True Colours

True Colours, the fifth album released by New Zealand band Split Enz, was their first major commercial success. Released in 1980, the album featured more mature songwriting from Neil Finn. Credited to him is the album's New Zealand and Australian #1 single, "I Got You," which also broke them internationally. The U.S. release of the album featured "Shark Attack" and "I Got You" in reversed positions due to the latter's success on the single charts... more

True Colours, the fifth album released by New Zealand band Split Enz, was their first major commercial success. Released in 1980, the album featured more mature songwriting from Neil Finn. Credited to him is the album's New Zealand and Australian #1 single, "I Got You," which also broke them internationally. The U.S. release of the album featured "Shark Attack" and "I Got You" in reversed positions due to the latter's success on the single charts. Originally, the band thought "Missing Person" to be the album's standout track, not realizing "I Got You" would become the hit. "I Hope I Never" was mixed differently for the Australian single release, with strengthened percussion. "Nobody Takes Me Seriously," "What's the Matter With You" and more notably "Poor Boy" were released as singles outside of Australia. The album was initially released in four colour combinations — red and green, purple and yellow, and blue and orange — but would ultimately be given another four makeovers with... less