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LntbQ43OCw0 video
10.some dumb reason**
11.rest**

3s=0
2s=10
1s=1

rating: 1.9