Five years after the innovative album ‘She Will Have Her Way’, an album of covers of Tim and Neil Finn songs by female singers, the male version ‘He Will Have His Way’ has broken into the Australian chart.
‘He Will Have His Way’ debuted at no. 5 on the ARIA chart today, outselling debuts from Keith Urban and Josh Groban.
‘He Will Have His Way’ features The Living End’s Chris Cheney out solo for the first time doing Crowded House’s ‘Distant Sun’, Jimmy Barnes handling Split Enz ‘Message To My Girl’ and Paul Kelly with Angus Stone wrapping themselves around ‘Four Seasons In One Day’.
There are the newer artists like Dan Sultan, Boy & Bear and Oh Mercy’, and some great moments from Darren Hayes, Glenn Richards and Paul Dempsey.
Here is the tracklisting for He Will Have His Way:
"I Feel Possessed" (Oh Mercy) – 3:15
"Distant Sun" (Chris Cheney) – 3:29
"Fall at Your Feet" (Boy & Bear) – 4:31
"Four Seasons in One Day" (Paul Kelly & Angus Stone) – 4:18
"She Got Body, She Got Soul" (Glenn Richards) – 3:02
"Addicted" (Paul Dempsey) – 4:09
"Message to My Girl" (Jimmy Barnes) – 4:33
"I See Red" (Art vs. Science) – 4:01
"I Got You" (Philadelphia Grand Jury) – 3:12
"Better Be Home Soon" (The Sleepy Jackson) – 4:35
"Private Universe" (Artisan Guns) – 4:15
"Not Even Close" (Darren Hayes) – 4:06
"Shark Attack" (The Break with Dan Sultan) – 4:31
"Poor Boy" (Perry Keyes) – 3:49
"Better Be Home Soon" (Busby Marou) – 3:49
"Kiss the Road to Rarotonga" (Kody Nielson) – 3:15
"Angels Heap" (Perry Keyes) – 4:05 (iTunes bonus track)
Songs from the 2005 “She” version were:
"Fall at Your Feet" - Clare Bowditch - 3:50
"Stuff and Nonsense" - Missy Higgins - 3:31
"I'll Never Know" - Goldenhorse - 3:04
"Into Temptation" - Renée Geyer - 4:56
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" - Little Birdy - 3:53
"Better Be Home Soon" - Kasey Chambers - 3:19
"Distant Sun" - Brooke Fraser - 3:56
"Not the Girl You Think You Are" - Holly Throsby - 3:36
"I Hope I Never" - Lisa Miller - 4:09
"Don't Dream It's Over" - Sarah Blasko - 4:42
"One Step Ahead" - Amiel - 3:01
"Four Seasons" - New Buffalo - 4:00
"Won't Give In" - Sara Storer - 4:18
"Pineapple Head" - Natalie Imbruglia - 3:23
"Persuasion" - Stellar - 3:41
"Charlie" - Sophie Koh - 3:47
