One Nil [Import]

Neil Finn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00005ABX9
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,875 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Climber

2. Rest Of The Day Off

3. Hole In The Ice

4. Wherever You Are

5. Last To Know

6. Don't Ask Why

7. Secret God

8. Turn & Run

9. Elastic Heart

10. Anytime

11. Driving Me Mad

12. Into The Sunset

Editorial Reviews

Limited UK digipak edition of the acclaimed singer/songwriter's (Split Enz/Crowded House) 2001 solo album. Tracks include the single 'Wherever You Are', 'The Climber' and 'Rest ofthe Day'. Collaborators include Wendy Melvoin (Prince, Wendy & Lisa), Tchad --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I want to love this..., October 24, 2002

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Marc Kloszewski (Indiana, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Nil (Audio CD)

...but after a year or so of spinning this in my player, I just can't get into it like I have Neil's other work. After listening for so long, I can't help but think these are good songs severely stunted by misguided production. In so many places on the CD, there are beautiful turns of phrase or melody where some change in instrumentation or tempo or pause or whatever would be perfect to accompany them, but all of these songs are locked in tempo, with no room to breathe and no change in mood or style--supposedly there are real drummers keeping time, too, but you'd think it was drum machine the way it comes off. It's all pleasant enough-sounding music, I guess, but very vanilla in my opinion. I have no problem with the raw material; Neil Finn is a terrific songwriter. But the presentation really bothers me. If I had to contrast, I would say some of the tracks would have been more successful in a "Finn Brothers" (1996) format, intimate and stripped-down. Here it's sing and play to the metronome beat. I paid import price to pounce on this CD when I saw it. It's kind of disappointing. I know, make my own record...That said, even so-so Neil is better than a lot that's out there. He deserves more attention, but newbies won't fall in love with Neil Finn through this disc. Crowded House spoiled me, perhaps...Anyone out there in cyberspace even halfway agree with me? :)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More music of transcendental beauty, November 10, 2002

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Earl Green - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Nil (Audio CD)

I believe that's how one reviewer once described Crowded House, and if anything, Neil sounds a bit more Crowded House-y on this solo project than he did on Try Whistling This, if only for the presence of Mitchell Froom on some tracks. I vastly prefer this original over the remixed, reordered One All US release for many reasons, not the least of which is that is flows better. One Nil is an album about fidelity and maintaining a relationship, and while Don't Ask Why is a bit of an oddball in that theme, I've always liked it. Much more central to the theme, if indeed one takes this as a concept album, is Elastic Heart, which has some lovely brass work (think Together Alone) and lyrics that speak to the concepts of forgiveness, compromise, and reapprochment - it's not a date song, it's a marriage song, and it's one that means a lot to me. The whole album is highly recommended.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Into The Sunset., April 24, 2001

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Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Nil (Audio CD)

Here I go again, reviewing another artist that does not get the respect he deserves. For example, "One Nil" being released outside the U.S.A. first. This cd is an improvement over Finn's 1998 "Try Whistling This". The arrangements are more memorable and catchy like "Rest Of The Day Off", "Wherever You Are", "Last To Know", "Driving Me Mad" and "Into The Sunset". Yes, Neil seems to have reincorporated some of his Crowded House musical sensibilities into the music on "One Nil" to great effect. It's not Crowded House but Finn moving the music into a new direction while still maintaining a sound his fans are familiar with. Working with Wendy and Lisa (of The Revolution, as in Prince and The Revolution) and Sheryl Crow certainly didn't detract from Finn's vision. In fact, the addition of those fine musicians may have invigorated Neil's style--I mean "One Nil" IS better than "Try Whistling This". If "One Nil" does not achieve popularity it won't bother me. If I don't have to listen to "Driving Me Mad" on every radio station a billion times, I really won't mind. I like the fact that Neil Finn's music is still great yet most people are ignorant about its exsistence. Besides, for all the drive by Crowded House fans there's always "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong" still saturating the airwaves, as if that's all that was important about Neil Finn's abilities! Anyway, I digress, if you are a Neil Finn fan, this is definitely worth owning. If you are not familiar with his music, it's worth owning.