Pajama Club is the eponymous 2011 debut album by Pajama Club

Pajama Club

Pajama Club are a band formed in 2011 featuring Neil Finn, Sharon Finn, Sean Donnelly and Alana Skyring ....

, the band formed by Crowded House

Crowded House

Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...

 songwriter Neil Finn

Neil Finn

Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...

 and his wife Sharon Finn.

The album was released in Australia and New Zealand on 9 September 2011, 13 September in North America and 19 September in Europe.

The album is change in style from the material Finn performs with Crowded House, with a more groove oriented feel. Finn has stated that the Post-punk

Post-punk

Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...

 funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 band ESG

ESG (band)

ESG are a band that emerged from the South Bronx, New York, U.S. in the early 1980's. Trouser Press called it "one of the most dynamic bands that New York could offer at the top of the '80s." ESG have been influential across a wide range of musical genres, including hip hop, post punk, disco,...

 were a key inspiration on the album.

Guitarist Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...

plays on two tracks, Can't Put It Down Until It Ends and Go Kart.

Tracklisting

1. Tell Me What You Want

2. Can't Put It Down Until It ends

3. These Are Conditions

4. From A Friend To A Friend

5. Golden Child

6. Daylight

7. Go-kart

8. Dead Leg

9. TNT for 2

10. The Game We Love To Play

11. Diamonds In Her Eyes