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.
Track listing Disc 1 "I Walk Away" (Neil Finn) – 4:43 "One Step Ahead" (N. Finn) – 3:34 "Bold as Brass" (Tim Finn, Robert Gillies) – 5:34 "Ninnie Knees Up" (Noel Crombie) – 3:39 "I See Red" (T. Finn) – 4:15 "Message to My Girl" (N. Finn) – 4:27 "I Hope I Never" (T. Finn) – 4:52 "Dirty Creature" (T. Finn, Nigel Griggs, N. Finn) – 5:57 "Hard Act to Follow" (T. Finn) – 3:08 "Time for a Change" (Phil Judd) – 3:57
Disc 2 "Strait Old Line" (N. Finn) – 4:16 "Walking Through the Ruins" (T. Finn) – 6:41 "Pioneer" (Eddie Rayner) – 2:01 "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (T. Finn, Split Enz) – 5:23 "Take a Walk" (N. Finn) – 4:20 "Small World" (T. Finn) – 4:57 "Lost for Words" (T. Finn, Griggs) – 3:42 "Years Go By" (N. Finn, Rayner) – 4:17 "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
CD 1 Recorded at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia, November 1984
CD 2 Tracks 1, 2 & 3 Recorded at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia, November 1984
Tracks 5, 6 & 7 Recorded at Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Australia, July 1982
Tracks 4, 8 & 9 Recorded at Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, December 1984
Charts Chart (1985/86) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report) NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. 88scope="row"
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