''I'll Be Lightning'' is the 2007 debut album by

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artist

Liam Finn Liam Mullane Finn (born 24 September 1983) is a New Zealand singer and musician. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child. He is the son of musicians Sharon (Johnson) and Neil Finn. In 2020, he joined his father's band ...

. The album was recorded at his father Neil's

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. The album is notable in that Liam plays most of the instruments himself. The album was made #42 in '' Qs 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008.

Vinyl/Digital Track listing

All songs were written by

, except where noted # "Turn Up the Birds" # "Better to Be" # "Second Chance" # "Gather to the Chapel" # "Lead Balloon" # "Fire in Your Belly" (Finn, Chris Garland) # "Music Moves My Feet" # "This Place Is Killing Me" # "I'd Rather Waste You Than the Money on My Phone" (Finn, Matt Eccles) # "Lullaby" # "I'll Be Lightning" (Finn, Connan Hosford) # "Remember When" # "Come Home Sam" # "I Found Noise at ATP" # "I Will Explode" (Finn, Eccles) # "Energy Spent" # "Wise Man" # "Wide Awake on the Voyage Home" # "Shadow of Your Man"

CD Track Listing

All songs were written by

, except where noted # "Better to Be" – 3:46 # "Second Chance" – 4:52 # "Gather to the Chapel" – 3:20 # "Lead Balloon" – 4:15 # "Fire in Your Belly" (Finn, Chris Garland) – 3:15 # "Lullaby" – 2:02 # "Energy Spent" – 4:08 # "Music Moves My Feet" – 2:24 # "Remember When" – 3:04 # "Wise Man" – 5:17 # "This Place Is Killing Me" – 4:06 # "I'll Be Lightning" (Finn, Connan Hosford) – 4:14 # "Wide Awake on the Voyage Home" – 5:37 # "Shadow of Your Man" – 2:57

Personnel

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

, all instruments except noted * Matt Eccles -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

on Lead Balloon, I'll Be Lightning, Remember When, I Will Explode, Wise Man;

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

and

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

on I'd Rather Waste You Than The Money On My Phone *

Neil Finn Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for being a principal member of Split Enz and for being the lead singer of Crowded House. He was also a member of Fleetwood Mac from 2018 ...

- bass on I'll Be Lightning *

Connan Hosford Connan Tant Hosford, better known by the stage name Connan Mockasin, is a New Zealand musician, composer and record producer. Described as "a psych-funk oddball...a contrarian", Mockasin played a role in the contemporary crossover of psychedeli ...

autoharp An autoharp or chord zither is a string instrument belonging to the zither family. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord. The term ''autoharp'' was once a trademark of t ...

and vocals on I'll Be Lightning

Production

* Produced by

* Recorded at

* Engineered by

, except Remember When and Wise Man ( Neil Baldock)

References

{{Authority control Liam Finn albums 2007 debut albums Liberation Records albums Yep Roc Records albums Albums recorded at Roundhead Studios