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Revision as of 12:01, 8 September 2022

Escapade
Studio album by
Tim Finn
ReleasedJune 15, 1983
Recorded1983
StudioFestival Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenrePop
Length36:53
LabelMushroom
ProducerRicky Fataar,
Mark Moffatt
Tim Finn chronology
Escapade
(1983) 		Big Canoe
(1986)
Singles from Escapade
  1. "Fraction Too Much Friction"
    Released: May 1983
  2. "Made My Day"
    Released: August 1983
  3. "Through the Years"
    Released: August 1983 (US and Canada)
  4. "Staring At the Embers"
    Released: October 1983
  5. "In a Minor Key"
    Released: February 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

Escapade is the debut studio album by New Zealand musician and founder of Split Enz, Tim Finn. Released in June 1983, the album peaked at number 1 in New Zealand and number 8 in Australia.

At the 1983 Countdown Australian Music Awards the album won Best Australian Album and "Fraction Too Much Friction" won Best Video.

Track listing

Australia and New Zealand

All tracks are written by Tim Finn

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Fraction Too Much Friction"4:14
2."Made My Day"3:25
3."Not for Nothing"3:28
4."In a Minor Key"3:46
5."Grand Adventure"3:52
Side 2
No.TitleLength
6."Staring at the Embers"3:05
7."Wait and See"4:01
8."I Only Want to Know"4:05
9."Growing Pains"3:02
10."Through the Years"3:50

United States Resequenced track listing with "Below the Belt" replacing "Grand Adventure"

All tracks are written by Tim Finn

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Fraction Too Much Friction"4:14
2."Staring at the Embers"3:05
3."Through the Years"3:50
4."Not for Nothing"3:28
5."In a Minor Key"3:46
Side 2
No.TitleLength
6."Made My Day"3:25
7."Wait and See"4:01
8."Below the Belt"4:20
9."I Only Want to Know"4:05
10."Growing Pains"3:02

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4335b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Tim Finn – Escapade" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Charts.nz – Tim Finn – Escapade". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Tim Finn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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