Tim Finn

- _"Brian Finn" redirects here. For the fictional New Zealand police officer, see Shark in the Park._

**Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn**, OBE (born 25 June 1952) is a singer-songwriter born in New Zealand. Finn is most known for his music with his band Split Enz. He has released solo albums, and was member of his brother Neil's band Crowded House. He also released albums with Neil as the Finn Brothers.

## History

Tim Finn was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He went to Sacred Heart College, Auckland, a Catholic boarding school. In 1971 he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Auckland. It is there that he met Mike Chunn, Robert Gillies, Philip Judd and Noel Crombie. Phil and Tim formed a band called **Split Ends**, which became **Split Enz** before they started to tour Australia.

Finn recorded his first solo album, _Escapade_, in 1983. This album was very successful in Australia and New Zealand. Because of this, he decided to leave Split Enz in 1984. The band broke up. In early 1985, Tim moved to London. His second album _Big Canoe_ was not as successful as the first album. He also wrote some music for movies, and acted in a few movies. His role in _The Coca-Cola Kid_ was about five minutes long. He had a bigger role in the movie _La Donna della Luna_ (The Moon Woman).

In late 1989, he went to live in Melbourne. He recorded his third album, _Tim Finn_. In early 1990 he joined Crowded House, the group Neil had formed after Split Enz split up. The band recorded _Woodface_ with him. He left Crowded House after the album. Because of their success, Tim Finn and Neil Finn were made OBE for services to New Zealand music in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

The album _Finn_ was released in 1995. This was an album made by Neil and Tim as the _Finn Brothers_. Also in 1995, Finn worked with singers Andy White and Liam Ó Maonlaí. They formed the band ALT. They released the album _Altitude_.

In 2000, the album _Together in Concert: Live_ was recorded featuring Finn, and New Zealand artists Bic Runga, and Dave Dobbyn. The concerts and album have all three musicians singing and playing on each other's songs.

In 2004, the Finn brothers released their second album together, titled, _Everyone Is Here_.

Tim has released Imaginary Kingdom in 2006, The Conversation in 2008. He has collaborated on the Seven Worlds Collide projects in 2004 and 2009 with his brother Neil, and artists like Eddie Vedder. In 2009 _North, South, East, West..._, a _best of_ was released.

## Personal life

Finn married the television presenter Marie Azcona, formerly of MTV and TVNZ One's Music Week. They have worked together on several songs, some of which are featured on _Steel City_ soundtrack. Finn and Azcona have two children: a son and a daughter.

## Discography

_This discography relates to releases by Tim Finn only. See Finn Brothers' discography, Crowded House discography and Split Enz discography for other related works._
|Date|Title|Label|Charted|Country|Catalog Number|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|**Album**|||||||
|1983|_Escapade_|Mushroom Records|style="text-align:center;"|#161|U.S.|D19230||
|1986|_Big Canoe_|Virgin Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|CDV-2369||
|1989|_Tim Finn_|rowspan="2"|Capitol Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|CDP7-48735-2|
|1993|_Before & After_|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|CDP-594904|||
|1999|_Say It Is So_|Sonny's Pop Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|||
|2001|_Feeding the Gods_|Sonny's Pop Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|002||
|2006|_Imaginary Kingdom_|Capitol Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|||
|2008|_The Conversation_|EMI Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|||
|2009|_North, South, East, West...Anthology_|Capitol Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|||
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|**EPs**|||||||
|1999|_Far Out_|Fan club release|style="text-align:center;"|–||||
|2001|_What You've Done_|EMI Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|||
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|**Collaborations**|||||||
|1987|_The Les Patterson Long Player_|WEA|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|2547791||
|1991|_Woodface_ <small>(with Crowded House)</small>|Capitol Records|style="text-align:center;"|83|U.S.|CDP-7-93559-2||
|1995|_Altitude_ <small>(with ALT)</small>||style="text-align:center;"|–|–|||
|1995|_Finn_ <small>(with Neil Finn)</small>|Discovery Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|77043||
|1998|_Steel City_|CRS Records|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|5011402000||
|2000|_Together in Concert: Live_ <small>(with Dave Dobbyn & Bic Runga)</small>||style="text-align:center;"|–|–|||
|2004|_Everyone Is Here_ <small>(with Neil Finn)</small>||style="text-align:center;"|2|AUS|||
|2009|_The Sun Came Out_|Sony Music|style="text-align:center;"|–|–|88697568272||

### Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Song|colspan="3"|Peak chart positions|rowspan="2"|Album|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**1983**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Fraction Too Much Friction"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|8|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|2|rowspan="5"|_Escapade_|
|style="text-align:left; "|**1983**|style="text-align:left; "|"Made My Day"|style="text-align:center; "|22|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1983**|style="text-align:left; "|"Staring At The Embers"|style="text-align:center; "|34|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1984**|style="text-align:left; "|"Through The Years"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|34|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1984**|style="text-align:left; "|"In A Minor Key"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1985**|style="text-align:left; "|"Home For My Heart"|style="text-align:center; "|87|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:left; "|_The Coca-Cola Kid Soundtrack_|
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**1986**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"No Thunder No Fire No Rain"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|46|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|24|rowspan="3"|_Big Canoe_|
|style="text-align:left; "|**1986**|style="text-align:left; "|"Spiritual Hunger"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1986**|style="text-align:left; "|"Carve You In Marble"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|33|||
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**1987**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"You Saved The World"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|rowspan="2"|_Les Patterson Saves The World_|
|style="text-align:left; "|**1987**|style="text-align:left; "|"With You I'm Alive"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**1989**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"How'm I Gonna Sleep"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|24|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|77|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|2|rowspan="3"|_Tim Finn_|
|style="text-align:left; "|**1989**|style="text-align:left; "|"Crescendo"|style="text-align:center; "|97|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1989**|style="text-align:left; "|"Not Even Close"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|91|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**1989**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Parihaka" <small>(with Herbs)</small>|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|6|New version of a track originally from _Tim Finn_||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1990**|style="text-align:left; "|"Long Hard Road" <small>(with Phil Judd)</small>|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1992**|style="text-align:left; "|"Islands" <small>(with MC Fli T)</small>|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**1993**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Hit The Ground Running"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|14|rowspan="3"|_Before & After_|
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**1993**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Persuasion"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|62|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|6|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1993**|style="text-align:left; "|"Many's The Time"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1994**|style="text-align:left; "|"Runs In The Family"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|9|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**1998**|style="text-align:left; "|"Steel City"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:left; "|_Steel City Soundtrack_|
|style="text-align:left; "|**1999**|style="text-align:left; "|"Twinkle"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:left; "|_Say It Is So_|
|style="text-align:left; "|**2001**|style="text-align:left; "|"What You've Done"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|48|style="text-align:left; "|_Feeding The Gods_|
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**2006**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Couldn't Be Done"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|rowspan="2"|_Imaginary Kingdom_|
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|**2007**|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|"Horizon"|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|–|||
|style="text-align:left; "|**2008**|style="text-align:left; "|"Out of This World"|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:center; "|–|style="text-align:left; "|_The Conversation_|

## Other websites

- Official site  (offline)
- Tim Finn's MySpace site
- Fanclub endorsed site
- Australian Record Company site

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Tim Finn
- **img**: Tim Finn.jpg
- **img capt**: Tim Finn, 17 March 2007, Dublin, Ireland
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Brian Timothy Finn
- **origin**: New Zealand
- **instrument**: Vocals, Guitar
- **genre**: Pop, New Wave music, New Wave, Alternative rock, Progressive rock
- **occupation**: Musician, Actor, movie scorer
- **years active**: 1972–present
- **label**: Mushroom Records, Warner Music Group, WEA, Capitol Records, Columbia Records/Sony, EMI Records, Virgin Records,  Discovery Records, CRS Records, Periscope Records
- **associated acts**: Split Enz, Finn Brothers, Crowded House, ALT
- **url**: [http://www.timfinn.com www.timfinn.com] (offline)