Solo Outing
With a break from touring and some new songs in hand, Tim decided to work with musicians outside of the Enz stable. He grew quite attached to former Beach Boys drummer Ricky Fataar who along with his partner Mark Moffatt played and produced on the album.
Along with Ricky and Mark, Tim worked with music veteran Venetta Fields whose backing vocals provided a soulful feel to the album. On various songs he worked with Australian music heavy weights such as Wilbur Wilde and Joe Camilleri.
When released the first single Fraction Too Much Friction was a huge hit in Australia and New Zealand, and the album took off from there. Tim himself did not expect this level of success. The idea was to experiment musically away from Split Enz, get it out of his system and then come back to begin the new album.
In spite of the success and the expectation to follow up with a tour, Tim felt an obligation to Split Enz, and after 5 gigs to support the album he went back to the studio with the band to begin work on the new album to be titled Conflicting Emotions.
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