Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
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Free Music Notes for Try Whistling This
Free Music Review: Don't wait as long as I did.
Hit: 5 Stars
I waited far too long to buy this album. Once I finally bought it, I jumped right to the singles, "Sinner" and "She Will Have Her Way." The latter is the most obvious pop single on the record; it's relatively straightforward and eminently hummable. (Think "Something So Strong" or "It's Only Natural" from earlier Finn efforts with Crowded House.) "Sinner" is more oblique and takes a couple of listens to grab you. The same could be said for the rest of the album, but grab you it does -- and hard. The song that's haunting me at this moment is the sensual, cinematic "Try Whistling This," a song with the richness and heat of a hot summer's evening. I love listening to it, but at the same time I find it so intense that after it plays, I really can't listen to anything else but silence for a while. (Perhaps the major miscue of the album was following "Try Whistling This" with the relatively lightweight "She Will Have Her Way," which suffers by comparison.)
If you've been a Finn/Crowded House fan, you'll find this album to be a logical progression of Neil's talent. It's not exactly Crowded House, but it's clearly in the same family. It does take some listening to before you're hooked, but it's well worth it.
Free Music Review: Don't wait as long as I did.
Hit: 5 Stars
I waited far too long to buy this album. Once I finally bought it, I jumped right to the singles, "Sinner" and "She Will Have Her Way." The latter is the most obvious pop single on the record; it's relatively straightforward and eminently hummable. (Think "Something So Strong" or "It's Only Natural" from earlier Finn efforts with Crowded House.) "Sinner" is more oblique and takes a couple of listens to grab you. The same could be said for the rest of the album, but grab you it does -- and hard. The song that's haunting me at this moment is the sensual, cinematic "Try Whistling This," a song with the richness and heat of a hot summer's evening. I love listening to it, but at the same time I find it so intense that after it plays, I really can't listen to anything else but silence for a while. (Perhaps the major miscue of the album was following "Try Whistling This" with the relatively lightweight "She Will Have Her Way," which suffers by comparison.)
If you've been a Finn/Crowded House fan, you'll find this album to be a logical progression of Neil's talent. It's not exactly Crowded House, but it's clearly in the same family. It does take some listening to before you're hooked, but it's well worth it.
Free Music Review: Neil Finn, "You Are Magnificent!"
Hit: 5 Stars
Thinking of starting your New Millenium collection? Put this one at the top of your list. I can not think of enough good things to say about this release. From the first notes of "Last One Standing" to the ending chords of "Addicted", this effort is Neil Finn at his pinnacle(so far we hope). "Don't Dream It's Over", was my absolute personal favorite forever, which was subsequently usurped by the initial track on this all too long overdue CD. Most of the cuts are classic Neil Finn, then there are a few that show a new direction ("Twisty Bass" and "Loose Tongue" among them); not completely unlike his style to which we have grown so accustomed, just a surprising mix with the rest, making this find a truly enjoyable musical experience. He, so easily it seems, writes sentiments we all feel but can't express and marries them perfectly to his music. Like an unexpected letter from an old friend, his style is so comfortable, yet is constantly updated with each song. If you buy one CD this year, buy this one. I've about worn it out already. Here's to ya, Neil, hope this is the next on a list of many more. Outstanding!Free Music Review: Record of the Year
Hit: 5 Stars
TRY WHISTLING THIS melds the pop whimsy and good humor ofCrowded House's eponymous first album with the production and lyricalcomplexity of its second, TEMPLE OF LOW MEN. The result? A splendid album that alternately thrills and chills, and never ceases to amaze. The opening cut, *Last One Standing*, coasts along a river of swirling vocals, scraping a bottom of jagged guitar echoes and occasionally exploding in a spray of brilliance. *Sinner*'s violin-and-piano-riff motif strikes a cool pose, sensitive and slightly sinister; it dovetails nicely with the track that follows it, *Twisty Bass*, an eerie, distorted exploration of vocal distortion and heavily flanged guitar. If TRY WHISTLING THIS lacks anything, it's a surfeit of the glowing pop nuggets that decorated Crowded House's first and third (WOODFACE) albums. But where the album does mine the golden pop vein, as on *She Will Have Her Way* -- a sweet evocation of Paul McCartney's best early Beatles songs -- it shines as bright as those albums ever did. Buy it, love it, recommend it to all your friends, whether you can whistle it or not.Free Music Review: Absolutely Stunning
Hit: 5 Stars
I have owned this CD since it was released. I have always appreciated it and thought it was as close to a masterpiece as this type of music could get. Then I listened to it again on an audiophile stereo system. I recently upgraded my stereo to high precision equipment. "Try Whistling This" sounded so clean and fresh. It needs to be listened to loud. Neil Finn has a vocal range that is stunning. You can feel the lyrics. Finn's song writing ability is on par with Lennon/McCartney. In fact Finn's vocal range comes very close to Lennon's on a number of songs on this emotional jewel. "She Will Have Her Way" is just an incredible tune. Very melodic and sweet to the ears. The 13 songs on this CD are finely crafted and expertly woven into this artistically solid and classic work. I hope that a few people will read this and take my word that this is a must have collection of songs. It will fit into every individual collection of music out there. I hope that Neil is always inspired to write music. This is one of the best CD's in my very large library of modern music.