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Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (2014)

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Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (2014)

Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 306 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 112 Mb
Label: Lester | # LRNF0011CD | Time: 00:46:58 | Scans included
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter

2014 release, the third solo album from the beloved New Zealand-based singer/songwriter best known for his work with Crowded House and Split Enz. The long-awaited Dizzy Heights is his first solo studio album since 2001's ONE NIL. Finn recorded the album at his own Roundhead Studio in Auckland and in Upstate New York. It was co-produced with Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Tame Impala, the Flaming Lips). "I didn't want to make it a solo record in a stripped back singer/songwriter sort of way," Finn says. "I had a feeling Dave would be good at adding some odd shapes to the music, which I always welcome - making things a little more expansive. He is good at subverting things, and making things sound a bit messed up and not as obvious, rather than being too tasteful, which is always a temptation."

Since 2001's One Nil – which was later reworked into One All – Neil Finn has recorded an album with his brother Tim, reunited Crowded House for two new albums, formed the collective 7 Worlds Collide, launched Pajama Club with his wife Sharon, and released a live record in tandem with Paul Kelly, but despite all this activity there is one thing he's avoided: releasing a collection of his original songs under his own name. Dizzy Heights rectifies that situation and not in a predictable fashion. Collaborating with Dave Fridmann, a producer who made his reputation through his work with neo-psychedelic bands Mercury Rev and the Flaming Lips, Finn luxuriates within the fathomless spaciness of Dizzy Heights. Effects and sounds bubble up and fade away and, initially, it's hard not to concentrate on these shifting soundscapes, not because they're foreign to Finn – ever since the initial disbandment of Crowded House he's been increasingly restless and experimental – but because the production is as focused and precise as his songcraft. This is a new development. Usually, whenever Finn indulged in spacy, elastic psychedelia the results were pleasingly hazy, but here every electromagnetic throb and aural shard is in its right place, heightening the overall effect and, occasionally, distracting from the typically finely constructed tunes. Underneath the aural lava lamp, Finn is taking compositional risks, too: the title track is underpinned with smooth soul, "Divebomber" unfurls into an ominous march, and "White Lies and Alibis" has a tension within its structure in addition to its skittering, skeletal production. Finn still turns out strong pop songs as expected – "Flying in the Face of Love," "Pony Ride," and "Recluse" – but the Fridmann production keeps them lively and surprising, which is the key to Dizzy Heights: it is a seamless blend of Finn's longstanding popcraft and latter-day adventure, and it satisfies on both counts.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (2014)



Tracklist:

01. Impressions (4:36)
02. Dizzy Heights (3:07)
03. Flying In The Face Of Love (4:04)
04. Divebomber (4:52)
05. Better Than TV (3:34)
06. Pony Ride (4:45)
07. White Lies And Alibis (5:49)
08. Recluse (5:27)
09. Strangest Friends (3:18)
10. In My Blood (3:50)
11. Lights Of New York (3:34)


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Neil Finn / Dizzy Heights

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Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (2014)

Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (2014)

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See also:
Neil Finn - Albums & Singles Collection 1998-2001 (5CD)