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Split Enz: Mental Notes (Chrysalis) ****

Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 21 August 1976

ME MAM says they're not as good as 10cc and "that group who did the operetta?" "Queen?" "Yes and that one about Ground Control to Major Whatsit?" "Oh, Bowie" and I think the comparisons and the verdict are relevant enough and so I won't follow my natural inclination to go overboard and give them foive but I will say that this is my candidate so far for Debut Album Of The Year.

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