![]() ![]() “Elastic Heart” is too muddy and irritating for these ears, redeemed by the superior mix of “Anytime”. The mild prayer “Secret God” is a step in the right direction, sounding more like a band, with those underwater guitars leading to a mysterious ending, but “Turn And Run” is a standout, with Sheryl Crow actually on pitch and suitably mixed. “Last To Know” is a nice little strum, but “Don’t Ask Why” is noisy and fairly obnoxious, sticking out of the middle. “Wherever You Are” also appears to be built up from a home demo, and it rolls along inoffensively. “Hole In The Ice” starts out abrasively, but has another wonderful Neil Finn chorus to redeem it. “The Climber” is a cheerful little number seemingly sung from the point of view of a man stranded in an avalanche, going seamlessly via drum machine into the much more homey “Rest Of The Day Off”. ![]() The album isn’t as experimental as Try Whistling This, but it’s still not enough for him to merely write the songs he’s just as concerned with making records, so production peppers the aural landscape. It’s always sad when an established artist can’t get his or her records distributed in America, but that’s what happened to Neil Finn’s One Nil, despite the presence in the studio of Sheryl Crow, as well as Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, who also co-wrote some of the songs. ![]()
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