After the Fact (album)

After the Fact
Compilation album by Magazine
Released September 23, 1982 (I.R.S., USA)
Recorded 1978-1981
Genre New wave, post-punk
Label Virgin Records (International), I.R.S. (US)
Producer Magazine, Mick Glossop, John Leckie, Colin Thurston, Martin Hannett
Magazine chronology

Magic, Murder and the Weather
(1981)		 After the Fact
(1982)		 Rays and Hail 1978–1981 (The Best of Magazine)
(1987)
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Allmusic [1]

After the Fact is the first compilation album released by English new wave band Magazine. It was released in 1982 in the year following the dissolution of the band in late 1981. The compilation draws from tracks from each of the band's studio albums and several singles. It was originally released as a Vinyl LP in 1982. A CD was released in 1989.[2] The artwork was produced by Malcolm Garrett with liner notes by Paul Morley.

International and US editions of the compilation differ greatly, sharing only four songs between them. The Virgin Records international edition (including Portugal[3]) has ten tracks and was released in a green sleeve and included only material from the group's four studio albums. No B-sides of singles mixes are featured. The I.R.S. Records US edition has thirteen tracks and was released in a red sleeve. This version included songs that hadn't previously been released in the US, the majority of which were b-sides and alternate single mixes. The US edition was released on CD in 1989, and is at present the only Magazine CD compilation to feature the 7" edit of the 1981 single "About the Weather".

Track listing

International release (Virgin)

All lyrics written by Howard Devoto. Individual music credits appear below.

Side one
  1. "Shot by Both Sides"(Devoto, Pete Shelley) – 3:54
  2. "Rhythm of Cruelty" (John McGeoch, Barry Adamson) – 3:03
  3. "You Never Knew Me" (Devoto, Adamson, John Doyle, Dave Formula, McGeoch) – 5:23
  4. "This Poison" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, Ben Mandelson) – 4:20
  5. "Back to Nature" (Formula) – 6:40
Side two
  1. "A Song from Under the Floorboards" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch) – 4:07
  2. "The Light Pours Out of Me" (Devoto, McGeoch, Shelley) – 4:36
  3. "Motorcade" (Devoto, Bob Dickinson) – 5:41
  4. "About the Weather" (Devoto, Formula) – 4:03
  5. "Feed the Enemy" (Formula) – 5:45

US release (I.R.S.)

Side one
  1. "Shot by Both Sides" (Devoto, Pete Shelley) – 3:54
  2. "Touch and Go" (Devoto, McGeoch) – 2:50
  3. "TV Baby" (Devoto, Formula) – 3:45
  4. "Rhythm of Cruelty" (Devoto, Adamson, McGeoch) – 3:03
  5. "I Love You You Big Dummy" (Don Van Vliet) – 3:54
  6. "Give Me Everything" (Devoto) – 4:22
Side two
  1. "Upside Down" (Magazine) – 3:48
  2. "My Mind It Ain't So Open" (Devoto, McGeoch) – 2:16
  3. "The Light Pours Out of Me" (Devoto, McGeoch, Shelley) – 3:28
  4. "A Song from Under the Floorboards" (Magazine) – 3:58
  5. "About the Weather" (Devoto, Formula) – 3:24
  6. "Goldfinger" (John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:20
  7. "The Book" (Magazine) – 2:25

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References

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Magazine - After the Fact". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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