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.
I have loved this album since it was first released - of course I bought it because I am a Genesis fan. But this is something different. I got this and the "Geese" remasters at the same time. Over powering actually. "Geese" came out wonderful. "Wise After the Event" is absolutely stunning! Always a great album, this issue though is the definitive addition as the whole is heard as a single piece of music. The production is world class, and of course that's because of Rupert Hine. He's disgustingly talented. The song "What have you done to my little friends" has always brought tears to my eyes, but this addition is simply stunning.
I am so glad that Anthony sang this album himself. With no disrespect to the former singers on "Geese," Ant's voice folds into the music as was intended.
Superb offering.
FORMAT: FLAC (Image + Log + .Cue + Scans + 5% Recovery)
SIZE: 707 Mb
COUNTRY: UK
Track Listing:
CD1:
1. We're All As We Lie
2. Birdsong And Reprise
3. Moonshooter
4. Wise After The Event
5. Pulling Faces
6. Regrets
7. Greenhouse
8. Paperchase
9. Now What (Are They Doing To My Little Friends?)
10. Squirrel
CD2:
1. We're All As we Lie (link) (Romany's Aria Forwards)
2. Sleeping on an Interstellar Plane (Greenhouse Demo)
3. Paperchase (Instrumental Demo)
4. Birdsong (Instrumental Demo)
5. Moonshooer (CottageTapes Demo)
6. We're all as we lie (Cottage Tapes Demo)
7. Pulling Faces (Cottage Tapes Demo)
8. Squirrel (Instrumental Mix)
9. Wise After the Event (Instrumental Mix)
10. Magic Garden (Solo Piano Mix)
11. We're All as We Lie (7' Single Version)
12. Regrets (Piano Mix)
13. Chinaman (Basic Guitar)
14. Now What (Are They Doing to My Little Friends)? (Instrumental Mix)
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http://hotfile.com/dl/16868240/b3a4280/ANPH78.part2.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/16875138/9692993/ANPH78.part3.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/16882197/57657c0/ANPH78.part4.rar.html
or lossy:
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