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.
DateTitleLabelChartedCountryCatalog Number Album1983EscapadeMushroom Records #161U.S.D192301986Big CanoeVirgin Records – –CDV-23691989Tim FinnCapitol Records – –CDP7-48735-21993Before & After – –CDP-5949041999Say It Is SoSonny's Pop Records – – 2001Feeding the Gods Sonny's Pop Records – –0022006Imaginary KingdomCapitol Records – – 2008The ConversationEMI Records – – 2009North, South, East, West...AnthologyCapitol Records – – EPs1999Far OutFan club release –2001What You've DoneEMI Records – –  Collaborations 1987The Les Patterson Long PlayerWEA – –25477911991Woodface(with Crowded House) Capitol Records 83U.S.CDP-7-93559-21995Altitude(with ALT) – – 1995Finn(with Neil Finn)Discovery Records – –770431998Steel CityCRS Records – –50114020002000Together in Concert: Live(with Dave Dobbyn & Bic Runga) – –2004Everyone Is Here(with Neil Finn) 2AUS 2009The Sun Came OutSony Music – –88697568272

Singles
YearSongPeak chart positionsAlbumAUSCanada (RPM)NZ1983"Fraction Too Much Friction" 8 – 2 Escapade1983"Made My Day" 22 – –1983 "Staring At The Embers" 34 – – 1984"Through The Years" – 34  –1984"In A Minor Key" – – –1985"Home For My Heart" 87 – – The Coca-Cola Kid Soundtrack1986 "No Thunder No Fire No Rain" 46 – 24   Big Canoe1986"Spiritual Hunger" – – –1986"Carve You In Marble" – – 331987"You Saved The World" – – –  Les Patterson Saves The World1987"With You I'm Alive" – – –1989 "How'm I Gonna Sleep" 24 77 2 Tim Finn1989"Crescendo" 97 – –1989"Not Even Close" – 91 –1989"Parihaka" (with Herbs) – – 6 New version of a track originally from Tim Finn1990 "Long Hard Road" (with Phil Judd) – – –1992 "Islands" (with MC Fli T) – – –1993"Hit The Ground Running" – – 14 Before & After1993 "Persuasion" 62 – 6 1993"Many's The Time" – – –1994 "Runs In The Family" – – 91998"Steel City" – – – Steel City Soundtrack1999"Twinkle" – – – Say It Is So2001"What You've Done" – – 48 Feeding The Gods2006 "Couldn't Be Done" – – –Imaginary Kingdom2007 "Horizon" – – –2008 "Out of This World" – – – The Conversation

References

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 Other websites 



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

Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:New Zealand singers
Category:Crowded House members
Category:University of Auckland alumni