The View Is Worth the Climb

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The View Is Worth the Climb
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Studio album by
Tim Finn
Released6 August 2011
Length42:07
Label
Producer
Tim Finn chronology
North, South, East, West...Anthology
(2009)		The View Is Worth the Climb
(2011)		 Caught by the Heart
(2021)

The View Is Worth the Climb is the ninth studio album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Tim Finn, released in August 2011. The album peaked at number 28 in New Zealand. [1]

Contents

The title track was co-written by Finn with Australian singer-songwriter Megan Washington. Three other tracks are co-written by Finn and his wife Marie Azcona. [2]

The album was recorded in twelve working days in late 2010 at Roundhead Studios in Auckland, New Zealand. [3] [2]

The song "Wild Sweet Children" features Finn's children Harper and Elliot Finn on backing vocals.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Everyday"3:16
2."The View Is Worth the Climb"3:50
3."Going Going Gone"3:52
4."All This and More"4:02
5."Wild Sweet Children"4:16
6."Everybody's Wrong"3:18
7."Can't Be Found"3:42
8."Opposite Sign"4:10
9."People Like Us"4:09
10."Certain Way"3:41
11."Keep Talking"3:51

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [4] 27

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References

  1. ↑ "Album Review: Tim Finn, The View Is Worth The Climb". NZ Herald. 7 September 2011. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "The View Is Worth The Climb". Tim Finn | The Website About Tim Finn. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Ferguson, John (30 June 2011). "Album Review: Tim Finn". NZ Music Business. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Charts.nz – Tim Finn – The View Is Worth the Climb". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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