🎵 AotW Split Enz - WAIATA (SP-4848)

[LPJim]

Split Enz
WAIATA
A&M SP-4848

Tim Finn - vocals
Neil Finn - guitar & vocals
Malcolm Green - drums
Nigel Griggs -bass
Noel Crombie - percussion
Edward Rayner - vocals & keyboards

SIDE ONE

Hard Act to Follow 3:17
One Step Ahead (N. Finn) 2:52
I Don't Wanna Dance 3:34
Iris (N. Finn) 2:50
Wail (E. Rayner) 2:49
Clumsy 3:29

SIDE TWO

History Never Repeats (N. Finn) 3:00
Walking Through the Ruins 4:15
Ships (N. Finn) 3:01
Ghost Girl 4:26
Albert of India (E. Rayner) 4:03

All songs written by Tim Finn except as otherwise indicated
David Tickle - producer & engineer
Scott "Blackhand" Hemming - assistant engineer
Mixed at AAV Australia and Farmyard Studios U.K.

Entered the Billboard Top 200 on May 23, 1981. Reached #45 & charted for 19 weeks
Reissued in 2006 with "In the Wars" as a bonus track.
Note: 'Waiata' is a Maori language (of New Zealand) word for 'song' or 'party'



JB

 

[Mr Bill]

Added the two alternative covers A&M released this with. Half as many as thier first album which had six variations. The Mushroom Records release down under had the same design with yet another color scheme...

 

[Mike Blakesley]

Pretty good album, although I did not like it as much as True Colours. "Hard Act to Follow" is a great tune and my favorite on this album.

 

[Mr Bill]

Note: 'Waiata' is a Maori language (of New Zealand) word for 'song' or 'party'

When this came out I recall folks saying 'Waiata' was swahili for a part of the female anatomy...

--Mr. Bill

 

[A&Mguyfromwayback]

I always just assumed it was a silly spelling of "Why, I Oughta...." - like a Three Stooges reference or something....honestly, I did.

 

[Mr Bill]

I've always enjoyed their instrumental numbers. Particularly those by Eddie Rayner. My favorite vocal numbers here are "Hard Act..." and "History Never Repeats." "HNR" also served as the title for their A&M Best of album...

--Mr B