She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn [Limited Edition] [Import]

Product Description
Very limited special edition double disc version with all of the new recordings on one disc and the original recording, from Split Enz, Crowded House, Tim Finn and the Finn Brothers on the other. She Will Have Her Way is a unique album that features Australia and New Zealand's finest female singer/songwriters paying tribute to the genius songwriting of Tim & Neil Finn, two of the most successful and renowned songwriters of our time. They have penned countless classic and timeless songs throughout their solo careers as well as during their time in Split Enz and Crowded House. Capitol. 2005.

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She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn [Limited Edition] [Import]

Average customer rating: Cripes! Good idea but ruined by a couple of the girls Not Since "The Sundays..." Best CD I ever bought! Simply Amazing!!!! Fantastic Stuff

She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn Various Artists Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Farewell to the World Time on Earth One Nil Finn Imaginary Kingdom ASIN: B000B668TA Release Date: 2005-10-03

Tracks:

1. Fall At Your Feet - Clare Bowditch
2. Stuff And Nonsense - Missy Higgins
3. I'll Never Know - Goldenhorse
4. Into Temptation - Renee Geyer
5. Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Little Birdy
6. Better Be Home Soon - Kasey Chambers
7. Distant Sun - Brooke Fraser
8. Not The Girl You Think You Are - Holly Throsby
9. I Hope I Never - Lisa MIller
10. Don't Dream It's Over - Sarah Blasko
11. One Step Ahead - Amiel
12. Four Seasons In One Day - New Buffalo
13. Won't Give In - Sara Storer
14. Pineapple Head - Natalie Imbruglia
15. Persuasion - Stellar
16. Charlie - Sophie Koh

Album Description

September 2005 will see the release of 'she will have her way', a unique album that features australia's and new zealand's finest female singer/songwriters paying tribute to the genius songwriting of tim & neil finn. Neil & tim are two of the most successful and renowned songwriters of our time. They have penned countless classic and timeless songs throughout their solo careers as well as during their time in split enz and crowded house. With all of the participating artists (including kasey chambers, missy higgins, renee geyer, holly throsby, sarah blasko, new buffalo, sara storer and natalie imbruglia), choosing songs that resonated personally for them, it is an album that celebrates the complexity, diversity and longevity of the finns and their songs. The album will be released initially in two formats, a single disc of the new recordings and as a very limited special edition double-disc version with all of the new recordings on one disc and the original recordings, from split enz, crowded house and the finn brothers on the other. 2005.

Album Details

A Unique Album that features Australia's and New Zealand's Finest Female Singer/Songwriters Paying Tribute to the Songwriting Genius of Tim and Neil Finn, Two of the Most Successful and Renowned Songwriters of Our Time. They have Penned Countless Classic and Timeless Songs Throughout their Solo Careers, their Duo Career as Well as During their Tenure in Both Split Enz and Crowded House. All of the Participating Artists Chose to Record Songs that Resonated Personally the Whole of this Album Celebrates the Complexity, Diversity and Longevity of the Finns and their Music.

Customer Reviews:

Cripes! Good idea but ruined by a couple of the girls.......2006-05-29

Potentially, this is a great idea - a group of women interpreting Split Enz and Crowded House songs. It should have worked and been a magnificent and thoughtful album. And yet.... it isn't.
The women who sing on this album are merely "going through the motions" and in some cases, they seem to be passing motions! (see Kasey Chamber and Little Birdie) The songs are performed in ways which reduce them to fashion store jingles and "filler". Kasey Chambers' rendition of "You Better Be Home Soon" is, as always, execrable and her abrasive, coarse and amateurish voice, complete with a faux American accent, is the kiss of death to this song. Little Birdie is just as bad and one feels like reaching for the air-rifle when hearing her on this disc. Her "Six Months In a Leaky Boat" makes one wish that the holes had only been a little bigger and the boat had been scuttled at sea.

The other interpreters have all done better work elsewhere and, if anything, all this disc proves is that many of these songs haven't travelled as well as one would have otherwise thought.

Am I the only person in the world who thought that Crowded House was dull? Split Enz were gods, but only before Neil Finn turned them into AOR fluff!

Not Since "The Sundays...".......2006-03-27

Not since The Sundays "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic"! An absolutely wonderful collection of truly fine songs. Please, please give it more than a casual listen to, once through. If you are not captivated by the third play, you can always go back to American radio.

Best CD I ever bought!.......2006-03-26

I hadn't heard most of The Neil Brother's songs, only the popular ones such as True Colours, and now I have gone through all my parents CD's to find them! A truly wonderful CD my current Fav. I love Stuff and Nonsense and especially Fall at Your Feet.

Simply Amazing!!!!.......2006-03-10

It was just a pleasure to hear the interpretations of these songs.

I would give it 5 stars because I am such a huge fan, but I just didn't think a few tracks were in the spirit of the originals.

In my humble opinion, the best tracks are Fall At Your Feet, Distant Sun, Six Months In A Leaky Boat, and a great rendition of Won't Give In.

In all these are great arrangements by wonderful talent and I dare to say that those tracks above equal the originals.....

Fantastic Stuff.......2005-11-09

I'm a big Finn brothers fan, and love their work! As it seems do these well known Aussie and Kiwi female artists. Highlights for mine are New Buffalo's interpretation of Four Seasons In One Day, as well as Little Birdy's, Amiel's, Lisa Miller's and Clair Bowditch's tracks. Not a big fan of Natalie Imbruglia's contribution, but it is an otherwise outstanding C.D- especially the limited edition one- my c.d shop ran out of copies quick smart! Get One!!!!!

Average customer rating: SEX CHANGES DOWN UNDER A Lost Opportunity Friends of Finn enz and house buy this

She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn Various Artists Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Calling Farewell to the World Time on Earth Don't Stop Now Imaginary Kingdom ASIN: B000BB035K Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

1. Fall at Your Feet - Clare Bowditch
2. Stuff and Nonsense - Missy Higgins
3. I'll Never Know
4. Into Temptation - Renee Geyer
5. Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Little Birdy
6. Better Be Home Soon - Kasey Chambers
7. Distant Sun - Brooke Fraser
8. Not the Girl You Think You Are - Holly Throsby
9. I Hope I Never - Lisa Miller
10. Don't Dream It's Over - Sarah Blasko
11. One Step Ahead
12. Four Seasons in One Day - New Buffalo
13. Won't Give In - Sara Storer
14. Pineapple Head - Natalie Imbruglia
15. Persuasion
16. Charlie - Sophie Koh

Tracks:

1. Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House
2. Stuff and Nonsense - Split Enz
3. I'll Never Know - Tim Finn
4. Into Temptation - Crowded House
5. Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Split Enz
6. Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
7. Distant Sun - Crowded House
8. Not the Girl You Think You Are - Crowded House
9. I Hope I Never - Split Enz
10. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
11. One Step Ahead - Split Enz
12. Four Seasons in One Day - Crowded House
13. Won't Give In
14. Pineapple Head - Crowded House
15. Persuasion - Tim Finn
16. Charlie - Split Enz

Album Description

Very limited special edition double disc version with all of the new recordings on one disc and the original recording, from Split Enz, Crowded House, Tim Finn and the Finn Brothers on the other. She Will Have Her Way is a unique album that features Australia and New Zealand's finest female singer/songwriters paying tribute to the genius songwriting of Tim & Neil Finn, two of the most successful and renowned songwriters of our time. They have penned countless classic and timeless songs throughout their solo careers as well as during their time in Split Enz and Crowded House. Capitol. 2005.

Album Details

A Unique Album that features Australia's and New Zealand's Finest Female Singer/Songwriters Paying Tribute to the Songwriting Genius of Tim and Neil Finn, Two of the Most Successful and Renowned Songwriters of Our Time. They have Penned Countless Classic and Timeless Songs Throughout their Solo Careers, their Duo Career as Well as During their Tenure in Both Split Enz and Crowded House. All of the Participating Artists Chose to Record Songs that Resonated Personally the Whole of this Album Celebrates the Complexity, Diversity and Longevity of the Finns and their Music. This Very Limited Special Edition Double-disc Edition Includes all the Tribute Tracks on Disc One and a Second Disc with all the Original Recordings from Split Enz, Crowded House and the Finn Brothers Themselves!

Customer Reviews:

SEX CHANGES DOWN UNDER.......2007-03-15

Brothers Tim and Neil Finn individually, collectively and as leaders of their own bands (Tim - Split Enz, Neil - Crowded House) have arguably accumulated one of the top catalogs of songs in Australian music. This CD takes the cream of this catalog and puts it in the mouths of some of the top female singer/songwriters and female fronted bands of Australia and New Zealand. Few of the names will ring any bells to statesiders besides Natalie Imbruglia and, for some, Kasey Chambers and Sara Storer. But don't don't let lack of familiarity with the artists deter you.

The concept almost works. While no indivdual song is bad there is an ongoing sense of being overly respectful as if these songs were museum pieces. Very few of the artists seem to be willing to put their own stamp on the songs. The winner in this derby is Sarah Blasko who takes the wistfull "Don't Dream It's Over" and makes it almost funereal, complete with choir. Kasey Chambers turns "Better Be Home Soon" into a country lullabye and New Buffalo scores strongly with an updated "Four Seasons In One Day." You will remember this CD fondly because it saves the best for last, finally fulfilling its potential with the last three covers, Natalie Imbruglia's "Pineapple Head," "Stellar's "Persuasion" and Sophie Koh's rousing "Wake Up Charlie" which would have made more sense kickstarting the CD as the first song rather than finishing it.

And then, when you're done listening to these ladies, you can slip CD2 into your player and listen to the originals and make your own judgments.

A Lost Opportunity.......2005-10-20

I was disappointed by "She Will Have Her Way: The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn." It's cool to have Tim & Neil stuff covered in principle, but the remake artists don't seem to "get" the original songs. For example, Renee Geyer turned Neil's "Into Temptation"-a deeply personal confession full of fear and overwhelming desire-into an overproduced R&B club number that feels like temptation is a simple matter of justifying a guilty pleasure. This is fine and valid as a concept and all, except when applied to Neil's lyrics. How can you scratch and croon the lyrics "straight into the arms of Hell"? And having the backup chorus kind of undoes the sense that it's a deeply personal issue. Anyway, it misses the point of the song and robs it of all of its power. (Oh, and it would have been COOL if she had gone for the gusto and actually remade it as a full on Southern Baptist gospel number, but missed the boat on that one.)

Several of the tracks, like Little Birdy's guitary "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" Missy Higgins' earnest "Stuff and Nonsense", and Sara Storer's accented "Won't Give In" are competent and charming, but do nothing to make the music their own. Even when well handled, I think I'd rather just hear the originals. And since Finn fans are presumably the target audience here, I think they might as well.

Perhaps the most grievous misuse of the music comes when Brooke Fraser, admirably carrying a mostly-acoustic version of "Distant Sun" to its climax, simply OMITS the lines "Like a Christian/Fearing vengeance from above," letting the band continue along without her for the two measures. The absence of lyrics (and the rhyme) is distracting and glaring. It becomes the entire focus of the song. The absence of those particular lyrics reads like some stupid protest by omission. This is the place to celebrate the brother's music, to reconsider it, not to protest it. What makes it worse is that it's otherwise one of the best tracks on the album, but you can't get past that giant hole she cut in the center.

Between these misunderstandings, protests, and simple rerecordings, I find myself returning to the originals instead.

Friends of Finn enz and house buy this.......2005-10-17

The idea that one can completely transform a song by changing the gender of the performer is not novel. That so many that love the Finn Brothers can add their musical notions and come out the other side is not surprising considering the source material. The only thing missing from this compilation would have been renditions by Lisa Germano, Bic Runga and Sheryl Crow, and other woman artists who have performed with Neil, or Tim or the the bands.

Dave

Average customer rating:

She Will Have Her Way-the Songs of Tim & Neil Finn ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Time on Earth Farewell to the World Escapade Before & After Imaginary Kingdom ASIN: B000CMNGP2 Release Date: 2006-02-21

Album Description

She Will Have Her Way is a unique album that features Australia and New Zealand's finest female singer/songwriters paying tribute to the genius songwriting of Tim & Neil Finn, two of the most successful and renowned songwriters of our time. They have penned countless classic and timeless songs throughout their solo careers as well as during their time in Split Enz and Crowded House. Features outstanding performances and reinterpretations by Missy Higgins, Rene Geyer, Kasey Chambers, Brooke Fraser, Natalie Imbruglia and more. 16 tracks. EMI. 2006.

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