| Waiata (Corroboree) | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Waiata.jpg) New Zealand release | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Recorded | AAV Studios, Melbourne, 1980 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 37:20 | |||
| Label | Mushroom (Australia and New Zealand) A&M (Rest of world) | |||
| Producer | David Tickle | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Split_corrob.jpg) Australian release | ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Waiata_EU.jpg) International release | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
| The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [3] |
Waiata is the seventh studio album by New Zealand new wave band Split Enz, released in March 1981. Its Australian release was titled Corroboree. Waiata is the Māori term for song and singing, while corroboree is an Aboriginal term. According to Noel Crombie the intention was to name the album using a word from the natives of every country it was released in. This did not go ahead and the only country to adopt this change was Australia. The rest of the world kept the New Zealand title Waiata.
The songs "History Never Repeats" and "One Step Ahead" were among the first music videos aired on MTV when the cable television channel launched in the United States in 1981.[4]
- ^ "Corroboree Review by Chris Woodstra". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Waiata". Robert Christgau.
- ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-394-72107-1.
- ^ "The First 50 Music Videos Ever Played on MTV". DataLounge.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.