aretha franklin sang six months in a leaky boat.
aretha franklin sang six months in a leaky boat.
who sang six months in a leaky boat?
aretha franklin
in late 1981, after months of intensive touring, split enz returned to the studio to record what many critics regard as their most personal and creative album, "time and tide". much of the material came out of tim's recent personal turmoil—in january that year he had married english dancer liz malam, but the marriage collapsed in october and he suffered a nervous breakdown, an ordeal he recounted in "six months in a leaky boat", specifically the track 'dirty creature'. the album was produced by rising english producer/engineer hugh padgham. he was already well-known on the music scene for his engineering work with producer steve lilywhite on landmark recordings by artists like peter gabriel, xtc and genesis and he is credited with inventing the "gated reverb" drum sound that became phil collins' trademark. padgham reportedly had a much more relaxed style than tickle which the enz found ideally suited them. released in april 1982, "time and tide" became split enz' third successive #1 album in australia and new zealand. the advent of mtv in america, and its interest in new wave acts also helped the band's growing cult status in america—both "dirty creature" and "six months in a leaky boat" (as well as earlier videos) were given wide airplay on the channel. "dirty creature" reached #6 in australia in april and "six months in a leaky boat" went to #2 in june. "never ceases to amaze me" (august) was issued as the third single from the lp but it did not chart.
split enz
the song was "discouraged from airplay" in britain during the falklands war by the bbc for reasons of morale - it was thought that references to "leaky boats" were not appropriate during the naval action in the war.









































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bullet::::1. "six months in a leaky boat" 4:21









































bullet::::2. "make sense of it" 3:40
six months in a leaky boat