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For the Māori word for "song" (Waiata), see Māori music.

Waiata (Corroboree)
Waiata.jpg
New Zealand release
Studio album by Split Enz
ReleasedMarch 1981
RecordedAAV Studios, Melbourne, 1980
GenreNew wave
Length37:20
LabelMushroom (Australia and New Zealand)
A&M (Rest of world)
ProducerDavid Tickle
Split Enz chronology
True Colours
(1980)		Waiata (Corroboree)
(1981)		Time and Tide
(1982)
Alternative cover
Australian release
Australian release
Alternative cover
International release
International release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars link
Robert ChristgauC+[1]

Waiata is the sixth studio album by New Zealand new wave band Split Enz, released in March 1981. Its Australian release was titled Corroboree. Waiata is the Māori term for song and singing, while corroboree is an Aboriginal term. According to Noel Crombie the intention was to name the album using a word from the natives of every country it was released in. This did not go ahead and the only country to adopt this change was Australia. The rest of the world kept the New Zealand title Waiata.

The songs "History Never Repeats" and "One Step Ahead" were among the first music videos aired on MTV when the cable television channel launched in the United States in 1981.[2]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Tim Finn, except where noted. Side one:

  1. "Hard Act to Follow" – 3:17
  2. "One Step Ahead" (Neil Finn) – 2:52
  3. "I Don't Wanna Dance" – 3:34
  4. "Iris" (N. Finn) – 2:50
  5. "Wail" (Eddie Rayner) – 2:49
  6. "Clumsy" – 3:29

Side two:

  1. "History Never Repeats" (N. Finn) – 3:00
  2. "Walking Through the Ruins" – 4:15
  3. "Ships" (N. Finn) – 3:01
  4. "Ghost Girl" – 4:26
  5. "Albert of India" (Rayner) – 4:03

2006 remaster[edit]

All songs written by Tim Finn, except where noted.

  1. "Hard Act to Follow" – 3:21
  2. "History Never Repeats" (N. Finn) – 2:59
  3. "I Don't Wanna Dance" – 3:34
  4. "One Step Ahead" (Neil Finn) – 2:51
  5. "Walking Through the Ruins" – 4:07
  6. "Wail" (Eddie Rayner) – 3:09
  7. "Iris" (N. Finn) – 2:51
  8. "Clumsy" – 3:32
  9. "Ghost Girl" – 4:39
  10. "Ships" (N. Finn) – 3:03
  11. "Albert of India" (Rayner) – 4:14
  12. "In the Wars" – 3:33

Personnel[edit]

Split Enz[edit]

  • Tim Finn – vocals
  • Neil Finn – vocals, guitar
  • Noel Crombie – percussion
  • Malcolm Green – drums
  • Nigel Griggs – bass
  • Edward Rayner – vocals, keyboards
  • International Management – Nathan D. Brenner

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]1
Canada[4]17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]1
USA (Billboard 200)[6]45

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7]10

See also[edit]

  • List of Top 25 albums for 1981 in Australia

Certifications and sales[edit]

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8][9]Platinum50,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[10]Platinum100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Waiata". Robert Christgau.
  2. ^ "The First 50 Music Videos Ever Played on MTV". DataLounge.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  4. ^ "RPM Canadian Charts". Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – Split Enz – Waiata". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ^ "All Music Guide". Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 433. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ "Major fight economics with quirky rock originals". Billboard. 12 June 1982.
  9. ^ "WAIATA / CORROBOREE Split Enz". progarchives. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Split Enz – Part Two - The Eighties". AudioCulture. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2020.