Product Description
Scarce Actual 1982 Japanese First Pressing! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Japanese, Labels Are Clean. Classic 1982 LP By New Zealand Band, Split Enz ~ Features Great Songs “Six Months In A Leaky Boat”, “Dirty Creature” & More!
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Couple of light surface marks, which are not audible. Sounds Wonderful!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Small spine creases, light wear.
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Dirty Creature
Giant Heartbeat
Hello Sandy Allen
Never Ceases To Amaze Me
Lost For Words
Small World
Side 2:
Take A Walk
Pioneer
Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Haul Away
Log Cabin Fever
Make Sense Of It
AMG –
A timeless, thoroughly consistent album and the high point of the Enz catalog. 4 ½ Stars Time and Tide stands as Split Enz's creative peak and most fully realized effort. On previous albums, the band remained distant and removed, only revealing what little they did between the lines; for Time and Tide, Tim and Neil Finn, while still clearly standing as outsiders, opened up, giving a rare glimpse at their feelings and thought processes. Tim exorcised demons and fears in the funky workout of "Dirty Creature," experienced a joyful communion with nature in "Never Ceases to Amaze Me," outlined a global view in "Small World," and explored ancient folk music with "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" and "Haul Away," an autobiographical sea shanty. Neil, on the other hand, gave darkly evocative yet slightly more abstract accounts in "Giant Heartbeat," "Take a Walk," and the claustrophobic "Log Cabin Fever" while still producing an infectious rocker in "Hello Sandy Allen." In addition to the peaks in songwriting, the Enz never sounded tighter as a band, with lean, tasteful arrangements. The result is a timeless, thoroughly consistent album and the high point of the Enz catalog. 4 ½ Stars