My favorite Split Enz lp. I first saw then on TV doing "I Got You" on some godawful show, and I was hooked. That started my coming-up-on 30 year affair with all things Finn. But this record is where the wilder parts of Split Enz met up with the pop side. It makes for an amazing journey.
I've got "Wiata" and a couple other of their later LP's to come. Eventually.
Allmusic:
Split Enz found their place in new wave with True Colours, shedding the eccentricities and excesses of their past in favor of bright, highly memorable, Beatlesque pop. The album also marked Neil Finn's emergence as a great songcraftsman -- his infectious "I Got You" helped to push the album and the band to international success. Both the single and the album stand as high points of the new wave era. As part of its marketing, the album was released in several different-colored covers with laser-etched vinyl.
01 - I Got You.flac
02 - Shark Attack.flac
03 - What's The Matter With You.flac
04 - Double Happy.flac
05 - I Wouldn't Dream Of It.flac
06 - I Hope I Never.flac
07 - Nobody Takes Me Seriously.flac
08 - Missing Person.flac
09 - Poor Boy.flac
10 - How Can I Resist Her.flac
11 - The Choral Sea.flac
LP > Rega P1 with Ortofon Super 20 > TC-750LC > E-Mu 0202 > Cool Edit Pro 2.1 @ 96kHz 32bit float > Manual click removal in CEP > Click Repair set @ 20 > CEP used to balance L/R, split tracks, fade in/out, and for manual click removal > RX Advanced to resample > RA Advanced to dither MBIT+ > TLH to FLAC and sector align (16bit, pad) > MP3 Tagger to edit tags.
"16bit" = 16bit at 44.1kHz
"24bit" = 24bit at 96kHz
No music was harmed in the making of this vinyl rip.