Since disbanding Crowded House - effectively his solo project - in 1996, Neil Finn is not quite what he used to be. For all its careful crafting, One Nil offers no melody to eclipse his past, nor is there a phrase to compare with "Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you". Even so, Finn will never make a poor album, and One Nil grows in stature with each hearing. Wendy and Lisa, once of Prince's Revolution, are frequent collaborators: they supply lumpen beats to Rest of the Day and Don't Ask Why, but they also put a renewed spring in Finn's step on the inspired Elastic Heart and the feisty single Wherever You Are. More than many lesser talents, Finn is responsible for his career curve: married for more than 20 years, unwilling to uproot from Australia or New Zealand, he was never superstar material. One Nil - quality throughout, but with a lingering feeling of what might have been - suggests he has accepted his fate with dignity. (JA)