Say It Is So

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Say It Is So
Say It Is So.jpg
Studio album by
Released1999
Genre Pop
Length42:21
Label Sonny's Pop Records
Producer Jay Joyce
Tim Finn chronology
Steel City
(1998)
Say It Is So
(1999)
Together in Concert: Live
(2000)
Singles from Say It Is So
  1. "Twinkle"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
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EW B+ [2]

Say It Is So is the fifth studio album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn.

Contents

After the release of 1993's Before & After Finn was left without a record company. He met producer Jay Joyce in Nashville, in 1998 with whom he worked. No record company was interested in the album so he released it independently.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Finn, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Underwater Mountain"3:56
2."Shiver" (Marie Azcona, Finn)4:21
3."Good Together" (Azcona, Finn)3:15
4."Roadtrip" (Azcona, Finn)3:25
5."Currents"3:50
6."Need to Be Right"4:32
7."Twinkle" (Azcona, Finn)3:30
8."Big Wave Rider"3:20
9."Death of a Popular Song"4:23
10."Some Dumb Reason"3:03
11."Rest" (Finn, George Upu, Traditional)4:39

In the track Some Dumb Reason there is the line "feeding the gods". This became the title of Finn's next album (and continues a long-standing continuity theme of Split Enz, Crowded House and Neil and Tim Finn albums using phrases from their other songs). In contrast, the Feeding the Gods album also contained a song entitled Say It Is So.

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r459954
  2. Morgan, Laura (10 March 2000). "Say It Is So". Review. EW. Retrieved 26 September 2012.