Conflicting Emotions

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Conflicting Emotions
Conflicting Emotions cover
Studio album by Split Enz
Released November 1983
Genre New Wave
Length 42:15
Label Mushroom Records
Producer(s) Hugh Padgham, Eddie Rayner
Professional reviews
Split Enz chronology
Time and Tide
(1982)		 Conflicting Emotions
(1983)		 See Ya 'Round
(1984)


Conflicting Emotions is a 1983 album by New Zealand New Wave band Split Enz. Considered by some to be their poorest release, the band themselves at the time were more than happy with the result & refused to make any changes that the record company requested. A&M, their American record company were even less happy as the album only seemed to have 1 marketable single, the ballad Message to My Girl -- though in hindsight, "The Devil You Know," one of Neil Finn's most respected Enz songs, could have been a contender.

During this time Tim Finn had already released the successful solo album Escapade, & was performing the odd concert to promote the album during the recording of Conflicting Emotions. Due to Tim's lesser involvement, most of the songs on the album are by Neil Finn except four.

The album was a commercial failure with the single Message to My Girl only just reaching the top 30 on the Australian charts. The other single Strait Old Line fared even worse, and tension was mounting. Some new blood was needed it seemed, and before the Conflicting Emotions tour they advertised for a new drummer. Paul Hester answered the call, & joined the band in time to tour, and feature in the Message to My Girl video clip.

While the album may have been a failure, the title was certainly appropriate. There was rumoured resentment over Tim Finn's successful solo career taking off which caused some conflict. Also to add to Tim Finn insisted on bringing in drummer Ricki Fataar to sessions and using a drum machine on most other tracks (Noel Crombie is credited as drummer/percussionist on the album liner, but he played very little drums on this album)

Contents

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The album cover art was created by former Split Enz frontman Philip Judd
  • The 2006 release was one of the few Enz albums not released with bonus tracks
  • "Kia Kaha," the b-side of "Message to My Girl," was recorded during these sessions -- and the same recording was subsequently included on the next album.

[edit] Track listing

  • Songs written by Neil Finn, except where noted.
  1. "Strait Old Line"
  2. "Bullet Brain and Cactus Head" (N. Finn, T. Finn)
  3. "Message to My Girl"
  4. "Working Up an Appetite" (T. Finn)
  5. "Our Day"
  6. "No Mischief"
  7. "The Devil You Know"
  8. "I Wake Up Every Night" (T. Finn)
  9. "Conflicting Emotions" (T. Finn)
  10. "Bon Voyage" (T. Finn)

[edit] 2006 Re-release

Same as above

[edit] Personnel

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