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."
Track listing
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) PeakpositionUnited Kingdom (Official Charts Company)29
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