Artist:  Split Enz

Title:  True Colors

Date:  1980

Label:  A & M Records   SP-4822

Notes:  Although this record was recorded in Australia I believe the band is from New Zealand. Emotional pop songs and a sense of eighties fashion make for a fun time. What overwrought teen could pass up Nobody Takes Me Seriously or I Got You? Simple, pleasing geometric patterns adorn the covers and as an added bonus the vinyl disc was etched in some fashion that produces prism-like colored shapes and text when viewed at an angle. The scanner was unable to reproduce this effect, but I was able to catch a little of it by tilting the record as the scan was made. Overall a fine slice of the eighties.

Line Up:

Tim Finn: vocals
Neil Finn: guitar, vocals
Eddie Rayner: keyboards
Noel Crombie: percussion
Malcolm Green: drums
Nigel Griggs: bass guitar

Track Listing

Side 1

I Got You
Shark Attack
What's the Matter With You
Double Happy
I Wouldn't Dream of It
I Hope I Never

Side 2

Nobody Takes Me Seriously
Missing Person
Poor Boy
How Can I Resist Her
The Choral Sea