After The Fact (compilation)
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After the Fact is the first compilation album released by Magazine
, in 1982, but it was posthumous because the band dissolved one year before.
Magazine (band)
Magazine are an English post-punk group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, "Shot by Both Sides", is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time...
, in 1982, but it was posthumous because the band dissolved one year before.
A-side
- "Shot by Both SidesShot By Both Sides"Shot by Both Sides" is a song written by Howard Devoto featuring a guitar riff from Pete Shelley, and performed by the English post punk band Magazine, which appeared on their debut album Real Life in 1978 and was released as a single in the same year, reaching #41 on the UK charts.The name of the...
" – 3:54 - "Rhythm of Cruelty" – 3:03
- "You Never Knew Me" – 5:23
- "This Poison" – 4:20
- "Back to Nature" – 6:40
B-Side
- "A Song from Under the Floorboards" – 4:07
- "The Light Pours Out of Me" – 4:36
- "Motorcade" – 5:41
- "About the Weather" – 4:03
- "Feed the Enemy" – 5:45
A-Side
- "Shot by Both SidesShot By Both Sides"Shot by Both Sides" is a song written by Howard Devoto featuring a guitar riff from Pete Shelley, and performed by the English post punk band Magazine, which appeared on their debut album Real Life in 1978 and was released as a single in the same year, reaching #41 on the UK charts.The name of the...
" (Devoto, Pete ShelleyPete ShelleyPete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...
) – 3:54 - "Touch and Go" (Devoto, McGeoch) – 2:50
- "TV Baby" (Devoto, Formula) – 3:45
- "Rhythm of Cruelty" (Devoto, Adamson, McGeoch) – 3:03
- "I Love You You Big Dummy" (Don Van Vliet) – 3:54
- "Give Me Everything" (Devoto) – 4:22
B-Side
- "Upside Down" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch) – 3:48
- "My Mind It Ain't So Open" (Devoto, McGeoch) – 2:16
- "The Light Pours Out of Me" (Devoto, McGeoch, Shelley) – 3:28
- "A Song from Under the Floorboards" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch) – 3:58
- "About the Weather" (Devoto, Formula) – 3:24
- "GoldfingerGoldfinger (song)"Goldfinger" was the title song from the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. Composed by John Barry and with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, the song was performed by Shirley Bassey for the film's opening and closing title sequences, as well as the soundtrack album release...
" (John BarryJohn Barry (composer)John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
, Leslie BricusseLeslie BricusseLeslie Bricusse is an English composer, lyricist, and playwright.Although best known for his partnership with Anthony Newley, Bricusse has worked with many other composers. He was educated at University College School in London and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge...
, Anthony NewleyAnthony NewleyAnthony George Newley was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.-Early life:...
) – 3:20 - "The Book" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch) – 2:25
Personnel
- Howard DevotoHoward DevotoHoward Devoto is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for the punk band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands...
- Barry AdamsonBarry AdamsonBarry Adamson is a British rock musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electronic musicians Pan sonic and Depeche Mode. Adamson created the seven-minute opus "Useless " remix for the latter band in 1997...
- John DoyleJohn Doyle (drummer)John Doyle is a drummer who was member of New Wave bands like Magazine and The Armoury Show. He reunited with the first band for a tour which will be played in February 2009.-Biography:...
- Dave FormulaDave FormulaDave Formula, , is an English keyboardist and film-soundtrack composer from Manchester, who played with the post-punk band Magazine, and New Romantic ensemble Visage during the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s and in the "world music" band The Angel Brothers.-Early Years and St...
- Martin JacksonMartin JacksonMartin Jackson is a British drummer who has played with several New Wave bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with Magazine, in 1978 with the release of the influential Real Life album, and Swing Out Sister, in 1986, with the hit song Breakout.-Biography:His earliest work...
- Ben MandelsonBen MandelsonBen Mandelson is an English world musician, and also manager and producer.-Punk and New Wave years:...
- John McGeochJohn McGeochJohn Alexander McGeoch, , was a Scottish guitarist who played with a number of bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage and Public Image Ltd....