Escapade (Tim Finn album)

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Escapade
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Studio album by
Released15 June 1983
StudioFestival Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre Pop
Length36:53
Label Mushroom
Producer
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
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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.

Contents

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

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