- progressive rock
- 53 min
- 9 tracks
- Arista
Wise After the Event is the second studio album by English musician and composer Anthony Phillips, released in May 1978 on Arista Records in the United Kingdom and in June 1978 on Passport Records in the United States. After promoting his previous album The Geese & the Ghost (1977), Phillips began to prepare material for a new album. It remains his only album that features himself on lead vocals on each track.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- A1We're All as We Lie4:34
- A2Birdsong7:30
- A3Moonshooter5:52
- A4Wise After the Event8:45
- B1Pulling Faces4:32
- B2Regrets5:15
- B3Greenhouse3:00
- B4Paperchase5:28
- B5Now What (Are They Doing to My Little Friends?)8:30
9 tracks, 53 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Anthony Phillips
- Label
- Arista
- Released
- 1978
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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