Tim Finn

1. Young Mountain

2. Not Even Close

3. How'm I Gonna Sleep

4. Parihaka

5. Tears Inside

6. Birds Swim Fish Fly

7. Suicide on Downing St.

8. Show a Little Mercy

9. Crescendo

10. Been There, Done That

Tim Finn,Tim Finn,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,College Rock,New Zealand,Pop/Rock,Rock/Pop,Singer/Songwriter

Average customer rating: Look closely or you'll miss him (and this little gem)

Imaginary Kingdom Tim Finn Manufacturer: Manhattan Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Time on Earth Farewell to the World Palms & Runes, Tarot & Tea: A Michael Penn Collection Shrunken Heads Easy Tiger ASIN: B000OMD4B6 Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Couldn't Be Done
2. Still The Song
3. Astounding Moon
4. Midnight Coma
5. Salt To The Sea
6. Horizon
7. Dead Flowers
8. Resting (Your Hand Lightly)
9. Show Yourself
10. Winter Light
11. So Precious
12. Unsinkable

Customer Reviews:

Look closely or you'll miss him (and this little gem).......2007-06-08

After a long absence Tim Finn is back in his new album, which are few and far between. Imaginary Kingdom is solo musical brilliance brimming with balance between thoughtfulness, hopefulness, and Finn's own imaginations. Its a shame that this album doesn't seem to get much of the recognition it deserves. Seldom found in any music stores and rarely reviewed. But then again Tim Finn always does seem to linger in the background off stage somewhere, where it would seem he is most comfortable. I was lucky enough to encounter this album after hearing his song "Winter Light" located in the end credits of "The Chronicles of Narnia" last year. Some of you may be familiar with it if you purchased the soundtrack. I liked what I heard and so checked out his music here on Amazon (what a handy little place) and soon became familiar with most of his work. This by far seems to be his best. It comes across as being well planned and conceived in that dilligent sort of fashion that only a compulsive solo artist can posses. You remember that air of beginnings and icy new adventure that "The Chronicles of Narnia" left you with? Well this is more of the same thing. It reminds me of that 'light that lingers in a quiet room' that Finn sings about in "Winter Light".

The first song sets a note of determinedness with "Couldn't Be Done" followed by melodical "Still the Song" alas, too short, like many of George Harrison's own works. "Astounding Moon" is thought provoking as it looks up at the nighttime sky in wonder. These first three tracks really play as the heart and soul of this album until you get down to what the second half has to offer. "Salt to the Sea" is a melancholic kind of story where Tim Finn stops off to contemplate life, and a journey, until you get to hopeful "Horizon". Other keys to this CD are "Resting Your Hand Lightly", "Show Yourself" and of course "Winter Light", all of which carry musical harmony.

So there it is, just another overlooked album from 2006 that at least deserves a listen. And if you like it enough check out Finn's other CDs[...]. Tim Finn might not be a very prolific singer, but he is definitely not short of any brilliance as you will soon find out.

Enjoy.

Average customer rating: Kurt Weill: Re-discovery... Incredible Live Album

Kurt Weill: The Centennial Kurt Weill , Brock Peters , Carole Cook , Charlotte Rae , Nancy Dussault , Norm Lewis , Peter Becker , Rod McKuen , Shirley Jones , Tim Curry , and Steve Orich Manufacturer: Lml Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Life Upon the Wicked Stage Tap Your Troubles Away - The Words and Music of Jerry Herman (Historic All-Star Tribute) ABC (Adler, Bock, Coleman) Over The Rainbow: The Music Of Harold Arlen (1995 Benefit Concert Cast) September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill ASIN: B00005U8HM Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

1. Act 1: Pirate Jenny - Charlotte Rae
2. Act 1: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Jodi Stevens
3. Act 1: Economics - Jane A. Johnston
4. Act 1: Is It Him Or Is It Me? - Pam Dawber
5. Act 1: Barbara Song - Linda Purl
6. Act 1: Lullaby - Kathryn Skatula
7. Act 1: That's Him - Nancy Dussault
8. Act 1: Don't Look Now - Sharon Lawrence
9. Act 1: Apple Jack - Norm Lewis
10. Act 1: Speak Low - Sally Kellerman
11. Act 1: September Song - Rod McKuen
12. Act 1: Ice Cream Sextet - David Holladay

Tracks:

1. Act 2: Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway? - David Holladay
2. Act 2: What Good Would The Moon Be - Melissa Dye
3. Act 2: It Never Was You - Hugh Panaro
4. Act 2: We'll Go Away Together - Hugh Panaro
5. Act 2: Tschaikowsky - Jack Noseworthy
6. Act 2: The Saga Of Jenny - Carole Cook
7. Act 2: Surabaya Johnny - Tim Curry
8. Act 2: My Ship - Shirley Jones
9. Act 2: Mack The Knife - Loretta Devine
10. Act 2: Lost In The Stars - Brock Peters

Customer Reviews:

Kurt Weill: Re-discovery..........2006-11-10

I am so impressed and pleased to have found this recording on Amazon.com. I am always amazed when I find these seemingly obscure recordings, and thrilled to know they exist. What a wonderful history of our musical world---and what a chance to hear interesting, challenging, and unusual performances from so many well-known people. The songs live on--the composer is 'new' again, and this recording becomes part of history re-discovered. Thank you Amazon.com for your continued professionalism and for having these recordings available.

Incredible Live Album.......2002-02-10

This incredible concert (which i attended) benefitting The Actors' Fund of America, contains some absolute MUST performances for any Broadway collector.

For me, the highlights are HUGH PANARO ("It Never Was You"), NANCY DUSSAULT ("It's Him") and TIM CURRY singing "Surabaya Johnny" in German!

Loretta Divine, Brock Peters, they're all great!

Average customer rating: Wore out the cassette

Before & After Tim Finn Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tim Finn Say It Is So Escapade Feeding the Gods Time on Earth ASIN: B000008FM1 Release Date: 2004-08-30

Tracks:

1. Hit the Ground Running
2. Protected
3. In Love With It All
4. Persuasion
5. Many's The Time (In Dublin)
6. Funny Way
7. Can't Do Both
8. In Your Sway
9. Strangeness and Charm
10. Always Never Now
11. Walk You Home
12. I Found It

Customer Reviews:

Wore out the cassette.......2005-04-07

I discovered Tim Finn through Crowded House and since I loved Neil's work, and Tim's with the group, I took a chance with this record. First bought it on cassette, and I fell in love -- I was devastated when the tape actually broke. I finally picked up the CD recently and was very glad I did; it remains on high rotation in my collection.

Tim's strong songwriting is complimented by his marvelous voice, which soars or growls but always seems to be perfect for the moment. Every song on this record is such a classic to me that it's hard to pick out favorites, but "Persuasion", "In Love With It All", "In Your Sway", "Strangeness and Charm", and "Many's the Time (in Dublin)" come to mind for their powerful melodies and compelling lyrics. Fans of Neil Finn will also enjoy the two songs he collaborated on (perhaps this was a precursor to the incredible Finn Brothers records), "In Love With It All" and "Strangeness and Charm". And another guest star, Liam O Maonlai from Hothouse Flowers, appears on "Many's the Time". I'm also fond of "Hit the Ground Running", which reminds me, oddly, of Stephen King's The Stand.

Listen to it a few times and it'll get under your skin -- in a very good way.

Average customer rating: Dark Times + Too Happy Competent Solo Work from a Finn Brother Tim In LA

Tim Finn Tim Finn Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Escapade Before & After Say It Is So Feeding the Gods One Nil ASIN: B000008FM3 Release Date: 2004-08-30

Tracks:

1. Young Mountain
2. Not Even Close
3. How'm I Gonna Sleep?
4. Parihaka
5. Tears Inside
6. Birds Swim Fish Fly
7. Suicide on Downing St.
8. Show a Little Mercy
9. Crescendo
10. Been There, Done That

Album Description

This 1989 release produced by Mitchell Froom is a touching and intensely personal album, Finn bares all, revealing self-doubts, regrets and failed relationships with intricate detail.

Customer Reviews:

Dark Times + Too Happy.......2006-11-19

To new Tim Finn fans, this cd is very hard to digest after hearing his 'Big Canoe' effort as it sounds nothing like it. Self Titled is much more polished + the use of keyboards is much more slim.

The standouts are his darkest to date; "Tears Inside", is a true depressing song & brilliantly written, sung & produced. While "Show A Little Mercy" offers some complex instrumentation & brings a new low to what down in the dumps really is.

The wannabe hits; "Not Even Close" & "How Am I Gonna Sleep" are both charming and can be heard at a supermarket near you. While the sleeper hit "Young Mountain"' is a perfect first song, with it's upbeat and unusually playing style. The rest just fill out the album, beware though it goes from happy to sad, real fast.

Competent Solo Work from a Finn Brother.......2004-06-16

Tim Finn recorded this solo disc in the aftermath of Split Enz breakup, the success of brother Neil in Crowded House, and the death of a close friend. It made many of these songs intimate and deeply personal, but also left most of them without the chemistry Neil injected into their best work together. At his best, Tim's songs here sound like good Enz ("How'm I Gonna Sleep," "Been There Done That").

On the other hand, "Show A Little Mercy" ventures too close to Phil Collins' bland "socially concerned" songs and "Parihaka" doesn't stick. "Suicide On Downing Street," while obviously an emotionally resonant song for Tim, doesn't connect the same way, say, Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" or U2's "Walk On" did. I'll still dismiss any quibbles about this CD for the likes of "Not Even Close," "Crescendo" and the joy of "Birds Swim, Fish Fly." These are the three main songs that seem to point Tim in a direction other than his past glories with Split Enz, but it still isn't enough for me to describe this solo album as anything greater than strongly melodic, competent pop.

Tim In LA.......2002-09-20

This is a real gem. Tim joins the likes of bass player Tony Levin
and producer Michael Froom to record an album that is unlike anything I've heard. There are some moments of earth-shattering beauty within the ballads, some very NZ guitar/vocals and even a ballad which sounds like the best song Phil Collins never wrote.
Also nice to hear Neil Finn singing back-up vocals. Recommended.

Average customer rating: Might as Well Be the Moon Another beauty from Finn A slow burn suprise

Imaginary Kingdom Tim Finn Manufacturer: EMI/Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Farewell to the World Time on Earth Couldn't Be Done Crowded House: Farewell to the World Live Meet the Smithereens! ASIN: B000HXDH8M Release Date: 2006-10-23

Tracks:

1. Couldn't Be Done
2. Still the Song
3. Astounding Moon
4. Midnight Coma
5. Salt to the Sea
6. Horizon
7. Dead Flowers
8. Resting (Your Hand Lightly)
9. Show Yourself
10. Winter Light
11. So Precious
12. Unsinkable

Album Description

2006 album from Tim Finn, his first release since the fantastic Finn Brothers album Everyone Is Here from 2004. Since 1972, Tim has been creating some of the finest Pop music in Australia, whether with Split Enz (Tim was a founding member and led the band for over a decade), Crowded House, ALT, the Finn Bros or solo. This new release is a return to his melodic roots filled with lush and beautiful romantic Pop music. Features the first single 'Couldn't Be Done' plus 'Astounding Moon', 'Salt To The Sea', 'Winter Light' (from the soundtrack to Chronicles Of Narnia) and more. EMI.

Album Details

2006 Release of Sir Tim's Seventh Solo Album features 12 Songs Recorded in Nashville,tenessee (The Rockin' Side of that Musically Diverse City). The Band Tim and Producer Bobby Huff (Who Has Worked with Julian Lennon, Leann Rimes, Jordan Mccoy) Assembled for this Album Included Huff on Drums and Keyboards, Engineer John Painter on Bass, Brass, Keyboards and Guitar Along with Pal Dale Oliver on Guitar as Well. The Sessions were Taped in Painter's Home Studio and the Recordings Include the Optimistic First Single "Couldn't Be Done", "Astounding Moon" and the Lilting "Horizon".

Customer Reviews:

Might as Well Be the Moon.......2007-01-02

Tim Finn's "Imaginary Kingdom" is a bright pop record. The opener "Couldn't Be Done" is a catchy Kinks-like tune with a breezy McCartney-like bridge. The second track "Still the Song" pumps joyfully, "On a Sunday afternoon, the middle of town might as well be the moon." "Salt to the Sea" is a requiem for a departed soul with Finn's voice high-pitched, almost breaking, "Our tears will merge with the flowing water carrying salt to the sea." "Horizon" is a restless love song with a haunting melody, "Something pure. It's hard to find when you're so far from sure." "Show Yourself" rolls with sweet swells of melody washing in like waves, "I need you to inspire me; I can't get it from anyone else." "So Precious" bounces with a driving guitar riff, "It's raining snakes from the sky; It's blowing ghosts through the trees." "Imaginary Kingdom" is a great set from one of Australia's best singer-songwriters. Enjoy!

Another beauty from Finn.......2006-11-29

There is something so classic about Tim Finn's sound. While he dabbles in new terrain time and again, he never strays to far from the sound that is exclusively all his own. A mix of the familiar and the far from ordinary, Imaginary Kingdom is a gorgeous effort. Like the reviewer before me, it took sometime to find the diamond in the rough. But after a few steady listens, there is no doubt this 2006 release has Finn back in perfect form. Love the sounds, the melodies. Can't wait to see him back on the road and back in the states. His live performance is even better than the disc. That is why the man is a legend.

A slow burn suprise.......2006-11-02

I'd just come out of a fairly constant 3 week rotation of The Killers 'Sam's Town' in the car... I do a lot of driving. So it came as a bit of a gear shift to load up 'Imaginary Kingdom'.
I always have a soft spot for Tim Finn. Split Enz toured my university campus(La Trobe Bundoora Melbourne)in my first year there and I have never forgotten the experience. I've enjoyed a number of Tim's solo outings over the years particulalry the now impossibly hard to get 'Big Canoe' (great songs). So it was a delight to discover something new.
My first impressions were of mild disappointment. I guess the music felt a little 'old school', a little predictable, a little lacking in energy...but then by the third listen it began to unpack more in my head. I heard more, enjoyed more and found the inevitable 3am dancing music in my head as the clear sign of good work.
It's now into it's second week in the car. I'm not over it yet. I'm finding my way into the subtlety I missed the first couple of times through and I'm glad I made the investment.
John

Average customer rating: Rare Pleasures Mostly if you're a Split Enz fan small point Strictly for fans only Split Enz Alumni Reunion

Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond Tim Finn , Split Enz , and Crowded House Manufacturer: Raven [Australia] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music New Wave | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Time on Earth Farewell to the World Neil Finn - Sessions at West 54th One Nil Corroboree ASIN: B00002CF39 Release Date: 1999-11-05

Tracks:

1. Shark Attack - Split Enz
2. What's The Matter With you? - Split Enz
3. Follow Me - The Mal Green Sound
4. My Voice Keeps Changing On Me - Noel Crombie
5. Slow Motion TV - Manzanera
6. The Ladder Song - Citizen Band
7. The Instrumental - A Ripper Bunch Of Blokes
8. Certain Sound - The Swingers
9. All Over Town - The Swingers
10. Counting The Beat - The Swingers
11. Rendezvous - Phil Judd
12. Dictionary Of Love - Phil Judd
13. Forgiveness - Phil Judd
14. They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk To Me - Tim Finn
15. Home For My Heart - Tim Finn
16. Long Hard Road - Tim Finn/Philip Judd
17. Precious Time - Tim Finn/Philip Judd
18. Tai Chi - Tim Finn/Philip Judd
19. Fingers Crossed - Noel's Cowards/Wendy Matthews
20. Just Like You - Noel's Cowards/Wendy Matthews
21. Cold Shoulder - Noel's Cowards/Wendy Matthews
22. Parihaka - Tim Finn/The Herbs

Tracks:

1. Whisper - Schnell Fenster
2. OK Alright A Huh Oh Yeah - Schnell Fenster
3. New Kind Of Blue - The Makers
4. Horizon - The Makers
5. Desert Chord/With You I'm Alive - Tim Finn
6. Charlie - Tim Finn
7. Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Tim Finn
8. Persuasion - Tim Finn/Richard Thompson
9. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrdhouse
10. Eight Miles High - Byrdhouse
11. She's Not There - Crowded House
12. Throw Your Arms Around Me - Crowded House
13. One Step Ahead - Crowded House
14. History Never Repeats - Crowded House
15. Weather With You - FINN
16. Mary Of The South Seas - FINN
17. Dots On The Shells - Yothu Yindi/Neil Finn
18. Sacre Bleu - Eddie Rayner
19. My Time Is Now - Largest Living Things

Album Description

41 track, two CD 'family tree' album for Split Enz, the hit Australian new wave band led by brothers Neil & Tim Finn. Features many rare tracks by various band members and their post-Enz projects, including Noel Crombie And The Mal Green Sound, a 1978 album cut by Phil Manzanera with Neil & Tim both guesting, Crowded House gems (including a live cover of Hunters & Collectors' 'Throw Your Arms Around Me', plus Phil Judd, Neil's 1992 collaboration with Yothu Yindi, Schnell Fenster, The Makers, Citizen Band, A Ripper Bunch Of Blokes, Eddie Rayner and more! Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release. The full title is 'Other Enz - Split Enz & Beyond Volume 1'.

Album Details

This Collection is a Rare Insight Into the Projects Started by Former Split Endz Members after Its Demise. 41 Songs Spanning 150 Minutes Over Two CD'S, Accompanied by a Deluxe 20 Page Color Booklet which features Essays and Photo's to Boot. Highlights Include a Live Rendition of "History Never Repeats" Performed by Members of Crowded House and Pearl Jam.

Customer Reviews:

Rare Pleasures.......2006-03-04

If you are any kind of Finn freak you must have this one. Eddies band The Makers is a nice surprise.This also led me to other material I did'nt know existed. Just misses 5 stars. Buy It!

Mostly if you're a Split Enz fan.......2000-07-25

This is a good collection of odds 'n sods from the Split Enz family tree, including Crowded House (duh!), The Finn Brothers (together and apart), percussionist Noel Crombie (a great version of C&W grand-old-man Jack Clement's "My Voice Keeps Changing on Me") and others. Split Enz never quite caught on in the U.S., though they sure did elsewhere, and if you were a fan of theirs in their heyday, you'll probably want to give this a listen. Me, I always liked Crowded House and the together/alone Neil and Tim Finn projects a little more than the Enz and those selections here are what I find myself replaying (especially the gorgeous "Mary Of The South Seas" from the Finns and Crowded House' rousing cover of Hunters And Collectors "Throw Your Arms Around Me"). And, as always with these sorts of things, there are some tracks here that should've stayed in single-dom and not given CD release. That said, THE OTHER ENZ is a good completists' collection and has some rewards for casual listeners as well.

small point.......2000-06-27

One small point, Split Enz (note the nz in Enz) is a New Zealand band. No Australians were ever part of the band. Music is wonderful, always original. The early music needs a little concentration but is well worth the effort.

Strictly for fans only.......2000-01-07

This collection of one hit wonders, curios and bits and pieces is strictly for fans of Split Enz. Personally, I'm a huge fan and have followed the Enz since I was 7 (20 years ago) but even I have to admit that a fair amount of this stuff is unlistenable or below par. It is certainly not a CD that I'd want to hear often. Still, there is some worthwhile material, e.g. Tim Finn's solo stuff, the Crowded House tracks. CD2 is definitely better than the first.

Split Enz Alumni Reunion.......2000-01-04

This is a collection of Split Enz tracks and some songs by former Split Enz members who went solo (Tim Finn, Mal Green) or went on to form other bands (Crowded House, Swingers, Schnell Fenster and the mighty Citizen Band). This CD set has some classic songs; some unavailable for years (check out the Swingers 'Certain Sound'; it's a classic).

Average customer rating: SEX CHANGES DOWN UNDER A Lost Opportunity Friends of Finn enz and house buy this

She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn Various Artists Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Time on Earth The Calling Farewell to the World ASIN: B000BB035K Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

1. Fall at Your Feet - Clare Bowditch
2. Stuff and Nonsense - Missy Higgins
3. I'll Never Know
4. Into Temptation - Renee Geyer
5. Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Little Birdy
6. Better Be Home Soon - Kasey Chambers
7. Distant Sun - Brooke Fraser
8. Not the Girl You Think You Are - Holly Throsby
9. I Hope I Never - Lisa Miller
10. Don't Dream It's Over - Sarah Blasko
11. One Step Ahead
12. Four Seasons in One Day - New Buffalo
13. Won't Give In - Sara Storer
14. Pineapple Head - Natalie Imbruglia
15. Persuasion
16. Charlie - Sophie Koh

Tracks:

1. Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House
2. Stuff and Nonsense - Split Enz
3. I'll Never Know - Tim Finn
4. Into Temptation - Crowded House
5. Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Split Enz
6. Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
7. Distant Sun - Crowded House
8. Not the Girl You Think You Are - Crowded House
9. I Hope I Never - Split Enz
10. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
11. One Step Ahead - Split Enz
12. Four Seasons in One Day - Crowded House
13. Won't Give In
14. Pineapple Head - Crowded House
15. Persuasion - Tim Finn
16. Charlie - Split Enz

Album Description

Very limited special edition double disc version with all of the new recordings on one disc and the original recording, from Split Enz, Crowded House, Tim Finn and the Finn Brothers on the other. She Will Have Her Way is a unique album that features Australia and New Zealand's finest female singer/songwriters paying tribute to the genius songwriting of Tim & Neil Finn, two of the most successful and renowned songwriters of our time. They have penned countless classic and timeless songs throughout their solo careers as well as during their time in Split Enz and Crowded House. Capitol. 2005.

Album Details

A Unique Album that features Australia's and New Zealand's Finest Female Singer/Songwriters Paying Tribute to the Songwriting Genius of Tim and Neil Finn, Two of the Most Successful and Renowned Songwriters of Our Time. They have Penned Countless Classic and Timeless Songs Throughout their Solo Careers, their Duo Career as Well as During their Tenure in Both Split Enz and Crowded House. All of the Participating Artists Chose to Record Songs that Resonated Personally the Whole of this Album Celebrates the Complexity, Diversity and Longevity of the Finns and their Music. This Very Limited Special Edition Double-disc Edition Includes all the Tribute Tracks on Disc One and a Second Disc with all the Original Recordings from Split Enz, Crowded House and the Finn Brothers Themselves!

Customer Reviews:

SEX CHANGES DOWN UNDER.......2007-03-15

Brothers Tim and Neil Finn individually, collectively and as leaders of their own bands (Tim - Split Enz, Neil - Crowded House) have arguably accumulated one of the top catalogs of songs in Australian music. This CD takes the cream of this catalog and puts it in the mouths of some of the top female singer/songwriters and female fronted bands of Australia and New Zealand. Few of the names will ring any bells to statesiders besides Natalie Imbruglia and, for some, Kasey Chambers and Sara Storer. But don't don't let lack of familiarity with the artists deter you.

The concept almost works. While no indivdual song is bad there is an ongoing sense of being overly respectful as if these songs were museum pieces. Very few of the artists seem to be willing to put their own stamp on the songs. The winner in this derby is Sarah Blasko who takes the wistfull "Don't Dream It's Over" and makes it almost funereal, complete with choir. Kasey Chambers turns "Better Be Home Soon" into a country lullabye and New Buffalo scores strongly with an updated "Four Seasons In One Day." You will remember this CD fondly because it saves the best for last, finally fulfilling its potential with the last three covers, Natalie Imbruglia's "Pineapple Head," "Stellar's "Persuasion" and Sophie Koh's rousing "Wake Up Charlie" which would have made more sense kickstarting the CD as the first song rather than finishing it.

And then, when you're done listening to these ladies, you can slip CD2 into your player and listen to the originals and make your own judgments.

A Lost Opportunity.......2005-10-20

I was disappointed by "She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn." It's cool to have Tim & Neil stuff covered in principle, but the remake artists don't seem to "get" the original songs. For example, Renee Geyer turned Neil's "Into Temptation"-a deeply personal confession full of fear and overwhelming desire-into an overproduced R&B club number that feels like temptation is a simple matter of justifying a guilty pleasure. This is fine and valid as a concept and all, except when applied to Neil's lyrics. How can you scratch and croon the lyrics "straight into the arms of Hell"? And having the backup chorus kind of undoes the sense that it's a deeply personal issue. Anyway, it misses the point of the song and robs it of all of its power. (Oh, and it would have been COOL if she had gone for the gusto and actually remade it as a full on Southern Baptist gospel number, but missed the boat on that one.)

Several of the tracks, like Little Birdy's guitary "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" Missy Higgins' earnest "Stuff and Nonsense", and Sara Storer's accented "Won't Give In" are competent and charming, but do nothing to make the music their own. Even when well handled, I think I'd rather just hear the originals. And since Finn fans are presumably the target audience here, I think they might as well.

Perhaps the most grievous misuse of the music comes when Brooke Fraser, admirably carrying a mostly-acoustic version of "Distant Sun" to its climax, simply OMITS the lines "Like a Christian/Fearing vengeance from above," letting the band continue along without her for the two measures. The absence of lyrics (and the rhyme) is distracting and glaring. It becomes the entire focus of the song. The absence of those particular lyrics reads like some stupid protest by omission. This is the place to celebrate the brother's music, to reconsider it, not to protest it. What makes it worse is that it's otherwise one of the best tracks on the album, but you can't get past that giant hole she cut in the center.

Between these misunderstandings, protests, and simple rerecordings, I find myself returning to the originals instead.

Friends of Finn enz and house buy this.......2005-10-17

The idea that one can completely transform a song by changing the gender of the performer is not novel. That so many that love the Finn Brothers can add their musical notions and come out the other side is not surprising considering the source material. The only thing missing from this compilation would have been renditions by Lisa Germano, Bic Runga and Sheryl Crow, and other woman artists who have performed with Neil, or Tim or the the bands.

Dave

Average customer rating:

She Will Have Her Way-the Songs of Tim & Neil Finn ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Farewell to the World Time on Earth Escapade Before & After Imaginary Kingdom ASIN: B000CMNGP2 Release Date: 2006-02-21

Album Description

She Will Have Her Way is a unique album that features Australia and New Zealand's finest female singer/songwriters paying tribute to the genius songwriting of Tim & Neil Finn, two of the most successful and renowned songwriters of our time. They have penned countless classic and timeless songs throughout their solo careers as well as during their time in Split Enz and Crowded House. Features outstanding performances and reinterpretations by Missy Higgins, Rene Geyer, Kasey Chambers, Brooke Fraser, Natalie Imbruglia and more. 16 tracks. EMI. 2006.

Average customer rating: Nice Finn At His Finest Tim Finn is the best without a doubt !! Forget Crowded House - Tim Finn's the pride of kiwi music Tim Finn - Talented man of the world

Escapade Tim Finn Manufacturer: Mushroom Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Say It Is So Feeding the Gods Tim Finn Before & After Finn ASIN: B000007U2F Release Date: 1994-07-07

Tracks:

1. Fraction Too Much Friction
2. Made My Day
3. Not for Nothing
4. In a Minor Key
5. Grand Adventures
6. Staring at the Embers
7. Wait and See
8. I Only Want to Know
9. Growing Pains
10. Through the Years

Album Description

Finn's first solo outing from 1983 following Split Enz's Time & Tide. A collection of 10 light pop songs.

Album Details

Finn Recorded and Released this First Solo Album in 1983 While Still a Member of the Pioneering Pop Band from New Zealand that He Co-founded. Thanks to the Success of the Album at the Time, He Decided to Leave the Group Permanently and Strike Out on his Own.

Customer Reviews:

Nice.......2001-06-29

Smooth, crafty, pop music here. As half of the very talented Finn brothers, Tim has made soem memorable music. Thia first solo outing is a great, feel good pop record that is a classic.

Finn At His Finest.......2000-09-21

Tim Finn's first solo outing is a triumph. Made 10 years after he was told to get off the stage at a music festival in New Zealand (when the acoustic Split Ends were struggling for recognition) Tim had come a long way since then.

The best track on the album is the catchy "Fraction Too Much Friction", which was actually written in the late 1970s. (It didn't fit in with the Split Enz repertoire at the time.)Little did Tim realize he had written a huge hit.

The irony of this great album was that Tim felt so guilty about its success. Tim felt like he had deserted Split Enz when they were on their last legs. He picked up a heap of accolades at the Australian Music Awards while Split Enz got nothing.

This album epitomizes 80s music. I think this would be the best of Tim's solo ventures, although "Before and After" comes a close second.

Tim Finn is the best without a doubt !!.......1999-10-08

The album was as clean and vibrent as all the rest of his works and I for one love it all. If I only had one artists' music on an island it would have to be Tim Finn.

Forget Crowded House - Tim Finn's the pride of kiwi music.......1999-09-03

Neil's gorgeous & sings like an angel but Tim is the more talented of the Finn brothers. And the "Before and After" CD is much better than this one - buy them both!

Tim Finn - Talented man of the world.......1998-07-03

This guy inspires you. Uplifting - Motivational - Optimistic What a voice, you just have to feel good about yourself after the first , second, third listening. It's an aural upper ... and a soundtrack to memorable times. You need this. Get it now!!

Average customer rating: Nearly There. Sonically vast & adventurous. Better than Feeding The Gods. Better than you think A must have for Finn Fanz I've Waited 25 Years For This....Thanks Tim....

Say It Is So Tim Finn Manufacturer: What Are Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Feeding the Gods Escapade Before & After Tim Finn Try Whistling This ASIN: B00004NHEI Release Date: 2000-02-29

Tracks:

1. Underwater Mountain
2. Shiver
3. Good Together
4. Roadtrip
5. Currents
6. Need To Be Right
7. Twinkle
8. Big Wave Rider
9. Death Of A Popular Song
10. Some Dumb Reason
11. Rest

Amazon.com

Tim Finn's Say It Is So underscores a perpetually restless creativity that's carried the New Zealander from the New Wave powerhouse Split Enz through Crowded House and other partnerships with younger brother Tim, to ALT (his earthy collaboration with Hothouse Flowers) to a handful of diverse solo efforts. Throwing in with Nashville producer-guitarist Jay Joyce (Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, the Wallflowers), Finn has produced a record bristling with indie spirit and musical playfulness. The dry expressiveness of his vocals often contrast starkly with the moody mix of muscular guitars, looped samples, and spare harmonies that frame them. Finn's pop sensibility won't be denied, be it straightforward (the Enz-ish "Underwater Mountain") or techno-adventurous ("Roadtrip"), but he's typically worked very hard at finding new voices and sounds to express it. If he stumbles a little (the pedantic sludge of "Need to Be Right"), it's just another sign that Finn is a musician brave enough to occasionally reach beyond his grasp. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Nearly There........2007-02-02

Tim Finn, how we missed you. To some he is Neil Finn light, to some just the older not quite as lucky brother. There's Tim Finn, part time Crowded House member (Woodface) and finally Tim Finn, charter member of that 70's and 80's Kiwi export, Split Enz. To me he is mostly the latter. Being 35 years old I remember them from back in the day, and I have grown into a devout fan of the Enz and even more so, of Crowded House and Neil Finn. So, to discover Tim Finn it is esential that you listen to Split Enz (I recommend Time and Tide from 1982, it is very Tim Finn). So, how about Tim Finn the returning solo artist? Well, up until now I personally find it has been a rather dodgy afair. In my ears he seems to do his damndest to sound NOT like Tim Finn through most of his earlier work (like 1993's Before and After). It sounds restrained and not at all very imaginative (And in some cases very outdated by it's 80's sound). You are left with the feeling that he is incapable of unleashing his talent without his younger brother (The exellent first Finn Brother album 'Finn' from 1995 is a good example). But then came Say It Is So. I have to admit I bought it mianly because he was in Split Enz and Crowded House and I was in Sydney Australia at the time. But this time I enjoyed myself, I really did. This is a fine album, this SOUNDS like Tim Finn (Underwater Mountain is a gorgeous song). There are a couple of songs on this album that are a little dull, but everytime you feel a bit let down there's a new song to lift you back up. I don't know the man, just his music, but I feel I can say as much, Tim Finn sounds like he enjoys being Tim Finn, and that makes for a very good time in his company.

Sonically vast & adventurous. Better than Feeding The Gods........2003-05-07

This album has recieved a lot of negative critcism in the popular media here in Australiasia. Many complained it showcased a weaker Tim Finn voice. Well for the record I think Tim's voice sounds fine. I found this album to be more adventurous and sonically more varied, advanced and experimental than the straight foward album after - the mainly guitar rock driven Feeding The Gods. So yes it is a better album. I love and respect the way the LP closes with a deeply profound philosphical heartfelt ode to the 20th century with Rest...Other lyrical trends through out the album is the Neil Finn similar (to his One Nil/One All song Driving Me Mad) Need To Be Right, which many compared to Neil Young & Crazy Horse's unique guitar sound. I think this album has everything in variety you could want from a Finn album. From the Neil Finn like Recurring Dream guitar riffs of the joyous beach scenery of Currents and Big Wave Rider to the straightfoward pop classicalism of Death Of A Popular Song and Good Together, this album has enough mix and match garden salad variety spice to convert any hardened Neil Finn/Crowded House only fans to Tim's solo camp.

Better than you think.......2001-05-21

I am a big fan of Neil Finn, Crowded House and Split Enz (mostly the Neil Finn era enz), I have recently started liking Tim Finn's contribution to these groups, as well as Finn Brothers. I find this to be a consistently satisfying group of songs. His voice may not be Neil's or what it once was, but his songwriting, sense of melody and the ability to know the limitations of his voice are there. Of course, there is nothing as good as persuasion on this one, but then he is not the songwriter Richard Thompson is. Another collaboration with him would be wonderful. If you like Tim Finn, you will love this CD.

A must have for Finn Fanz.......2001-04-25

If you like a Finn or have ever heard of a Finn, you will love this cd, eventually. It's a varied lot for sure, but you will be surprised and enjoy it. If you don't, listen to it again. Tim is sneakier than his brother. His aural charms are worth the effort. \

I've Waited 25 Years For This....Thanks Tim...........2001-03-19

I was first introduced to Tim's singing when I was 13 years old, living in Canada...way back in 1975....I borrowed a copy of Split Enz's Mental Notes and my musical barriers were blown wide open. Initially I was smitten with the combination of Tim's and Phil Judd's vocals -- I loved how they contrasted each other and how they sounded so 'dangerous' together. I lost that sensation when Phil left the group. Even though Tim remained, I felt that he had somehow painted himself into a corner -- afraid to stray from the vocal style that had made him what he was up to that point. Finally, Tim has taken the complete plunge, and not only as a singer, but also as a songwriter -- he dares to be naked -- and he let's the scars show....and it's all beautiful... ...thanks Tim for an album that I wil cherish forever....

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