Escapade (Tim Finn album)

Escapade
Escapade
Studio album by Tim Finn
Released	15 June 1983
Studio	Festival Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Pop
Length	36:53
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Ricky Fataar; Mark Moffatt;
Tim Finn chronology
Singles from Escapade
	"Fraction Too Much Friction"; Released: May 1983; "Made My Day"; Released: August 1983; "Through the Years"; Released: August 1983 (US and Canada); "Staring at the Embers"; Released: October 1983; "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.

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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

Tim Finn – vocals, piano
Ricky Fataar – drums, percussion, keyboard, backing vocals
Chris Haig – bass
Sam McNally – synthesizer
Mark Moffatt – guitar
Venetta Fields – backing vocals
Richard Tee – piano on "Fraction Too Much Friction", Rhodes on "In a Minor Key" and "Wait and See"
Amanda Villepastour – synthesizer
Wilbur Wilde – saxophone
Joe Camilleri – saxophone
Peter Cross – trumpet
Vince Gill – mandolin on "Not For Nothing"
Doug Lacey – steel drums on "Grand Adventure"
Phil Scorgie – bass on "Grand Adventure"

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Escapade*
Chart (1983–1984)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)	8
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[1]	90
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[2]	17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[3]	1
US Billboard 200^[4]	161

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Escapade*
Chart (1983)	Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)	22

References

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

[group=-1] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4335b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[ac_Netherlands_Tim_Finn-2] "Dutchcharts.nl – Tim Finn – Escapade" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[ac_New_Zealand_Tim_Finn-3] "Charts.nz – Tim Finn – Escapade". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[ac_Billboard200_Tim_Finn-4] "Tim Finn Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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Tim Finn
Studio albums	Big Canoe Tim Finn Before & After Say It Is So Feeding the Gods Imaginary Kingdom The Conversation The View Is Worth the Climb Caught by the Heart
live albums	Together in Concert: Live (with Dave Dobbyn & Bic Runga)
compilation albums	North, South, East, West...Anthology
Singles	"Fraction Too Much Friction" "Made My Day" "No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain" "How'm I Gonna Sleep" "Parihaka" "Persuasion"
Operas	Ihitai 'Avei'a - Star Navigator
Related articles	Split Enz Finn Brothers