Try Whistling This

Infobox Album
Name = Try Whistling This
Type = studio
Artist = Neil Finn


Background = orange
Released = June 15 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock, ambient
Length =
Label = Parlophone
Producer = Tchad Blake & Marius DeVries
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kcfwxqrjld0e link]
Last album =
This album = "Try Whistling This"
(1998)
Next album = "Sessions at West 54th"
(2000)

"Try Whistling This" is the debut solo album released in 1998 by New Zealand singer/songwriter Neil Finn. The Japanese version of the album has a bonus track called "Tokyo", which also appears on the UK release of the single "Sinner".cite web|url=http://www.frenz.com/neilfinn/releases.html|title=neil finn . music|accessdate=2007-09-22|publisher=Frenz.com] Special editions of the Australian CD contained a bonus CD with six extra tracks which were used as the B-Sides for the singles released from the album.

Overview

Following the breakup of his second band Crowded House in 1996, Neil Finn set out to begin a solo career, having only ever performed in bands from when he was a teenager. This album was lauded by critics as being a vast departure from the Crowded House work, which was considered mainstream alternative-folk rock music, while this was experimental, more akin to his earlier work with Split Enz, while still remaining distinct from that music also.

Track listing

# "Last One Standing"
# "Souvenir"
# "King Tide"
# "Try Whistling This"
# "She Will Have Her Way"
# "Sinner"
# "Twisty Bass"
# "Loose Tongue"
# "Truth"
# "Astro"
# "Dream Date"
# "Faster Than Light"
# "Addicted"

Chart positions

References

succession box
before = "City of Angels (soundtrack)"
by Various artists
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = June 28 - July 11 1998
after = "Hello Nasty" by Beastie Boys