Time and Tide (Split Enz album)

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

Time and Tide is the seventh studio 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] The album was re-released in a remastered edition in 2006, alongside the rest of the Split Enz catalogue. Of the ten albums in the remaster series, Time and Tide was one of four not to include any bonus tracks, the others being Second Thoughts, The Beginning of the Enz and Conflicting Emotions.

Time and Tide
Studio album by Split Enz
Released	April 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)
Singles from Time and Tide
"Dirty Creature" Released: March 1982 "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" Released: May 1982 "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" Released: September 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

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

Split Enz

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

Technical and art

• 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

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Time and Tide Chart (1982) Peak position 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 Year-end chart performance for Time and Tide Chart (1982) Position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 8 Canadian Albums (RPM)[9] 38 New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[10] 3

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Time and Tide

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11]	2× Platinum	140,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Platinum	100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[12]	2× Platinum	30,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Top 25 albums for 1982 in Australia