Feeding the Gods
| Feeding the Gods | ||||
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| Studio album by Tim Finn | ||||
| Released | October 2, 2001 | |||
| Genre | Pop Music | |||
| Length | 40.06 | |||
| Label | Sonny's Pop Records | |||
| Producer | Jay Joyce | |||
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| Singles from Feeding the Gods | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| New Zealand Musician | Favourable [2] |
Feeding the Gods is the sixth solo album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn.
After the release of Say It Is So Finn felt that he wanted to try something a bit "friskier" and more energetic. In the Frenz of the Enz released book Letters to My Frenz Finn stated that he was not completely happy with the songs he had written for the album, so he borrowed former Split Enz bandmate Phil Judd's song Incognito in California.
After Judd left Split Enz in 1977, Mushroom Records boss Michael Gudinski paid him to live in the English countryside and demo songs. Tim Finn caught wind of this and paid Judd a visit inviting him to rejoin Split Enz. Incognito in California was one of the songs Finn was reportedly smitten by when he went to visit Judd.
Track listing
All tracks written by Tim Finn, except where noted..
| Australia/New Zealand track listing: | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Songline" | 3:18 |
| 2. | "I'll Never Know (remix/edit)" | 3:07 |
| 3. | "What You've Done" (Tim Finn, Andy White & Liam O'Moanlai) | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Sawdust & Splinters" | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Party Was You" | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Incognito In California" (Phil Judd) | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Say It Is So" (Tim Finn, Andy White) | 2:43 |
| 8. | "Subway Dreaming" | 4:14 |
| 9. | "Dead Man" | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Waiting For Your Moment" | 2:45 |
| 11. | "Commonplace" | 4:56 |
United States of America track listing:
| US version | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Songline" | 3:18 |
| 2. | "I'll Never Know" | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Subway Dreaming" | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Say It Is So" (Tim Finn, Andy White) | 2:43 |
| 5. | "What You've Done" (Tim Finn, Andy White & Liam O'Moanlai) | 3:42 |
| 6. | "Sawdust & Splinters" | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Dead Man" | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Commonplace" | 4:56 |
| 9. | "Waiting For Your Moment" | 2:45 |
| 10. | "Party Was You" | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Incognito In California" (Phil Judd) | 3:41 |
Enhanced CD Extras
The CD includes four multimedia videos from his previous album Say It Is So:
- Underwater Mountain
- Twinkle
- Big Wave Rider
- Death of a Popular Song
Miscellanea
Say It Is So is also the title of Finn's fifth solo album. A radio edit was also done for "Incognito In California" but was not used on the Australia/New Zealand release.
Personnel
- Tim Finn - lead vocals, lead guitar
- Jay Joyce - guitars
- John Walsh - guitar technician
- Matt Eccles - drums
- Mareea Paterson - bass
- Don McGlashan - euphonium
- Kirsten Morelle - vocals
- Geoffrey Maddock - vocals
- Janey Dunn - facts & figures
Notes
- ↑ Feeding the Gods at AllMusic
- ↑ Blaazer, Dominic. "Say It Is So". Review. New Zealand Musician. Retrieved 26 September 2012.