Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond

Split Enz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B00002CF39
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,741 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Shark Attack - Split Enz

2. What's The Matter With you? - Split Enz

3. Follow Me - The Mal Green Sound

4. My Voice Keeps Changing On Me - Noel Crombie

5. Slow Motion TV - Manzanera

6. The Ladder Song - Citizen Band

7. The Instrumental - A Ripper Bunch Of Blokes

8. Certain Sound - The Swingers

9. All Over Town - The Swingers

10. Counting The Beat - The Swingers

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Whisper - Schnell Fenster

2. OK Alright A Huh Oh Yeah - Schnell Fenster

3. New Kind Of Blue - The Makers

4. Horizon - The Makers

5. Desert Chord/With You I'm Alive - Tim Finn

6. Charlie - Tim Finn

7. Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Tim Finn

8. Persuasion - Tim Finn/Richard Thompson

9. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrdhouse

10. Eight Miles High - Byrdhouse

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

41 track, two CD 'family tree' album for Split Enz, the hit Australian new wave band led by brothers Neil & Tim Finn. Features many rare tracks by various band members and their post-Enz projects, including Noel Crombie And The Mal Green Sound, a 1978 album cut by Phil Manzanera with Neil & Tim both guesting, Crowded House gems (including a live cover of Hunters & Collectors' 'Throw Your Arms Around Me', plus Phil Judd, Neil's 1992 collaboration with Yothu Yindi, Schnell Fenster, The Makers, Citizen Band, A Ripper Bunch Of Blokes, Eddie Rayner and more! Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release. The full title is 'Other Enz - Split Enz & Beyond Volume 1'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mostly if you're a Split Enz fan, July 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond (Audio CD)

This is a good collection of odds 'n sods from the Split Enz family tree, including Crowded House (duh!), The Finn Brothers (together and apart), percussionist Noel Crombie (a great version of C&W grand-old-man Jack Clement's "My Voice Keeps Changing on Me") and others. Split Enz never quite caught on in the U.S., though they sure did elsewhere, and if you were a fan of theirs in their heyday, you'll probably want to give this a listen. Me, I always liked Crowded House and the together/alone Neil and Tim Finn projects a little more than the Enz and those selections here are what I find myself replaying (especially the gorgeous "Mary Of The South Seas" from the Finns and Crowded House' rousing cover of Hunters And Collectors "Throw Your Arms Around Me"). And, as always with these sorts of things, there are some tracks here that should've stayed in single-dom and not given CD release. That said, THE OTHER ENZ is a good completists' collection and has some rewards for casual listeners as well.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars small point, June 27, 2000

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L P GERRAND (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond (Audio CD)

One small point, Split Enz (note the nz in Enz) is a New Zealand band. No Australians were ever part of the band. Music is wonderful, always original. The early music needs a little concentration but is well worth the effort.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Split Enz Alumni Reunion, January 3, 2000

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Mike Frazer (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond (Audio CD)

This is a collection of Split Enz tracks and some songs by former Split Enz members who went solo (Tim Finn, Mal Green) or went on to form other bands (Crowded House, Swingers, Schnell Fenster and the mighty Citizen Band). This CD set has some classic songs; some unavailable for years (check out the Swingers 'Certain Sound'; it's a classic).