Steel City or Dein Perry's Steel City is a soundtrack by New Zealand-born artist Tim Finn which was released in 1998 on Columbia Records/Sony Records.[1][2] Finn has been a member of Split Enz, Crowded House and Finn Brothers.[3]

Steel City
Exterior shot of a brick building with a large window at the right. In front of the window is a ghost-like image of a person with arms raised. The album's full title is written across the top. Across the bottom is the phrase, "Music composed by Tim Finn"
Soundtrack album by
Released1998
Recorded1997
Studio
  • Sun Studios, Sydney
  • Sunshine Studios, Brisbane
Length60:42
LabelColumbia/Sony
Producer
  • Tim Finn
  • Greg Wales
  • Greg Hitchcock
  • Peter Contini
  • Robert Moore
Tim Finn chronology
Before & After
(1993)
Steel City
(1998)
Say It Is So
(1999)
Singles from Steel City
  1. "Steel City"
    Released: 1997

The soundtrack, was used for Steel City, Sydney Theatre Company's tap dance production, created by Australian choreographer, Dein Perry, with all tracks written or co-written by Finn.[4] Finn co-wrote "Drop Out" and "Road Trip" with Marie Azcona, his wife; he co-wrote "Where I Live" with Mike Chunn, a former Split Enz bandmate.[4][5] For the work Finn used the Steel City Band and additional musicians.[2]

The show's run premiered on 3 January 1998 at Sydney Casino's Star City Showroom with Finn as music director.[6] Mark Woods of Variety described Finn's score, "while live, thunderously loud rock music, composed by [Finn ...] gives the action some punch, it often threatens to overpower parts of the show and frequently necessitates straining to hear the tapping."[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Tim Finn,[4] unless noted

No.TitleLength
1."Steel City"3:16
2."Overture"2:20
3."Truss Dance"5:43
4."Spirit Level"2:54
5."Old Car"3:40
6."Drop Out" (Finn, Marie Azcona)4:57
7."Walking"3:57
8."Smoko Duet"3:14
9."Rock & Roll Girl"3:05
10."Absail"3:23
11."Forklifts"3:26
12."Where I Live" (Finn, Mike Chunn)3:50
13."New Car"4:53
14."Road Trip" (Finn, Azcona)2:53
15."Finale"5:46
16."Glide"3:18

Personnel

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Steel City Band
  • Joe Acaria: – drums
  • Dario Bortolin: – bass guitar (except tracks 4, 16)
  • Tim Finn: – acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 14), guitar (4, 16), keyboards (4, 14, 16), piano (tracks 4, 16), vocals (4, 6, 14, 16)
  • Greg Hitchcock: – guitar, bass guitar (tracks 4, 16)
  • Laurence Maddy: – Hammond organ, trombone, guitar, sound effects
Additional musicians
  • Ben Ely: – bass guitar and dulcimer (track 6)
  • Jodi Phillis: – backing vocals (track 14)
  • Greg Wales: – drums (tracks 4, 16)
Recording details
  • Studio: – Sun Studios, Sydney (except tracks 6, 14), Sunshine Studios, Brisbane (tracks 6, 14)
  • Producer: – Tim Finn; Greg Wales, Finn and Greg Hitchcock (tracks 4, 16); Finn, Peter Contini and Hitchcock (track 1); Finn and Contini (tracks 9, 12), Robert Moore (tracks 6, 14)
  • Engineer, mixer: – Peter Contini (except tracks 6, 14); Joe Malone (tracks 6, 14); Greg Wales (tracks 4, 16)
    • Additional engineering, mixer: – Peter Continin (tracks 6, 14)
  • Mastering: – Tony Learmont

Notes

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A reworked version of "Road Trip" appears on Tim Finn's 1999 solo album Say It Is So.

References

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  1. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Holz, Bill; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Tim Finn". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Finn, Tim; Perry, Dein; Steel City Band (1998), Dein Perry's Steel City, Columbia Records, retrieved 13 February 2018
  3. ^ Kimball, Duncan (2002). "Split Enz". MilesAgo: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. ICE Productions. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "'Steel City' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 13 February 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  5. ^ "Steel City – Original Soundtrack Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b Woods, Mark (18 January 1998). "Steel City". Variety. Retrieved 13 February 2018.