Say It Is So
| Say It Is So | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 42:21 | |||
| Label | Sonny's Pop Records | |||
| Producer | Jay Joyce | |||
| Tim Finn chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Say It Is So | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| EW | B+[2] |
Say It Is So is the fifth studio album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn.
After the release of 1993's Before & After Finn was left without a record company. He met producer Jay Joyce in Nashville, in 1998 with whom he worked. No record company was interested in the album so he released it independently.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Tim Finn, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Underwater Mountain" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Shiver" (Marie Azcona, Finn) | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Good Together" (Azcona, Finn) | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Roadtrip" (Azcona, Finn) | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Currents" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Need to Be Right" | 4:32 |
| 7. | "Twinkle" (Azcona, Finn) | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Big Wave Rider" | 3:20 |
| 9. | "Death of a Popular Song" | 4:23 |
| 10. | "Some Dumb Reason" | 3:03 |
| 11. | "Rest" (Finn, George Upu, Traditional) | 4:39 |
In the track Some Dumb Reason there is the line "feeding the gods". This became the title of Finn's next album (and continues a long-standing continuity theme of Split Enz, Crowded House and Neil and Tim Finn albums using phrases from their other songs). In contrast, the Feeding the Gods album also contained a song entitled Say It Is So.
Personnel
[edit]- Tim Finn - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
- Jay Joyce - guitars, keyboards, sounds
- Chris Feinstein - bass
- Ken Coomer - drums
- Giles Reaves - drums on Underwater Mountain, Shiver, Twinkle, Rest
Additional personnel
[edit]- Bruce Bouton - pedal steel
- Matt Johnson - drums on Currents
- Kalai Lam - ukulele, log drum, nose flute on Currents
- Laurence Maddy - guitar on Shiver
- Julie Miller - backing vocals
- Jackie Orsazky - second bass guitar & string arrangement on Underwater Mountain
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r459954
- ^ Morgan, Laura (10 March 2000). "Say It Is So". Review. EW. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
