Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, a district of Warrington, England) is an English actor, vocalist and composer perhaps best known for his role as mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He also had a later career as a rock musician. He studied Drama and English at Birmingham and then at Cambridge. His list of roles is extremely extensive, in both TV and movies, live-action and voice-acting for animated features, and it is notable that he almost always plays a villain of one kind or another. He currently resides in Los Angeles, though for the past year or so has been in Chicago and New York with the current Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot. In 1978, A&M Records released Tim Curry's debut solo album. Entitled Read My Lips, the album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genre. Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song "I Will", a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" with full bagpipe backing, and an original bar-room ballad, "Alan". The following year, Curry's second and most successful album was released. Titled Fearless, the LP was more rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The record included Tim Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage". Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, again by A&M Records. This record did not sell as well as the previous offerings, due in part to a less appealing, more maudlin sound. This record combined both original songs and cover versions, and is commonly held to be the weakest of the three albums. In 1989, A&M released The Best of Tim Curry on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously-unreleased song, a live cover version of "Simple Twist of Fate". Curry toured America
1 | I Will | The Best Of Tim Curry |
2 | Alan [Live] | The Best Of Tim Curry |
3 | Simple Twist Of Fate [Live] | The Best Of Tim Curry |
4 | I Do The Rock | The Best Of Tim Curry |
5 | S. O. S. | The Best Of Tim Curry |
6 | No Love On The Street | The Best Of Tim Curry |
7 | Charge It | The Best Of Tim Curry |
8 | Paradise Garage | The Best Of Tim Curry |
9 | Simplicity | The Best Of Tim Curry |
10 | Working On My Tan | The Best Of Tim Curry |
11 | Birds Of A Feather | The Best Of Tim Curry |
12 | Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire | The Best Of Tim Curry |
13 | I Do the Rock | Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 15 |
14 | I Do the Rock | Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 6, |
15 | Anyone Who Had A Heart | The Best Of Tim Curry |
16 | Out Of Pawn | The Best Of Tim Curry |