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SPLIT ENZ - TRUE COLOURS (ALBUM)
Entry:24/02/1980 (Position 2)
Last week in charts:14/09/2020 (Position 29)
Peak:1 (3 weeks)
Weeks:82
Place on best of all time:62 (3075 points)
Year:1980
World wide:
au  Peak: 19 / weeks: 1
nz  Peak: 1 / weeks: 82

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A&M AMLH 64822



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TRACKS
21/01/1980
LP A&M AMLH 64822
1. Shark Attack
2:52
2. I Got You
3:24
3. What's The Matter With You
3:02
4. Double Happy
3:15
5. I Wouldn't Dream Of It
3:14
6. I Hope I Never
4:26
7. Nobody Takes Me Seriously
3:24
8. Missing Person
3:32
9. Poor Boy
3:19
10. How Can I Resist Her
3:26
11. The Choral Sea
4:29
   

MUSIC DIRECTORY
Split EnzSplit Enz: Discography / Become a fan
SPLIT ENZ IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
My Mistake25/09/1977219
I See Red03/06/1979276
I Got You10/02/1980120
I Hope I Never15/06/1980337
One Step Ahead14/12/1980619
History Never Repeats19/04/198159
Dirty Creature25/04/1982318
Six Months In A Leaky Boat13/06/1982716
Strait Old Line18/12/1983157
Message To My Girl08/04/1984285
I Walk Away04/11/1984139
 
Albums

TitleEntryPeakweeks
Mental Notes29/08/1975718
Second Thoughts08/10/1976188
Dizrythmia11/09/1977312
Frenzy25/03/19791326
True Colours24/02/1980182
The Beginning Of The Enz24/02/1980353
Waiata19/04/1981122
Time And Tide02/05/1982132
Enz Of An Era12/12/1982121
Conflicting Emotions22/01/1984319
See Ya 'Round11/11/1984510
The Living Enz19/01/198696
History Never Repeats - The Best Of21/01/19901025
History Never Repeats - The Best Of - 30th Anniversary Edition28/07/1996919
Spellbound23/11/1997179
Spellbound: Tour Edition03/03/2008205
SONGS BY SPLIT ENZ
Abu Dhabi
Adz
Albert Of India
Amy (Darling)
Another Great Divide
Betty
Bold As Brass
Bon Voyage
Breaking My Back
Bullet Brain And Cactus Head
Carried Away
Charlie
Clumsy
Conflicting Emotions
Crosswords
Dirty Creature
Doctor Love
Double Happy
Famous People
Fire Drill
For You
Frenzy
Ghost Girl
Giant Heartbeat
Give It A Whirl
Hard Act To Follow
Haul Away
Hello Sandy Allen
Hermit McDermitt
History Never Repeats
Holy Smoke
Home Sweet Home
How Can I Resist Her
Hypnotized
I Don't Wanna Dance
I Got You
I Hope I Never
I See Red
I Wake Up Every Night
I Walk Away
I Wouldn't Dream Of It
In The Wars
Iris
Jamboree
Kia Kaha (Ever Be Strong)
Late Last Night
Livin' It Up
Log Cabin Fever
Lost For Words
Lovey Dovey
Make Sense Of It
Marooned
Master Plan
Matinee Idyll
Maybe
Mental Notes
Message Boy
Message To My Girl
Mind Over Matter
Missing Person
My Mistake
Never Ceases To Amaze Me
Next Exit
Nice To Know
Ninnie Knees Up
No Bother To Me
No Mischief
Nobody Takes Me Seriously
One Mouth Is Fed
One Step Ahead
One Two Nine
Our Day
Overdrive
Parasite
Parrot Fashion Love
Pioneer
Poor Boy
Remember When
Semi Detached
Shark Attack
She Got Body She Got Soul
Ships
Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Small World
So Long For Now
Spellbound
Split Ends
Strait Old Line
Stranger Than Fiction
Stuff And Nonsense
Sugar And Spice
Sweet Dreams
Take A Walk
The Choral Sea
The Devil You Know
The Lost Cat
The Roughest Toughest Game In The World
The Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song
The Woman Who Loves You
Things
This Is Massive
Time For A Change
Titus
Two Of A King
Under The Wheel
Voices
Wail
Walking Down A Road
Walking Through The Ruins
What's The Matter With You
Without A Doubt
Working Up An Appetite
Years Go By
ALBUMS BY SPLIT ENZ
Beginning Of The Enz
Conflicting Emotions
Corroboree
Dizrythmia
Enz Of An Era
Frenzy
History Never Repeats - The Best Of
History Never Repeats - The Best Of - 30th Anniversary Edition
Mental Notes
Second Thoughts
See Ya 'Round
Spellbound
Spellbound: Tour Edition
The Beginning Of The Enz
The Living Enz
Time And Tide
True Colours
Waiata
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.75 (Reviews: 4)
******
Mit diesem Album gelang es der Gruppe aus Neuseeland, mit dem neuen Frontsänger Neil Finn, auch Übersee einen Erfolg zu landen.<br>Dieses 1980er-Album enthält viele Songs, die perfekt in die New Wave-Ära passen. Der Hörer merkt jedoch bald, dass die Gruppe sehr vom Sound der Beatles geprägt war. Der grösste Hit "I Got You", aber auch "What's The Matter With You?", "I Wouln't Dream Of It" belegen den Einfluss der Beat-Musik. Doch das Album hält auch ein paar Überraschungen bereit: So zum Beispiel die schöne Ballade "I Hope I Never" und das Instrumental "The Choral Sea", das beinahe wie eine Giorgio Moroder-Produktion klingt.
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Dürfte wohl tatsächlich das stärkste Album ihrer 80er Zeit<br>gewesen sein (in den 70ern hatten sie noch 1-2 bessere),<br>aber weil es so um die Mitte rum dann doch ziemlich<br>schwächelt, liegt ein grosszügiges Aufrunden hier leider<br>nicht drin....<br><br>4 ++
*****
Good
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ganz anders als ihre vorherigen Alben worunter sich auch skurrile Progressive Rock Sachen tummeln<br><br>Hätte niemals geglaubt dass NEIL FINN und sein Bruder schon vor CROWDED HOUSE eine erfolgreiche Band hatten <br><br>Leider hält das Album nicht das Niveau das I GOT YOU hat. So eine Mördersingle geht aber auch schlecht mehr als 1 Mal
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