Before and after Science
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| Studio album by Brian Eno | ||
| Released | December 1977 | |
| Recorded | Basing St Studios, London Conny's Studio, Cologne 1977 |
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| Genre | Art Rock, Ambient | |
| Length | 39:30 | |
| Label | E.G. Records | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Eno | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Brian Eno chronology | ||
| Cluster & Eno (with Cluster) (1977) |
Before and after Science (1978) |
Music for Airports (1978) |
Before and after Science is a 1977 album by Brian Eno. It is less experimental than its predecessor Another Green World, containing just two instrumentals. The songs in the first half (Side 1 of the original album, tracks 1 through 5) are energetic, while those in the second half (Side 2, tracks 6 through 10) are languid and pastoral.
The song "King's Lead Hat" was released as a single in January 1978; its flipside was a non-album track, "RAF".
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[edit] Track listing
- "No One Receiving" (Brian Eno) – 3:51
- "Backwater" (Eno) – 3:43
- "Kurt's Rejoinder" (Eno) – 2:53
- "Energy Fools the Magician" (Eno, arr. Percy Jones/Eno) – 2:05
- "King's Lead Hat" (Eno) – 3:53
- "Here He Comes" (Eno) – 5:40
- "Julie With..." (Eno) – 6:20
- "By This River" (Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius) – 3:03
- "Through Hollow Lands" (Eno, arr. Fred Frith/Eno) – 3:54
- "Spider and I" (Eno) – 4:08
[edit] Credits
- Brian Eno – voices, synthesizers (Minimoog, EMS Synthi AKS, Yamaha CS-80), guitars, synthesized percussion, pianos, brass, vibes, metallics, bell
- Paul Rudolph – basses, rhythm guitar
- Phil Collins – drums
- Percy Jones – fretless bass, analogue delay bass
- Rhett Davies – agong-gong, stick
- Jaki Liebezeit – drums
- Dave Mattacks – drums
- Shirley Williams – brush timbales
- Kurt Schwitters – voice
- Fred Frith – guitars
- Andy Fraser – drums
- Phil Manzanera – guitars
- Robert Fripp - guitar
- Hans-Joachim Roedelius (from Cluster) – piano
- Dieter Moebius (from Cluster) – bass, piano
- Bill MacCormick – bass
- Brian Turrington – bass
[edit] Miscellaneous
- The song "Kurt's Rejoinder" features a sample of Dada artist Kurt Schwitters performing his Ursonate.
- "Kings Lead Hat" is an anagram of Talking Heads, and the song is indeed a Talking Heads pastiche. Eno's intention was to record the song with members of the band but that could not be arranged. It was covered by Ultravox as a live B-side on the 12" version of their single "Passing Strangers" in 1980, and by The Dirtbombs as a limited-edition bonus track on their album Dangerous Magical Noise in 2003.
- "Through Hollow Lands" is dedicated to Harold Budd. Various internet sites, including Fred Frith's own discography page claim that co-musician 'Shirley Williams' on this track is a pseudonym of Robert Wyatt.
- In the booklet included with the CD are four pictures of lithographs made by Peter Schmidt. Early vinyl copies of the album included copies of the lithographs themselves.
- The song "By This River" features in the Italian film The Son's Room and the Mexican film Y Tu Mama Tambien
- Martin Gore of Depeche Mode covered "By This River" in his solo album Counterfeit² in 2003
[edit] Prints by Peter Schmidt
 The Road to the Crater |
 Look at September, Look at October |
 The Other House |
 Four Years |
[edit] Charts
USA
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 1978 | Pop Albums | #171 |
