Recorded May – June 1975 Mental Notes
(1975) Second Thoughts
(1976) Release date 31 July 1975 | Length 44:17 Artist Split Enz Label White Cloud | |
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Released 31 July 1975 (Australia)
7 August 1975 (New Zealand) Studio Festival Records Studio 24, Sydney, Australia Producer David Russell, Split Enz Genres Progressive rock, Art rock Similar Split Enz albums, Other albums | ||
Split enz mental notes full album 1975
Mental Notes is the 1975 debut album by New Zealand art rock band Split Enz. The album cover was painted by band member Phil Judd. Original vinyl copies featured Phil saying "Make a mental note" in the runout groove of the record's second side, causing the phrase to be looped ad infinitum on manual turntables until the stylus is removed.
Contents
Track listing
* These songs were re-recorded for the Second Thoughts album.
† This version has Phil Judd singing lead vocals. An earlier version (found on The Beginning of the Enz) recorded in 1974 has Tim Finn singing lead.
Split Enz
Production
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History and features
The album was a moderate success on its release in July 1975. It sold 12,000 copies in Australia, reached #35 on the album chart for one week, and peaked at #7 in New Zealand. Much of the material derived from Tim Finn's and Phil Judd's fascination with the work of the renowned English writer and artist Mervyn Peake – notably Spellbound, the epic track Stranger Than Fiction (their concert centrepiece) and Titus, named after the hero of Peake's Gormenghast trilogy.
Songs
1Walking Down a Road5:26
2Under the Wheel7:50
3Amy (Darling)5:18