Neil & Tim Finn

[CRAZY-HORSE]

FINN BROTHERS "finn" 1995.

i guess it was almost inevitable that Neil and Tim would eventually do something together after reuniting for Woodface and Neil co-writing a couple of tracks for Tim's previous release, but i also guess that no-one would have predicted it would happen so soon, especially after Crowded House were doing amazing things worldwide just the previous year and a bit ago.
its amazing how these guys bring out the best in eachother...like John and Paul i guess. and this album with the pair working together is no exception.
its not exactly a commercial pop album as you would expect but is is full of great melodies and the harmonies that they achieve together work fantastically.
there's the heavy compressed deep bass sound of 'Niwhai', the tropical island sounding 'Paradise', the story of Tim felling off a pushbike on a gravel road whilst on holiday in 'Road To Raratonga' and of course the very McCartney-esque "last day of june"....Neil Finn actually does Macca better than Macca does sometimes(and im a big fan of him also!)
elsewhere its full of some of the best acoustic harmonising tracks you are likely to hear on one album,certainly up there with S&G IMO.
go get this one, you wont be dissapointed!!

footnote:i saw the Finn Brothers play live back in '95 at an ampitheatre that holds about 1000 people,the stage was set up like it would be for a band,but it was only Neil and Tim on stage,they switched instruments for every track ie: one on drums the other on paino, next song, one on acoustic guitar the other with marraccas or tamborine...or one on piano,the other electric guitar etc...it was great seeing these multi instrumentalists do that as they rework their songs...and all in 40C/103F heat with no shade for 2hrs, simply awesome performance!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

1. only talking sense***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWXfdXMb-uU live
2. eyes of the world**
3. mood swinging man**
4. last day of june***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHfU48ARFmE audio
5. suffer never**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vK-fLPrPSM live
6. angels heap***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exm4MixX4...0031A2700F live
7. niwhai***
8. where is my soul**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfjS0T4iQ9E audio
9. bullets in my hairdo**
10.paradise**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGzKoxMIzTY audio above two tracks
11.road to rarotonga***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s7QZOwFbEY audio

3s=5
2s=6
1s=0

rating: 2.4