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Title: Brilliantly colored Split Enz album
Review: "True Colors" was where Split Enz hit both their commerical and creative stride. The follow up "Corroboree (aka "Waiata") was equally strong and but this is where the band began producing their string of masterpieces. Although some of the new wave arrangements don't quite gel now, the overall effect is still pretty powerful.Opening with the one-two punch of "I Got You" and "Shark Attack" the album never lets up. Neil Finn truly discovers his songwriting voice here and Tim continues to provide some of the richest ballads of his career with "I Hope I Never". Imagine if The Beatles stuck together and embraced new wave and you'll get an idea of this albums sound. Neil combines the melodicism of Paul McCartney with the the lyrical adeptness of Lennon.I do miss the colored vinyl that this first appeared. A pity they couldn't do something similar with the CD reissue. This album needs to be remastered to capture all the detail in the production.
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