Before & After (album)

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.

Interestingly enough, for this album there was a different producer for almost ever track on the 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.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Tim Finn unless noted

"Hit The Ground Running"*
"Protected"**
"In Love With It All"+ - Tim Finn, Neil Finn
"Persuasion"X - Tim Finn, Richard Thompson
"Many's The Time (In Dublin)"^ - Tim Finn, Andy White, Liam O'Moanlai
"Funny Way"X
"Can't Do Both"*
"In Your Sway"%
"Strangeness & Charm"+ - Tim Finn, Neil Finn
"Always Never Now"*
"Walk You Home"*
"I Found It"++

Produced by:

- Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
- - Dave Bascombe, Tim Finn & Ricky Fataar

+ - Tim Finn X - Mark Hart & Tim Finn ^ - Dave Bascombe % - Tim Finn, Paul Kosky & Nicky Bomba ++ - Tim Finn & Ricky Fataar

[edit] 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)
Dave 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)

[edit] 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