Waiata (studio album)
by Split Enz
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Split Enz bestography
Waiata is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Split Enz on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Split Enz is True Colours which is ranked number 2769 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 557.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Waiata track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Waiata ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/29/2024 22:53 | mrmcrook | 998 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2024 15:23 | cicadelic | 11,453 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2024 20:13 |  dihansse | 6,223 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2023 20:07 | TonySayers61 | 23,221 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2023 13:16 | Jantje | 598 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.
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drstuey 03/29/2021 10:07 | #267910
Sounds a bit dated to my ears now but certainly good enough songs. History Never Repeats is the absolute stand out and I can tell you that it is 100% guaranteed to bring the over 50's onto the dance floor at parties in New Zealand. I like Iris too, and the instrumental Wail, which has a lot of pleasantly surprising weird noises in the mix.
This is an under rated Split Enz album. I rate it on level par with True Colours. Great from start to finish
Split Enz again employed David Tickle for Waiata, although a newly famous Tickle was more difficult to work with this time around. It’s easy to dismiss Waiata as an inferior version of True Colours, and it is a case of slightly diminishing returns, but it’s still a solid Split Enz album.
Follow up to their breakthrough hit True Colours. Though rushed to production, I love this album. Not as polished and slick as TC, the songs and album as a whole have a different identity. Love One Step Ahead, Walking Through The Ruins, Ships, Iris. It is my second favorite SE album.
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