Time and Tide (Split Enz album)

For other uses, see Time and Tide (disambiguation).

1982 studio album by Split Enz

Time and Tide

Studio album by

Split Enz

Released| April 1982
Recorded| Sydney
December 1981 – February 1982
Genre| New wave
Length| 41:24
Label| Mushroom
Producer| Hugh Padgham, Split Enz
Split Enz chronology
| Waiata (Corroboree)
(1981)  | Time and Tide
(1982)  | Enz of an Era
(1982)

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Singles from  Time and Tide

1. "Dirty Creature"
Released: March 1982
2. "Six Months in a Leaky Boat"
Released: May 1982
3. "Never Ceases to Amaze Me"
Released: September 1982

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

Time and Tide is the eighth album by the New Zealand new wave band Split Enz, released in April 1982. Recorded in Sydney starting the prior December, it topped the charts in New Zealand and Australia and won Best Australian Album at the Countdown Australian Music Awards.[2] It was rereleased in 2006 along with every Split Enz studio album.

## Track listing

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1. "Dirty Creature" (Neil Finn, Tim Finn & Nigel Griggs) – 4:02
2. "Giant Heartbeat" (N. Finn & Griggs) – 3:57
3. "Hello Sandy Allen" (N. Finn) – 3:51
4. "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" (T. Finn) – 3:06
5. "Lost for Words" (N. Finn, T. Finn & Griggs) – 3:02
6. "Small World" (T. Finn) – 3:37
7. "Take a Walk" (N. Finn) – 3:37
8. "Pioneer" (Eddie Rayner) – 1:32
9. "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (T. Finn & Split Enz) – 4:21
10. "Haul Away" (T. Finn) – 2:27
11. "Log Cabin Fever" (N. Finn) – 4:36
12. "Make Sense of It" (Noel Crombie, T. Finn, N. Finn, Griggs & Rayner) – 3:40

## Personnel

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### Split Enz

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* Tim Finn – vocals, piano
* Neil Finn – vocals, guitar
* Noel Crombie – drums, percussion
* Nigel Griggs – bass guitar
* Eddie Rayner – keyboards, percussion

### Technical and art

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* Produced by Hugh Padgham and Split Enz
* Recorded in Sydney, Australia, for Enz Productions
* Engineered by Hugh Padgham, assisted by David Price
* Mixed by Hugh Padgham and Split Enz
* Mastered by Ian Cooper and Howard Grey at Townhouse Studios, UK
* Art direction: Jeff Ayeroff
* Cover design and photos by Noel Crombie

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Time and Tide | Chart (1982)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] | 1
Canadian Albums (RPM)[4] | 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] | 1
UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 71
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)[7] | 58

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for Time and Tide | Chart (1982)  | Position

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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] | 8
Canadian Albums (RPM)[9] | 38
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[10] | 3

## Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for Time and Tide Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Australia (ARIA)[11] | Platinum  | 50,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[12] | Platinum  | 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[12] | 2× Platinum  | 30,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## See also

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* List of Top 25 albums for 1982 in Australia

## References

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1. ^ AllMusic review
2. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA its their own charts in mid-1988.
4. ^ "RPM Canadian Charts". Retrieved 10 April 2017.[dead link‍]
5. ^ "Charts.nz – Split Enz – Time and Tide". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
6. ^ "Split Enz". UK Albums Chart. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
7. ^ "Split Enz - Time and Tide". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 434\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created its own charts in mid-1988.
9. ^ "Top 100 Albums '82". RPM. 25 December 1982. Retrieved 10 April 2017.[dead link‍]
10. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Charts: End of Year Charts – 1982". Retrieved 10 April 2017.
11. ^ "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)". Retrieved 26 December 2022 - via Imgur.com.
12. ^ a b Kerry Doole (1 April 2013). "Split Enz – Part Two - The Eighties". AudioCulture. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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