Finn (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Finn

| type = studio

| artist = the Finn Brothers

| cover = Finn UKCD.JPG

| alt =

| released = 1995

| recorded =

| studio = York St. Studios, Auckland

| genre = Rock, lo-fi

| length = 38:26

| label = EMI, Parlophone, Discovery

| producer = Tchad Blake

| next_title = Everyone Is Here

| next_year = 2004

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Finn

| type = studio

| single1 = Suffer Never

| single1date =

| single2 = Angel's Heap

| single2date =

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Finn Review by Chris Woodstra |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/finn-mw0000184939 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 June 2024}}

}}

Finn is the first album by the Finn Brothers, a music project of New Zealand brothers Tim and Neil Finn.{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Caitlin |title=End of the Finn wedge |work=The Times |date=29 Sep 1995 |department=Features |page=1}}

The album was produced by Tchad Blake and the Finn Brothers in Auckland, New Zealand. The songs "Angel's Heap" and "Suffer Never" were released as singles.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Neil and Tim Finn, except where noted

| title1 = Only Talking Sense

| length1 = 3:04

| title2 = Eyes of the World

| length2 = 2:52

| title3 = Mood Swinging Man

| length3 = 4:06

| title4 = Last Day of June

| note4 = N. Finn

| length4 = 3:18

| title5 = Suffer Never

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = Angel's Heap

| length6 = 2:53

| title7 = Niwhai

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = Where Is My Soul

| length8 = 4:10

| title9 = Bullets in My Hairdo

| length9 = 3:00

| title10 = Paradise (Wherever You Are)

| length10 = 3:59

| title11 = Kiss the Road of Rarotonga

| length11 = 3:25

}}

Personnel

  • All instruments played by the Finn Brothers except bass guitar on "Kiss the Road of Rarotonga" by Dave Dobbyn.
  • Engineered and mixed by Tchad Blake
  • Assistant engineering by Nick Treacy and Nick Abbot
  • Recorded and mixed at York Street Studios, Auckland, November 1994 – March 1995
  • Cover painting by Neil Finn
  • Design by Wayne Conway
  • Kete by Ani O'Neill
  • Photography by Kerry Brown and Darryl Ward

Charts

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|+ 1995 chart performance for Finn

! scope="col"| Chart (1995)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|14|artist=Finn|album=Finn|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 May 2020}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Finn|album=Finn|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 May 2020}}
{{album chart|UK2|15|date=19951022|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 May 2020}}

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|+ 2022 chart performance for Finn

! scope="col"| Chart (2022)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|UKIndependent|9|date=20220805|rowheader=true|access-date=6 August 2022}}

References