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Split Enz - Frenzy (1978)

Track listing:
  1. I See Red 3:17
  2. Give It A Whirl 2:52
  3. Master Plan 3:08
  4. Famous Plan 2:52
  5. Hermit McDermitt 4:09
  6. Stuff And Nonsense 4:25
  7. Marooned 2:51
  8. Frenzy 3:03
  9. The Roughest Toughest Game In The World 3:43
  10. She Got Body She Got Soul 2:56
  11. Betty 4:42
  12. Abu Dhabi 4:31
  13. Mind Over Matter 2:57

Notes

Although often thought of as a transitional album, Frenzy shows the band in top form. Produced in England on a diminished budget, the album showcases pure pop with a hungry edge. "I See Red," added after the initial pressing, became a moderate hit in Australia and New Zealand, allowing the band the financial freedom to follow up with the blockbuster True Colours in 1980. Stripped down of the earlier excesses, the album hints at the direction the band would take in the '80s while capturing a rare, rougher side to their music. [The album was reissued in the U.S. in 1981, dropping half of the tracks and adding songs from the legendary "Rootin' Tootin' Luton Tapes" recorded in 1978.]