Split Enz discography

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Split Enz discography
Studio albums10
Live albums5
Compilation albums13
Video albums7
Music videos25
Singles32
B-sides44
Tribute albums5

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.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN UK
[3]
US
[4]
Mental Notes
  • Released: July 1975
  • Label: White Cloud (WCL 101)
735
Second Thoughts (titled Mental Notes in Europe and North America)
  • Released: August 1976
  • Label: Mushroom (L 35981)
1825
Dizrythmia
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: Mushroom (L 36347)
318
Frenzy
  • Released: February 1979
  • Label: Mushroom (L 36768)
132449
True Colours
  • Released: June 1980
  • Label: Mushroom (L 37167)
11103840
Waiata (titled Corroboree in Australia)
  • Released: March 1981
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53001)
111745
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum [7]
Time and Tide
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53012)
1147158
  • NZ: 2× Platinum [7]
  • AUS: Platinum [11]
  • CAN: Platinum [7]
Conflicting Emotions
  • Released: November 1983
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53107)
313137
  • RIANZ: Platinum [6]
See Ya 'Round
  • Released: October 1984
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 53146)
529
  • RIANZ: Platinum [6]

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1]
AUS
[2] [12]
The Living Enz
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 55007/8)
988
  • RIANZ: Gold [6]
Anniversary
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Mushroom (D 98010)
  • Recorded in New Zealand during Split Enz's Twentieth Anniversary Tour in March 1993.
Extravagenza /Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Liberation Blue (BLUE120.5)
  • Reissued and expanded version of Anniversary
Live in America
  • Released: 2007 (Europe only)
  • Label: The Store for Music (SFMCD044)
  • Recorded in October 1980
Live, Alive Oh
  • Released: July 2017
  • Label: Liberation Music (LMCD0326)
  • Recorded in New Zealand during Split Enz's Twentieth Anniversary Tour in March 1993 & NZ Farewell Tour Vector Arena 2008
91

Compilations

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1]
AUS
[2]
The Beginning of the Enz
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: Mushroom (L 37132)
  • Recorded 1973–1974
35
Beginning of the Enz
  • Released: December 1980 (UK only)
  • Label: Chrysalis (CHR 1329)
  • Different album to 1979 album of the same name
Enz of an Era
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Mushroom (RML 52027)
18
  • RIANZ: Platinum [13]
  • AUS: Platinum [11]
The Split Enz Collection 1973-1984
  • Released: June 1987 (Australia only)
  • Label: Concept (CC 0050)
41
History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz
  • Released: 1987 (US), 1989 (New Zealand & Australia)
  • Label: A&M (SP-3289)
    Mushroom (L 30222)
962
  • RIANZ: 5× Platinum [6]
  • ARIA: Gold [2]
Oddz and Enz
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Mushroom
  • Singles, rarities, demos and live recordings 1975–1979
  • Exclusive to the box set Split Enz 1972–1979
Rear Enz
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Mushroom
  • Singles, rarities, demos and live recordings 1980–1984
  • Exclusive to the box set Split Enz 1980–1984
The Best of Split Enz
  • Released: 1993 (UK & US only)
  • Label: Chrysalis (CDP 528409)
Spellbound
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Mushroom (MUSH33015.2)
175
  • RIANZ: 2× Platinum [6]
  • ARIA: Platinum [2]
Stranger Than Fiction: The Gold Collection
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: DISKY (724348828828)
  • Budget release
Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond
(with various artists)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Raven Records (RVCD-100)
  • Split Enz & related artists/bands compilation
History Never Repeats: The Best of Split Enz
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Mushroom (33619-2)
  • Expanded and remastered edition of earlier release of the same name
56
The Collection – The Best of the Early Years
  • Released: 2006 (UK only)
  • Label: EMI Gold (09463566862 9)
  • Budget release
Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes
  • Released: 10 November 2007
  • Label: Warner Music Australia (5144241092)
  • A collection of demos made in 1978

Box sets

List of box sets, with selected details
TitleDetails
Split Enz 1972–1979
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Mushroom (D80940)
  • Details: 6×CD (Mental Notes, Second Thoughts, Dizrythmia, Frenzy, The Beginning of the Enz and exclusive Oddz and Enz)
Split Enz 1980–1984
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Mushroom (D80946)
  • Details: 6×CD (True Colours, Corroboree, Time and Tide, Conflicting Emotions, See Ya 'Round and exclusive Rear Enz)
Enz to Enz - The Ultimate Split Enz Box Set
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Mushroom, Warner Music (5144255272)
  • Details: 11×CD (Mental Notes, Second Thoughts, Dizrythmia, Frenzy, The Beginning of the Enz, True Colours, Corroboree, Time and Tide, Conflicting Emotions, See Ya 'Round and Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes, the last of which was initially exclusive to this box set)

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected details and certifications
TitleDetailsCertification
Live in Concert
  • Released: 1980
  • Label:
History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Mushroom
1972–1992
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Mushroom
Split Enz
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Festival Mushroom
One Out of the Bag
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Warner Music Entertainment

Tribute albums

List of tribute albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[1] [16]
AUS
[2] [17]
ENZSO
(by Enzso)
24
  • RIANZ: Platinum [18]
  • ARIA: Platinum [19]
ENZSO 2
(by Enzso)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Epic (492852.2)
  • Notes: A second collection of Split Enz songs with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
25
She Will Have Her Way
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: EMI, Capitol (09463404952 8)
  • Notes: A collection of songs written by Neil and Tim Finn, performed by Australian and New Zealand female artists
43
  • RIANZ: Platinum [20]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum [21]
  • The album has sold over 350,000 copies [22]
He Will Have His Way
  • Released: 12 November 2010
  • Label: EMI, Capitol (9471022)
  • Notes: A collection of songs written by Neil and Tim Finn, performed by Australian and New Zealand male artists.
5
They Will Have Their Way
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: EMI (7305842)
  • Notes: A compilation of She and He with additional tracks
31
True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz
  • Released: 12 February 2021 [24]
  • Label: Warner (5419709451)
  • Notes: A compilation of True Colours reimagined and recorded by Australian and New Zealand artists.
39
[25]
Shades and Echoes
(by Forenzics)
  • Released: 5 February 2022 [24]
  • Label: Warner
  • Notes: Debut album of a new project from Tim Finn & Eddie Rayner, reimagining old songs.

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.

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions
TitleYearChart positionsAlbum
NZ
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN UK
[3]
US
[26]
"For You"
(released as Split Ends)
1973Non-album releases
"Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song"
(released as Split Ends)
"No Bother to Me"1975
"Maybe" Mental Notes
"Late Last Night"197693Non-album release
"Matinee Idyll" Second Thoughts
"Another Great Divide"1977Non-album release
"My Mistake"2115 Dizrythmia
"Bold as Brass"
"I See Red"19784315 Frenzy
"Give It a Whirl"1979
"Things"Non-album release
"I Got You"198011131253 True Colours
"I Hope I Never"3318
"Nobody Takes Me Seriously"
"What's the Matter with You"
"Poor Boy"
"One Step Ahead"6517104 Waiata
"History Never Repeats"19815463
"I Don't Wanna Dance"65
"Hard Act to Follow"
"Iris"
"Dirty Creature"198236 Time and Tide
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"72783104
"Never Ceases to Amaze Me"50
"Hello Sandy Allen"
"Next Exit"198347Non-album release
"Strait Old Line"1542 Conflicting Emotions
"Message to My Girl"19842812
"I Wake Up Every Night"
"I Walk Away"1345 See Ya 'Round
"One Mouth Is Fed"
"I See Red" (re-release)19892775History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz

See also

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