A few years ago I saw the Finn Bros at the Whittaker Center in Harrisburg, Pa. It's acoustically perfect, beautiful and holds only 800 people. Because it was the last stop on their tour, all but 4 of them remained to play. The others had gone home.
It was as if they were performing in your home. To see them play so many instruments, have so much fun, sound as if there were 10 musicians on stage and play way beyond the time limit (they even commented that they didn't want to stop) made it the best concert that I've ever seen. Every time I listen to this cd I transport my mind back to that night. If only you could have seen this performance. Yes, I love the beautiful songs on this cd, not just because of the harmonies or the musicianship, but because I've seen what it takes to create real magic

I've had this since it came out but recently realized that I hadn't reviewed it. After getting and listening to the new Crowded House CD "Time On Earth" I began compiling a new All-Time-Finn-Favorites CD.

What I found when doing this was that I could not leave off most of the track on this CD. All these songs here are good. Yes, many deal with family and focus on the brotherhood but they're also well written wonderful songs.

1.) Won't Give In: Is a great opener with thoughtful lyrics. Love it.
2.) Nothing Wrong With You: Great!
3.) Anything Could Happen: Wonderful...could have been the opening track.
4.) Luckiest Man Alive: Stripped Down, Simple and Honest. Great!
5.) Homesick: Love it.
6.) Disembodied Voices: This one and the next song examine their brotherhood. Both are wonderful.
7.) A Life Between Us: See Above
8. All God's Children: Great Rocker! Sounds like it was recorded live.
9.) Edible Flowers: Loved it when it premiered on the 7 Worlds CD/DVD and love it more here all fleshed out with strings.
10.) All The Colours: Great!
11.) Part Of You Part Of Me: Another great rocker.
12.) Gentle Hum: Nice ender...beautiful.

All in all...A VERY satisfying CD for me. Like all Crowded House and Neil Finn CD's it's well worth picking up.

I know 'Everyone Is Here' is a few years old, but it's good to get this out before the new Crowded House disk drops later this year. This CD got lost in my collection and I never really played it much - and never at an entire sitting. But for the last few weeks it has resided in my car and much of the time in the player. Most of the stuff here is not radio accessible. At least not the way radio is currently programmed. There are no hit singles. I'm not sure there were any singles - none in the U.S. anyway.

'Everyone Is Here' is not a Crowded House disk. Nor is it a Split Enz record. Heck, it's not even the same as their last disk together, 'Finn Brothers'. For those unfamiliar, both Finns were in Split Enz and appeared together on one Crowded House disk.

Personally, I am a fan of Tim Finn's, and he is clearly the winner in this outing. He gets to play off his more popular, more accomplished younger brother, Neil. Tim does not posses as keen a knack for the popular song and his voice is not as polished. So his songs, like "Luckiest Man Alive" get a good, probably better, recording than they would have on a solo outing.

Neil does good with his main songs also. It's no surprise "Won't Give In" and "Nothing Wrong With You" lead off the disk. They are seemingly the strongest, but the more you listen to the rest of the disk, there is some really good stuff out there. It just takes a few listens.

I'm really liking "A Life Between Us". The lyric provides a river as a metaphor as a relationship. That has been done a lot in music, and usually it is about flow. But the words here take a new stab at it and succeeds: "we stare at each other/like the banks of a river/and we can't get any closer/but we form a life between us". The melody helps.

And though the Finn boys are from New Zealand, the song "Homesick" is a perfect metaphor for America and the politics of the day - 3 years ago and even today. "First you made me hungry/then you feed me something I don't want/...then when I complain/I get thrown out of the restaurant" and "Homesick for the country that I'm living in". I can relate.

Technically they don't have the best harmony (i.e. "Disembodied Voices"), but it seems but it really work. And yeah, there are some clunkers, but I am really enjoying the disk and sorry it took me so long to find it, even though I had it the entire time.

Having been a long time fan of Tim and Neil Finn from the days of Split Enz (and having seen Tim Finn solo and a Crowded House show on a night when Roger McGuinn played with them), I am always ready to hear new music by them. That would qualify to anything either together or apart. This 2004 duo album has everything you would expect from them; shimmering brotherly harmonies, excellent songwriting and the occasional dip into sly humour ("We're all God's Children/and God is a woman/but we still don't know who the father is").

I certainly have enjoyed this CD for awhile now, but I kept waiting for the moment when Neil and Tim would cut loose with something with a bit more bite to it. "Anything Can Happen" is the most uptempo thing here, while most of the rest of "Everyone Is Here" sticks to simple arrangements and acoustic settings. It fits the brothers quite well and makes this CD a pleasant experience. But I am not used to pleasant from a pair of men that have often delivered brilliance.

If you are willing to settle of Tim and Neil delivering gentle ruminations on relationships and family, then this will please you. And there are some excellent, melodic tunes to be had here (my favorite songs are "Nothing Wrong With You" and "Disembodied Voices") with some great Beatles leanings, but I kept waiting for more. As a result, I maintain my rating of the CD with three stars; competent and average, and certainly worth a listen.

This is the Finn Bros second album from their self titled album release in 1997. They were also the front men for the now defunct 'Crowded House' eclectic rock group. The Finn Bros hail from New Zealand but now call Eastern Australian home. 'Everyone is Here' is the brothers new album after 6 years quietness. I first listened to 'Won't Give In' their new single hit song on one of our rock stations in sydney and was drawn into its beautiful sound. That's why I purchased this album.

In saying the above, I did enjoy this album immensely. The Fin Brothers are definitely talented and have a firm rock sound frame to their groove. All the songs have a different sound to them and show the unique skill of Neil and Tim's vocals as they were both singers on this album. This album was balanced and had a good listening quality to it. My other favourite songs from this decent album were 'Disembodied Voices', 'All God's Children' and 'Edible Flowers' which was the quietest song on this album with a malancholy feel to it.

'Part of Me, Part of You' has been played alot on Sydney radio and deservedly so with a nice lyrical message and a feel good beat. The album ends with a sombre mood in 'Gentle Hum' that sounds like your in the Southern USA.

Overall this album for me was enjoyable and a pleasure to listen. The Finn Bros are easy to listen to and rock to or sing along to. For any serious rock fan out there - add this album to your collection.