Before & After (Tim Finn album)

Before & After
Studio album by Tim Finn
Released	1993
Recorded	1992-93 Australia & Ireland
Genre	Pop Music
Length	49:37
Label	Capitol
Producer	Various
Tim Finn chronology
Tim Finn (1989) Before & After (1993) Steel City (1998)
Singles from Before & After
"Persuasion" Released: 1993 "Hit The Ground Running" Released: 1993 "Many's the Time" Released: 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Before & After is the 4th album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn.

After his split from Crowded House, Tim went to work on his next solo album. This album is an interesting mix of Tim's own material as well as material from other projects he had worked on including the Finn Brothers project with brother Neil (most of the material had been used on the Crowded House album Woodface), & ALT.

There was a different producer for almost every track on this album giving it a varying feel all the way through it. Notably, Tim himself produced or co-produced 7 tracks, while Crowded House keyboardist Mark Hart co-produced 2.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Finn unless noted. 

No.	Title	Producer	Length
1.	"Hit the Ground Running"	Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley	4:41
2.	"Protected"	Dave Bascombe, Tim Finn & Ricky Fataar	5:24
3.	"In Love with It All" (Tim Finn, Neil Finn)	Tim Finn	3:21
4.	"Persuasion" (Tim Finn, Richard Thompson)	Mark Hart & Tim Finn	3:53
5.	"Many's the Time (In Dublin)" (Tim Finn, Andy White, Liam O'Moanlai)	Dave Bascombe	4:27
6.	"Funny Way"	Mark Hart & Tim Finn	2:53
7.	"Can't Do Both"	Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley	4:52
8.	"In Your Sway"	Tim Finn, Paul Kosky & Nicky Bomba	4:49
9.	"Strangeness and Charm" (Tim Finn, Neil Finn)	Tim Finn	3:24
10.	"Always Never Now"	Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley	3:56
11.	"Walk You Home"	Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley	3:37
12.	"I Found It"	Tim Finn & Ricky Fataar	4:12

Personnel

• Tim Finn - vocals on all tracks, acoustic guitar on 4-6, jupiter on 2, keyboards on 5, 7 & 12, piano on 5 &7, b-minor bar chord on 4, additional percussion on 7
• Neil Finn - vocals, guitar, keyboards {all on 3 & 9}
• Andy White - vocals, electric guitar & 12-string acoustic guitar on 5
• Liam O'Moanlai - vocals on 5 & 9
• Hothouse Flowers - band tracks on 3, 5 & 9, band tracks engineered by Pat McCarthy
• Steve Lewison - bass on 1, 7, 10 & 11
• Michael den Elzen - electric guitar on 1, 7 & 10-12, bass on 2, 8 & 12
• Steve Dudas - electric guitar on 4, 6 & 12
• Cliff Hugo - bass on 4 & 6
• Peter O' Toole - bass & bouzouki on 5
• Davy Spillane - Uilleann Pipes on 5
• Pete Lewinson - drums on 1, 7, 10 & 11
• Ricky Fataar - drums on 2 & 12
• Tom Walsh - drums on 6, percussion on 8
• Nicky Bomba - drums on 8, backing vocals on 8
• Thomas Dyani - percussion on 1, 7, 10 & 11
• Noel Eccles - percussion on 2 & 5
• Geoffrey Hales - percussion on 3, 8 & 9
• Steve Nieve - keyboards on 1, 7, 10 & 11
• Maurice Roycroft - keyboards on 2
• Eddie Rayner - keyboards on 3 & 9
• Mark Hart - keyboards on 4, 6 & 8, mandolin on 4, electric guitar on 6 & 8, vocals on 4, 6 & 8
• Dror Erez - piano, piano accordion {both on 8}
• Matthew Taylor - violin on 8
• Chris Ballin - backing vocals on 1 & 10
• Claudia Fontaine - backing vocals on 1, 7 & 10
• Tina Copa - backing vocals on 8
• Tony Copa - backing vocals on 8
• Bette Bright - spoken voice on 11

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	RIANZ Charts	3
1993	ARIA Charts	34
1993	UK Albums	29

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Persuasion"	RIANZ Charts	6
1993	"Hit The Ground Running"	RIANZ Charts	14
1993	"Persuasion"	UK Singles Chart	43
1993	"Hit The Ground Running"	UK Singles Chart	50

Notes

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r186986