Feeding the Gods

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Feeding The Gods
Feeding The Gods cover
Studio album by Tim Finn
Released 2001
Genre Pop Music
Length 40.06
Label Sonny's Pop Records
Producer Jay Joyce
Professional reviews
Tim Finn chronology
Say It Is So
(1999)		 Feeding The Gods
(2001)		 Imaginary Kingdom
(2006)

Feeding The Gods is the sixth solo album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn.

After the release of Say It Is So Finn felt that he wanted to try something a bit "friskier" and more energetic. In the Frenz of the Enz released book Letters To My Frenz Finn stated that he wasn't completely happy with the songs he had written for the album, so he borrowed former Split Enz bandmate Phil Judd's song Incognito in California.

After Judd left Split Enz in 1977, Mushroom Records boss Michael Gudinski paid him to live in the English countryside & demo songs. Tim Finn caught wind of this & paid Judd a visit inviting him to rejoin Split Enz. Incognito in California was one of the songs Finn was reportedly smitten by when he went to visit Judd.

[edit] Track listing

  • All songs composed by Tim Finn unless noted

Australia/New Zealand track listing:

  1. "Songline" - 3:18
  2. "I'll Never Know (remix/edit)" - 3:07
  3. "What You've Done" - Tim Finn, Andy White & Liam O'Moanlai - 3:42
  4. "Sawdust & Splinters" - 3:58
  5. "Party Was You" - 3:13
  6. "Incognito In California" - Phil Judd - 3:41
  7. "Say It Is So" - Tim Finn, Andy White - 2:43
  8. "Subway Dreaming" - 4:14
  9. "Dead Man" - 3:58
  10. "Waiting For Your Moment" - 2:45
  11. "Commonplace" - 4:56


United States of America track listing:

  1. "Songline" - 3:18
  2. "I'll Never Know" - 4:56
  3. "Subway Dreaming" - 4:14
  4. "Say It Is So" - Tim Finn, Andy White - 2:43
  5. "What You've Done" - Tim Finn, Andy White & Liam O'Moanlai - 3:42
  6. "Sawdust & Splinters" - 3:58
  7. "Dead Man" - 3:58
  8. "Commonplace" - 4:56
  9. "Waiting For Your Moment" - 2:45
  10. "Party Was You" - 3:13
  11. "Incognito in California" - Phil Judd - 3:41

[edit] Miscellanea

Say It Is So is also the title of Finn's fifth solo album.

A radio edit was also done for "Incognito In California" but was not used on the Australia/New Zealand release.

[edit] Personnel

  • Tim Finn - (lead vocals, lead guitar)
  • Jay Joyce - (guitars)
  • John Walsh - (guitar technician)
  • Matt Eccles - (drums)
  • Mareea Paterson - (bass)
  • Don McGlashan - (euphonium)
  • Kirsten Morelle - (vocals)
  • Geoffrey Maddock - (vocals)
  • Janey Dunn - (facts & figures)