Before & After (Tim Finn album)

Before & After
Studio album by Tim Finn
Released	July 1993
Recorded	1992–93 Australia & Ireland
Genre	Pop
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: June 1993 "Hit The Ground Running" Released: October 1993 "Many's the Time" Released: April 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Before & After is the fourth studio album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn, released in July 1993.

Reception

Rolling Stone Australia claimed the album was "Tim Finn's best work in a recording career spanning almost twenty years. Finn has simplified his song-writing, finally dumping the clever-clever curlicues that have blurred his past work." The reviewer did note that production was, "sweet and shiny, to please radio programmers."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are 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 Ó Maonlaí)	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 Ó Maonlaí - 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

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4]	72
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	3
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)[6]	29

Notes

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r186986
2. Shaun Carney (September 1993). "recordings". Australian Rolling Stone. Diamond Press. p. 85.
3. "Australiancharts.com – Tim Finn – Before & After". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Tim Finn – Before & After" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
5. "Charts.nz – Tim Finn – Before & After". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
6. "Tim Finn Full Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.