Neil & Tim Finn

[CRAZY-HORSE]

TIM FINN "feeding the gods" 2001.

gotta feel sorry for the older brother in some ways...he started Split enz, gave them their ecclectic early sounds and defined their career path. knows how to write good songs but is always in little brother's shadow...probably feels the same way George Harrison did in and after the Beatles in that respect.
anyway, this album...the sixth solo release by Tim is better than his previous five efforts IMO as he is finally beginning to just be himself, be content with his past band and not care if he gets "oh, he's just trying to rehash split enz" comments....but it works and thats who he is and when he does what he does best he is very good.
unlike previous albums Tim rocks out here with electric guitars,catchy chorus structures and more than a few similarities to his early material with the Enz, yeh, his vocals arent as high as they used to be and he does hit the odd bum-note every now and then, im not sure if it is deliberate or not as it does add to the quirkyness of who he is.
ive got a feeling that the feel and sound of this one has something to do with the fact that co-founder and occasional vocalist of Split Enz (phil judd) ,prior to Neil joining the band, helped Tim write a couple of tracks here and was involved in the production side of things.
sorry about the lack of links...there never seems to much of Tim on youtube.
if you like the early Split Enz sound then this album could definately be for you!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1. songline**
2. i'll never know**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7dFKBgQsk audio
3. subway dreaming**
4. say it is so***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bLmsnn9Bf4 video
5. what you've done***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF_PUCWolJA video
6. sawdust and splinters**
7. dead man**
8. commonplace**
9. waiting for your moment***
10.party was you***
11.incognito in california***

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

rating: 2.4