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Say It Is So

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Say It Is So
Studio album by
Released1999
GenrePop
Length42:21
LabelSonny's Pop Records
ProducerJay 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
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
EWB+[2]

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

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

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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

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  • Tim Finn - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Jay Joyce - guitars, keyboards, sounds
  • Chris Feinstein - bass
  • Ken Coomer - drums
  • Giles Reaves - drums on Underwater Mountain, Shiver, Twinkle, Rest

Additional personnel

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  • Bruce Bouton - pedal steel
  • Matt Johnson - drums on Currents
  • Kalai Lam - ukulele, log drum, nose flute on Currents
  • Laurence Maddy - guitar on Shiver
  • Julie Miller - backing vocals
  • Jackie Orsazky - second bass guitar & string arrangement on Underwater Mountain

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r459954
  2. ^ Morgan, Laura (10 March 2000). "Say It Is So". Review. EW. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2012.