One Nil

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One Nil
One Nil (Neil Finn album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 2001
Genre Rock, Alternative
LengthOne Nil: 48:46
One All: 49:00
Label Parlophone
Producer Tchad Blake
Neil Finn
Mitchell Froom
Neil Finn chronology
Sessions at West 54th
(2000)
One Nil
(2001)
7 Worlds Collide
(2001)
Alternate release
One All (Neil Finn album - cover art).jpg
Released in United States as One All.
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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One Nil, released in 2001, is the second solo album by New Zealand singer-songwriter, Neil Finn. When released in the United States the following year, the album had a slightly different track listing and was issued under the name One All. [4]

Contents

Overview

Following the release of his debut solo effort Try Whistling This in 1998, singer-songwriter Neil Finn followed up by releasing the less adventurous [4] album One Nil in 2001. The album features guest musicians Sheryl Crow, Lisa Germano and Crowded House's album producer Mitchell Froom. The album was released in the United States fourteen months after its initial New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australian release with the altered title One All and also contained an altered track listing, featuring four remixed songs and added the songs "Lullaby Requiem" and "Human Kindness", replacing "Elastic Heart" and "Don't Ask Why".

Track listings

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

One Nil

  1. "The Climber" – 4:13
  2. "Rest of the Day Off" (Finn, Wendy Melvoin, Tchad Blake) – 3:49
  3. "Hole in the Ice" (Finn, Lisa Coleman) – 4:11
  4. "Wherever You Are" – 4:46
  5. "Last to Know" (Finn, Melvoin) – 3:02
  6. "Don't Ask Why" (Finn, Melvoin) – 3:54
  7. "Secret God" (Finn, Melvoin) – 5:27
  8. "Turn and Run" – 3:46
  9. "Elastic Heart" – 4:00
  10. "Anytime" – 3:24
  11. "Driving Me Mad" – 3:58
  12. "Into the Sunset" – 4:12

One All

Tracks 1 and 9 ("The Climber" and "Turn and Run") contained an alternative mix to the One Nil version. Tracks 2 and 3 ("Driving Me Mad" and "Hole in the Ice") were remixed by Bob Clearmountain. [5]

  1. "The Climber" (New mix) – 4:15
  2. "Driving Me Mad" (Bob Clearmountain mix) – 3:56
  3. "Hole in the Ice" (Bob Clearmountain mix) – 4:06
  4. "Last to Know" – 2:59
  5. "Wherever You Are" – 4:42
  6. "Secret God" – 5:24
  7. "Lullaby Requiem" – 3:44
  8. "Human Kindness" – 4:41
  9. "Turn and Run" (New mix) – 3:41
  10. "Anytime" – 3:23
  11. "Rest of the Day Off" – 3:57
  12. "Into the Sunset" – 4:12

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 9
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 29

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Rolling Stone review
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes review
  4. 1 2 "One Nil - Neil Finn". iTunes. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 22 September 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "One All - Neil Finn". iTunes. 21 May 2002. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
  6. "Australiancharts.com – Neil Finn – One Nil". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  7. "Charts.nz – Neil Finn – One Nil". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  8. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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