Split Enz discography

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**Split Enz discography**
Releases
↙Studio albums	9
↙Live albums	3
↙Compilation albums	11
↙Singles	32
↙B-sides	44
↙Video albums	7
↙Music videos	25
↙Tribute and cover albums	3

This is a complete discography listing for Split Enz, a New Zealand originated experimental rock-pop group. Their creative output includes several albums, singles, music videos, compilations as well as having albums pay tribute by other artists.

1 Albums
2 Songs
3 Videography
- 3.1 Video compilations
- 3.2 Music videos
4 Other works

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions				Notes
Year	Title	N.Z.	AUS	U.S.	U.K.	Notes
1975	Mental Notes	7	35	—	—	Debut album, released in Australia and New Zealand only.
1976	Second Thoughts	18	25	—	—	Final album with Phil Judd, first international release
1977	Dizrythmia	3	18	—	—	First album with Neil Finn
1979	Frenzy	13	24		—	Released in Australia and New Zealand only, first Split Enz album to sell gold in Australia (35,000+ units)
1980	True Colours	1	1	40	41
1981	Waiata	1	1	45	—	Released with the title Corroboree in Australia
1982	Time and Tide	1	1	58	71
1982	Frenzy			—		U.S. and Canadian release only
1983	Conflicting Emotions	3	13	137	—
1984	See Ya 'Round	5	29	—	—

Note: All studio albums and the greatest hits compilation Spellbound received a digitally remastered re-release on 20 May 2006 with limited edition digipaks and some containing bonus tracks. Frenzy and Corroboree were also remixed, with an altered running order.

[edit] Live albums

1985 The Living Enz NZ #9, Aus #88
1994 Anniversary
2005 Extravagenza NZ Heatseekers #7

[edit] Compilations

1979 The Beginning Of The Enz NZ #35
1982 Enz Of An Era NZ #1, Aus #8
1986 The Split Enz Collection 1973-1984 Aus #41
1987 History Never Repeats - The Best Of Split Enz NZ #9, Aus #64
1993 Oddz And Enz
1993 Rear Enz
1993 The Best Of Split Enz
1997 The Gold Collection (also issued as Stranger Than Fiction)
1997 Spellbound NZ #17
2006 The Collection - The Best Of The Early Years (UK)
2007 Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes

[edit] Fan Club specific

2001 I Like It Rare
2003 I Like It Rare 2
2005 I Like It Rare 3 - A Paul Hester Tribute
2007 I Like It Rare 4

[edit] Box sets

1993 Split Enz 1972-1979 (gold box set including Mental Notes, Second Thoughts, Dizrythmia, Frenzy, The Beginning Of The Enz and exclusive rarities collection Oddz And Enz, plus extensive history booklet)
1993 Split Enz 1980-1984 (silver box set including True Colours, Corroboree, Time And Tide, Conflicting Emotions, See Ya 'round and exclusive rarities collection Rear Enz, plus extensive history booklet).
2007 Enz to Enz - The Ultimate Split Enz Box Set

[edit] Semi-Official

2007 Live In America

[edit] Tribute albums

1996 ENZSO - A collection of Split Enz songs as performed by notable New Zealand artists such as Dave Dobbyn and Split Enz members Tim Finn and Neil Finn composed by Eddie Rayner and performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO).

1998 ENZSO 2 - A second collection of Split Enz songs alike ENZSO with different songs and performers with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

2005 She Will Have Her Way - A collection of songs written by Neil and Tim Finn, including several written and performed originally by Split Enz, performed by notable Australian and New Zealand artists such as Little Birdy, Goldenhorse, Missy Higgins and Lisa Miller.

[edit] Songs

[edit] Singles

Where available, chart positions are given for each country of release. A mark of " — " indicates the single was released in that country, but did not chart. Cells in dark grey indicate that the single was not released in that country.

Year	Title	Chart positions					Notes	from Album
Year	Title	N.Z.	AUS	CAN	U.S.	U.K.	Notes	from Album
1973	For You/Split Ends	—					As Split Ends	Non-album release
1973	Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song/129	—					As Split Ends	Non-album release
1975	No Bother To Me	—						Non-album release
1975	Maybe/Titus	—	—					Mental Notes
1976	Late Last Night/Time For A Change	—	#93					Second Thoughts
1976	Matinee Idyll/Lovey Dovey		—					Second Thoughts
1977	Another Great Divide/Stranger Than Fiction	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album release
	My Mistake/Cross Words	#21	#15	—	—	—		Dizrythmia
	Bold As Brass/Sugar And Spice	—	—	—	—	—		Dizrythmia
1978	I See Red/Hermit McDermitt; Message Boy	#43	#15	—	—	—		Frenzy
1979	Give It A Whirl/Frenzy	—	—					Frenzy
1979	Things/Semi Detached	—	—
1980	I Got You/Double Happy	#1	#1	#13	#53	#12		True Colours
	I Hope I Never/Hypnotised; Carried Away	#33	#18	—	—	—
	Nobody Takes Me Seriously				—	—
	What's The Matter With You			—
	One Step Ahead/In The Wars	#6	#5	#47	#104	—		Waiata
1981	Poor Boy				—	—		True Colours
	History Never Repeats/Holy Smoke	#5	#4	—	—	#63		Waiata
	I Don't Wanna Dance/Shark Attack; What’s The Matter With You	—	#65	—	—	—
	Hard Act to Follow			—
	"Iris"				—
1982	Dirty Creature/Make Sense Of It	#3	#6	—	—	—		Time and Tide
	Six Months in a Leaky Boat/Fire Drill	#7	#2	#7	#104	—
	I See Red/Never Ceases To Amaze Me		#50
	Hello Sandy Allen	—
1983	Next Exit/Two Of A Kind; Remember When		#47					Non-album release
1983	Strait Old Line/Parasite	#15	#42	—	—	—		Conflicting Emotions
1984	Message to My Girl/Kia Kaha	#28	#12	—	—	—
	I Wake Up Every Night/Conflicting Emotions		—
	I Walk Away/Overdrive	#13	#45					See Ya 'Round
	One Mouth Is Fed/This Is Massive	—	—					See Ya 'Round
		N.Z.	AUS	CAN	U.S.	U.K.

[edit] Reissued singles

Year	Title	Chart positions
Year	Title	NZ	AUS	CAN	US	UK
1989	I See Red	#27	#97
1997	I Got You		—
1999	History Never Repeats / I See Red	—

[edit] Unreleased songs

"Amsterdam"
"Bergen aan Zee" - Phil Judd (The bridge from this song was used in "History Never Repeats")
"Does Anyone Here Understand My Girlfriend?" - Paul Hester
"Eddie's Got The Horn" - Old Mill House jam
"Edible Flowers" - Tim Finn, Neil Finn (From the 1999 Split Enz sessions. Later released on the Finn Brothers album Everyone Is Here)
"Exaggerate" (aka "Exaggeration")
"Family Way" - Tim Finn
"Fascination"
"The First To Say Gone" - Neil Finn (Later morphed into "Catherine Wheels", released on the Crowded House album Together Alone)
"Get Out Of My Way" (aka "Headstrong")
"Going Back Tomorrow" - Old Mill House jam
"Hassle Malcolm" - instrumental
"Hidden Blessings" - Tim Finn?
"How Come" - Tim Finn
"The Instrumental" (aka "The Five Minute Wonder")
"Lawdy"
"Marks And Sparks"
"Murder" - Tim Finn
"My Darkest Day" - Neil Finn
"My Own Backyard" - Tim Finn
"The Old Mill House" - Old Mill House jam
"Outer Mongolia" - Tim Finn (partially recycled on "Murder" and 1982 B-side "Fire Drill")
"Platform Three" - Neil Finn
"Play It Strange" - Phil Judd (on promo CD)
"Prophecy" - Phil Judd
"Pus-head" - instrumental
"Sailing Away" - Tim Finn
"Sensational"
"Silent But Deadly" - Tim Finn, Neil Finn
"Snake Charm Boogie" - The Ninees (Neil Finn & Noel Crombie) (mentioned in Peter Green's online diary at frenz.com)
"Something So Strong" - Neil Finn (Later released as a single for Crowded House from the self titled album)
"Sooner The Better" - Mal Green
"Up Against A Brick Wall" - Tim Finn
"When the Spirit Moves Us" - Tim Finn
"Who's Got The Biggest Bumhole of Us All?" - Old Mill House jam
"You And Your Long Lost Lover" - Tim Finn
"Zodiatrical" - Unknown

[edit] Videography

[edit] Video compilations

Video cassette releases

1980 Live In Concert (aka True Colours live) - live TV studio performance produced for TV program Nightmoves
1982 Time and Tide Live - Canadian release
1987 History Never Repeats - The Best of Split Enz (U.S. version)
1989 History Never Repeats - The Best of Split Enz (Australia/New Zealand version)
1993 Split Enz 1972-1992 (repackage of Australia/New Zealand version of History Never Repeats)

DVD releases

2002 Split Enz
2007 One Out of the Bag - 2006 live concert performance at the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne - CD/DVD

[edit] Music videos

1975 "Spellbound"
1975 "Maybe"
1975 "So Long For Now"
1976 "Late Last Night" (Full colour version)
1976 "Late Last Night" (Colour and sepia version)
1976 "Sweet Dreams"
1976 "Lovey Dovey"
1977 "My Mistake"
1977 "Bold as Brass"
1977 "Jamboree"
1978 "I See Red"
1978 "Hermit McDermitt"
1978 "Famous People"
1978 "She Got Body She Got Soul"
1979 "Give It a Whirl"
1979 "Things"
1980 "I Got You"
1980 "I Hope I Never"
1980 "One Step Ahead"
1981 "History Never Repeats"
1981 "I Don't Wanna Dance"
1982 "Dirty Creature"
1982 "Six Months in a Leaky Boat"
1982 "Never Ceases to Amaze Me"
1983 "Next Exit"
1983 "Strait Old Line"
1984 "Message to My Girl"
1984 "I Walk Away"
1989 "I See Red" (live)

[edit] Other works

Enzology

Enzology [1] is a ten-part radio documentary about Split Enz produced by Jeremy Ansell for Radio New Zealand. The program originally aired in Australia and New Zealand in 2005. The companion website used the cover art as design inspiration, and is currently (Jan/Feb 2008) hosting a podcast of all ten episodes.

v • d • e

Split Enz

Noel Crombie · Neil Finn · Tim Finn · Malcolm Green · Nigel Griggs · Eddie Rayner

Lineup chronology

October 1972 - February 1973

February 1973 - Early 1974

Early 1974 - June 1974

July 1974 - September 1974

October 1974 - November 1975

November 1975 - November 1976

November 1976 – April 1977

April 1977 - December 1977

January 1978 - February 1978

March 1978 - May 1981

May 1981 - November 1983

December 1983 - June 1984

June 1984 - December 1984

Studio albums

Mental Notes · Second Thoughts · Dizrythmia · Frenzy · True Colours · Waiata · Time and Tide · Conflicting Emotions · See Ya 'Round

Compilations

The Beginning of the Enz · Enz of an Era · The Split Enz Collection 1973 – 1984 · History Never Repeats - The Best Of Split Enz · Oddz and Enz · Rear Enz · The Best of Split Enz · The Gold Collection · Spellbound · The Collection: The Best of the Early Years · Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes

Live albums

The Living Enz · Anniversary · Extravagenza

Singles