Pins in It is the third album by New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 blues-rock

Blues-rock

Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...

 band The Human Instinct

The Human Instinct

The Human Instinct are a New Zealand blues rock band that has been active since the late 1960s. The band currently consists of Maurice Greer , Phil Pritchard , Joel Haines and Tony Baird...

. It was released in 1971 and was both the first album to feature bassist Neil Edwards (formerly of the Underdogs) and the last to feature Billy TK

Billy TK

Billy TK is a Māori guitarist, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He has often been touted as the Māori Jimi Hendrix, and is one of the most respected and technically proficient guitarists in New Zealand today.- Early work :...

 on guitar. TK's departure signalled the end of the band's hard rock era.

The album was reissued on CD in 2001 by Ascension Records with four bonus tracks of alternative versions.

Track listing

1. "Pinzinet" (Neil Edwards, Khayam) – 4:02
2. "Stand Up" (Edwards, Maurice Greer, Tiny Thompson) – 3:44
3. "Duchess of Montrose" (Edwards) – 3:56
4. "Hazy Days" (Billy Te Kahika
   Billy TK
   Billy TK is a Māori guitarist, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He has often been touted as the Māori Jimi Hendrix, and is one of the most respected and technically proficient guitarists in New Zealand today.- Early work :...
   
   ) – 3:36
5. "The Washing Song" (Edwards) – 2:50
6. "The Nile Song" (Roger Waters
   Roger Waters
   George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
   
   ) – 3:17
7. "Play My Guitar" (Te Kahika) – 2:53
8. "Highway" (Te Kahika) – 2:22
9. "Rainbow World" (G. R. Edwards, Neil Edwards, Greer) – 4:27

• Bonus tracks on 2001 Ascension label CD:

10. "Playing My Guitar" (alternative version)

11. "The Nile Song" (alternative version)

12. "Duchess of Montrose" (alternative version)

13. "Rainbow World" (alternative version)

Personnel

• Maurice Greer — lead vocals, drums, percussion
• Neil Edwards — bass
• Billy TK
  Billy TK
  Billy TK is a Māori guitarist, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He has often been touted as the Māori Jimi Hendrix, and is one of the most respected and technically proficient guitarists in New Zealand today.- Early work :...
  
  — guitars
• Dick Hopp — flute ("Rainbow World", "The Nile Song")
• Robert Hooper-Smith — organ ("Play My Guitar", "Highway")