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Anthony Phillips

Wise After the Event [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD]

Wise After the Event [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD]

UPC: 5013929462748

Format: CD & DVD (4 disc)

Release Date: Feb 05, 2016

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Whereas Anthony Phillips' debut album The Geese & the Ghost was recorded piecemeal over a period of years, his sophomore set was cut in comparatively record time, a month in fall 1977, just as the first rave reviews for its predecessor hit the stands. It was an invigorating period and Phillips' confidence oozes out of every groove. Without departing from the proto-formula that established Geese among the year's most unexpected treats, Wise After the Event is a far more cohesive set, its highlights sprawling across entire tunes as opposed to the mere passages of before. It lacks, of course, the experimental edge of the earlier album -- there is nothing here to eclipse the first time you heard "Chinese Mushroom Cloud," for instance. There may also be too many sensitive ballads cluttering things up -- even the best can get a shade samey after a while. But the opening "We're All as We Lie" and the multi-textured title track are both career-enhancing classics, placing Phillips in the same kind of folky-art-prog middle ground as Roy Harper traditionally inhabited. And, as such, Wise After the Event emerges both wise and eventful. ~ Dave Thompson

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - We're All as We Lie [2016 Stereo Mix]
2 - Birdsong and Reprise [2016 Stereo Mix]
3 - Moonshooter [2016 Stereo Mix]
4 - Wise After the Event [2016 Stereo Mix]
5 - Pulling Faces [2016 Stereo Mix]
6 - Regrets [2016 Stereo Mix]
7 - Greenhouse [2016 Stereo Mix]
8 - Paperchase [2016 Stereo Mix]
9 - Now What (Are They Doing to My Little Friends) [2016 Stereo Mix]
10 - Squirrel [2016 Stereo Mix]
Disc 2:
1 - We're All as We Lie Link
2 - Sleeping on an Interstellar Plane [Greenhouse Demo]
3 - Paperchase [Instrumental Demo]
4 - Birdsong [Instrumental Demo]
5 - Moonshooter [Cottage Tapes Demo]
6 - Pulling Faces [Cottage Tapes Demo]
7 - Squirrel [Intrumental Mix]
8 - Wise After the Event [Instrumental Mix]
9 - Magic Garden [Solo Piano Mix]
10 - We're All as We Lie [7-inch Single Mix]
11 - Regrets [Piano Mix]
12 - Chinaman [Basic Guitar Mix]
13 - Now What (Are They Doing to My Little Friends) [Instrumental Mix]
Disc 3:
1 - We're All as We Lie [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
2 - Birdsong and Reprise [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
3 - Moonshooter [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
4 - Wise After the Event [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
5 - Pulling Faces [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
6 - Regrets [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
7 - Greenhouse [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
8 - Paperchase [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
9 - Now What (Are They Doing to My Little Friends) [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
10 - Squirrel [Remastered Original Stereo Mix]
Disc 4:
1 - We're All as We Lie [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
2 - Birdsong and Reprise [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
3 - Moonshooter [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
4 - Wise After the Event [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
5 - Pulling Faces [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
6 - Regrets [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
7 - Greenhouse [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
8 - Paperchase [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
9 - Now What (Are They Doing to My Little Friends) [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]
10 - Squirrel [2016 5.1 Surround Sound Mix]