The Jukebox Rebel

“Waiata” is the Māori term for song and singing and the fifth album from the 9-year-old Auckland group followed “True Colours” to the top of the charts in home territories, housing a couple of Top 10 singles in “One Step Ahead” and “History Never Repeats”. The sextet line-up: Tim Finn (vocals), Neil Finn (vocals, guitar), Nigel Griggs (bass), Edward Rayner (vocals, keyboards), Noel Crombie (percussion) and Malcolm Green (drums). Whilst their intelligent brand of art-pop is often a little too middle-of-the-road for my tastes, side one boasts a few decent cuts in the upbeat “Hard Act To Follow” (ha - could they be tongue-in-cheek re “I Got You”?), keyboardist Rayner's muscular instrumental “Wail” and the hooky pop of “Clumsy” featuring some Steve-Nieve-like licks from yer man Rayner. Not bad.

The Jukebox Rebel
02–Jan–2011

A1	[03:17] Split Enz - Hard Act To Follow (Tim Finn) New Wave
A2	[02:52] Split Enz - One Step Ahead (Neil Finn) Pop
A3	[03:34] Split Enz - I Don’t Wanna Dance (Tim Finn) Pop
A4	[02:50] Split Enz - Iris (Neil Finn) Pop
A5	[02:49] Split Enz - Wail (Eddie Rayner) New Wave
A6	[03:29] Split Enz - Clumsy (Tim Finn) Pop
B1	[03:00] Split Enz - History Never Repeats (Neil Finn) New Wave
B2	[04:15] Split Enz - Walking Through The Ruins (Tim Finn) New Wave
B3	[03:01] Split Enz - Ships (Neil Finn) Cerebral Pop
B4	[04:26] Split Enz - Ghost Girl (Tim Finn) Soft Rock / A.O.R.
B5	[04:03] Split Enz - Albert Of India (Eddie Rayner) Cerebral Pop

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