1. Overview

2. Awards

3. Track listing

4. Personnel

5. Chart positions

6. References

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Try Whistling This is the debut solo album released in 1998 by New Zealand singer/songwriter Neil Finn. The Japanese version of the album has a bonus track called "Tokyo", which also appears on the UK release of the single Sinner.^[2] Special editions of the Australian CD contained a bonus CD with six extra tracks which were used as the B-Sides for the singles released from the album.

Overview

Following the breakup of his second band Crowded House in 1996, Neil Finn set out to begin a solo career, having only ever performed in bands from when he was a teenager. This album was lauded by critics {{Who|date=September 2009}} as being a vast departure from the Crowded House work, which was considered mainstream alternative-folk rock music, while this was experimental, more akin to his earlier work with Split Enz, while still remaining distinct from that music also.

Awards

In 1999, Try Whistling This won the New Zealand Music Award for Best Cover Art. The cover was drawn by Neil's young son, Elroy.^[3]

Track listing

All songs were written by Neil Finn, except where noted.

Disc 1:

1. "Last One Standing" – 3:04
2. "Souvenir" – 3:42
3. "King Tide" (Finn, Robert Moore) – 4:33
4. "Try Whistling This" (Finn, Jim Moginie) – 4:13
5. "She Will Have Her Way" – 3:56
6. "Sinner" (Finn, Marius De Vries) – 4:25
7. "Twisty Bass" – 5:09
8. "Loose Tongue" (Finn, Moginie) – 4:12
9. "Truth" (Finn, Moginie) – 4:03
10. "Astro" – 3:46
11. "Dream Date" – 4:51
12. "Faster Than Light" – 4:23
13. "Addicted" – 4:22
14. "Identical twin" - 3.32 Bonus track on UK EMI edition.
15. "808 song" (Finn, Moginie) - 3.31 Bonus track on UK EMI edition.

Disc 2:

1: "Tokyo " - 2:56

2: "Family Ties " - 3: 11

3: "Sh Comes Scattered" - 3: 36

4: "Indentical Twin " - 3: 30

5: "808 Song" - 3: 30

6: "Log Drums" - 3: 49

Personnel

• Tony Allen – drums (track 11)
• Michael Barker – drums (tracks 3, 5, 6, 10), percussion (tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 11)
• Lyn Buchannan – additional drums (track 1)
• Marius De Vries – programming (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13), keyboards (tracks 6 and 13)
• Liam Finn – drums (tracks 2, 8), guitar (track 5)
• Paddy Free – programming (track 7)
• Mitchell Froom – Hammond (tracks 10, 11, 12)
• Jim Moginie – guitars (tracks 4, 8, 10, 13), bass (track 13), omnichord (track 13), percussion (track 13)
• Robert Moore – bass (track 8)
• Sebastian Steinberg – bass (tracks 1 to 6, 8, 9, 11)
• Pete Thomas – drums (tracks 1, 4, 9)
• Neil Finn – all other instruments

Chart positions

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