Say It Is So

Say It Is So is the fifth studio album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn.

Say It Is So
Studio album by Tim Finn
Released	1999
Genre	Pop
Length	42:21
Label	Sonny's Pop Records
Producer	Jay Joyce
Tim Finn chronology
Steel City (1998) Say It Is So (1999) Together in Concert: Live (2000)
Singles from Say It Is So
"Twinkle" Released: 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
EW	B+[2]

After the release of 1993's Before & After Finn was left without a record company. He met producer Jay Joyce in Nashville, in 1998 with whom he worked. No record company was interested in the album so he released it independently.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Underwater Mountain"	3:56
2.	"Shiver" (Marie Azcona, Finn)	4:21
3.	"Good Together" (Azcona, Finn)	3:15
4.	"Roadtrip" (Azcona, Finn)	3:25
5.	"Currents"	3:50
6.	"Need to Be Right"	4:32
7.	"Twinkle" (Azcona, Finn)	3:30
8.	"Big Wave Rider"	3:20
9.	"Death of a Popular Song"	4:23
10.	"Some Dumb Reason"	3:03
11.	"Rest" (Finn, George Upu, Traditional)	4:39

All tracks are written by Tim Finn, except where noted

In the track Some Dumb Reason there is the line "feeding the gods". This became the title of Finn's next album (and continues a long-standing continuity theme of Split Enz, Crowded House and Neil and Tim Finn albums using phrases from their other songs). In contrast, the Feeding the Gods album also contained a song entitled Say It Is So.

Personnel

• Tim Finn - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
• Jay Joyce - guitars, keyboards, sounds
• Chris Feinstein - bass
• Ken Coomer - drums
• Giles Reaves - drums on Underwater Mountain, Shiver, Twinkle, Rest

Additional personnel

• Bruce Bouton - pedal steel
• Matt Johnson - drums on Currents
• Kalai Lam - ukulele, log drum, nose flute on Currents
• Laurence Maddy - guitar on Shiver
• Julie Miller - backing vocals
• Jackie Orsazky - second bass guitar & string arrangement on Underwater Mountain