▁New ▁Zealand ▁new ▁wave ▁band ▁Split ▁En z . ▁The ▁album , ▁like ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁work , ▁featured ▁mainly ▁Tim ▁Finn ▁compos itions . ▁F ren zy ▁vent ured ▁even ▁further ▁beyond ▁the ▁band ' s ▁art ▁rock ▁roots ▁to ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁pop ▁sound . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁is ▁notable ▁for ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁feature ▁Neil ▁Finn ▁on ▁lead ▁vocals ▁– ▁though ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁" G ive ▁It ▁a ▁Wh irl " ▁and ▁both ▁music ▁& ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁" Master ▁Plan " ▁were ▁written ▁by ▁his ▁brother ▁Tim . ▁ ▁Details ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁primarily ▁recorded ▁at ▁The ▁Man or ▁Studios ▁in ▁England ▁between ▁November ▁and ▁December ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ; ▁however , ▁the ▁song ▁" I ▁See ▁Red " ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁recorded ▁at ▁Start ling ▁Studios ▁( also ▁in ▁England ) ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁long ▁delay ▁between ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁and ▁the ▁recording . ▁Tim ▁Finn ▁said , ▁" We ' d ▁been ▁waiting ▁nearly ▁a ▁year ▁to ▁do ▁it ▁so ▁we ' d ▁done ▁all ▁the ▁dem os , ▁re he ars ed ▁it ▁and ▁written ▁new ▁songs . ▁We ' d ▁been ▁waiting ▁too ▁long . ▁There ' s ▁so ▁much ▁material . ▁The ▁album ▁has ▁twelve ▁songs , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁we ' d ▁recorded ▁it ▁we ' d ▁written ▁fifty ▁more ." ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁" A bu ▁D hab i " ▁created