Frenzy (Reis) [Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

Split Enz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B000FG665M
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #835,181 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Give It A Whirl

2. I See Red

3. Famous People

4. Hermit Mcdermitt

5. Stuff & Nonsense

6. Mind Over Matter

7. Marooned

8. Master Plan

9. She Got Body She Got Soul

10. Roughest Toughest Game In The World

11. Abu Dhabi

12. Betty

13. Frenzy

14. Semi Detached (Bonus Track)

15. Carried Away (Bonus Track)

16. Horse To Water (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Give it a whirl! Remixed/remastered edition sounds marvelous, April 17, 2007

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This review is from: Frenzy (Audio CD)

I didn't like this album when I first got it. On a lark I decided to upgrade to the remastered/remixed edition of the album with the bonus tracks. I don't know what was wrong with me before. This has become one of my favorite Split Enz albums. It sounds marvelous as well. Evidently the original mastertapes were missing and the ones used for previous editions sounded pretty bad so Enz member Eddie Rayner went back to the session tapes and remixed these/remastered them. They kick butt.

In addition to the classic "I See Red" we also get "Master Plan", "Famous People" and "Give It a Whirl" one of the first Neil Finn-Tim Finn tunes (we also get their other collaboration "Mind Over Matter" and Neil's "Carried Away" which I don't recall hearing before except years ago on a friend's vinyl version of "Frenzy"). Additional bonus tracks that are very good include "Semi-Detached" and "Horse to Water" (both written by Tim).

The first editions come packaged in a digipak with a lyric booklet. Eddie Rayner has remastered the album without compressing the heck out of it (for those who don't know the trend lately is to make these reissues loud at the expense of the dynamic range of the music often causing distortion)and hasn't messed with the overall sound of the album. Eddie has done a great job! Two minor complaints about this release (which came out to coincide with the band's Anniversary Aussie/NZ tour in 2006);1) Would it have hurt to include info on the making of the album including interviews with the band? 2)The lyrics to "I See Red" are incorrect on my edition and we don't get lyrics for the three bonus tracks.

Other than these minor complaints this is one terrific release. I must have been in love with the sound on "True Colours" too much to appreciate this minor masterpiece from Tim, Neil, Eddie and the other guys in Split Enz to appreicate this one the first time around. Give it a whirl!

4.0 out of 5 stars REMIXED ? WHY THE SONG LISTS ARE REMIXED !!, July 26, 2006

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M. Montoya (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frenzy (Reis) (Audio CD)

I thought the original version was good. Of the 10 remasters only Frenzy and Corroboree were remixed. Still sounds better remastered and the booklets are excellent. Here's a catch. The song order inside the booklet is not the same as on the cd. The cd order is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16. But actually the cd order according to the list is 2,1,4,5,6,13,7,3,10,9,12,11,8,14,15,16. i though that was different. I haven't checked the others yet. Still well worth the price cause the sound and music is the best. Looking forward to the new tour and possible a reunion studio album.

4.0 out of 5 stars A much improved - and different - remaster, July 3, 2006

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Philmosaur (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frenzy (Reis) (Audio CD)

If you likeed the Frenzy LP or initial CD, you should get this. The sound is much cleaner and a few of the songs are actually a little different. The intro to ABu Dhabi is longer (and better), but while the title track sounds better, it is a little shorter than the original (not good). A few of the other tracks sound significantly better, but the material reflects a band in transition. The horns and wind instruments are gone, and traces of co-founder Phil Judd are not to be heard. Still a pretty good album, but no where close to Second Thoughts or Dizrythmia.