The Living Enz

The Living Enz was the first live album released by New Zealand rock band Split Enz. Primarily recorded in Melbourne, Australia during the band's 1984 Enz with a Bang farewell tour, it also includes some material from the Auckland shows of that tour, plus recordings from the band's 1982 Time and Tide tour.

The Living Enz
Live album by Split Enz
Released	December 1985
Recorded	1982, 1984
Genre	rock music
Label	Mushroom Records
Producer	Eddie Rayner & Nigel Griggs
Split Enz chronology
See Ya Round (1984) The Living Enz (1985) The Split Enz Collection 1973-1984 (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "I Walk Away" (Neil Finn) – 4:43
2. "One Step Ahead" (N. Finn) – 3:34
3. "Bold as Brass" (Tim Finn, Robert Gillies) – 5:34
4. "Ninnie Knees Up" (Noel Crombie) – 3:39
5. "I See Red" (T. Finn) – 4:15
6. "Message to My Girl" (N. Finn) – 4:27
7. "I Hope I Never" (T. Finn) – 4:52
8. "Dirty Creature" (T. Finn, Nigel Griggs, N. Finn) – 5:57
9. "Hard Act to Follow" (T. Finn) – 3:08
10. "Time for a Change" (Phil Judd) – 3:57

Disc 2

1. "Strait Old Line" (N. Finn) – 4:16
2. "Walking Through the Ruins" (T. Finn) – 6:41
3. "Pioneer" (Eddie Rayner) – 2:01
4. "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (T. Finn, Split Enz) – 5:23
5. "Take a Walk" (N. Finn) – 4:20
6. "Small World" (T. Finn) – 4:57
7. "Lost for Words" (T. Finn, Griggs) – 3:42
8. "Years Go By" (N. Finn, Rayner) – 4:17
9. "Charlie" (T. Finn) – 5:47

Personnel

• Tim Finn: vocals & keyboards
• Neil Finn: guitar & vocals
• Eddie Rayner: keyboards
• Noel Crombie: percussion & drums (Lead vocals on "Ninnie Knees Up") (guitar freak out)
• Nigel Griggs: bass guitar
• Paul Hester: drums & vocals (on all tracks except CD 2 tracks 5, 6 & 7)

Production

• Produced by Eddie Rayner & Nigel Griggs
• Remix Engineers: Ross Cockle (AAV Studios) & Martin Pullan (Platinum Studios)

CD 1

• Recorded at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia, November 1984
• Engineered by Tim Kramer

CD 2
Tracks 1, 2 & 3

• Recorded at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia, November 1984
• Engineered by Tim Kramer

Tracks 5, 6 & 7

• Recorded at Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, July 1982
• Engineered by Jim Barton

Tracks 4, 8 & 9

• Recorded at Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, December 1984
• Engineered by Paul Streekstra

100% live – no overdubs added

Chart positions

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia[2]	88
New Zealand[3]	9

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W. (1993). ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
3. "New Zealand Charts". Retrieved 11 November 2010.