After Everything Now This
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| Studio album by The Church | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, dream pop | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl, Thirsty Ear | |||
| Producer | Tim Powles and The Church | |||
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After Everything Now This is the thirteenth album by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church, released in early 2002.[1] It was produced by group member Tim Powles (Penny Flanagan) and the rest of the band.[1][2]
Recordings for a follow-up album to Hologram of Baal (September 1998) turned out to be painstakingly slow due to numerous side projects and geographical locations of different members – with Steve Kilbey in Sweden, Marty Willson-Piper in England and the others in Australia. While taking time off to focus on solo efforts and other work – including a brief reunion of All About Eve for Willson-Piper; the bandmates met across several separate sessions. Partially recorded in both Sweden and Australia, After Everything Now This, appeared in January 2002 and saw a focus on the softer elements of the band. With only three obvious "rock" tracks out of ten, gentler soundscapes predominated. The successive world tour had the band in a more subdued setting as well, with most tracks performed primarily acoustically and featuring guest tour and session musician David Lane on piano.
A double album of remixes and outtakes from the After Everything sessions was released in November, entitled Parallel Universe.
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Track listing
All songs written by Kilbey/Koppes/Powles/Willson-Piper
- "Numbers" – 4:29
- "After Everything" – 6:01
- "The Awful Ache" – 5:17
- "Song for the Asking" – 5:08
- "Chromium" – 3:44
- "Radiance" – 5:59
- "Reprieve" – 5:40
- "Night Friends" – 7:20
- "Seen it Coming" – 4:58
- "Invisible" – 7:48
Personnel
- Steve Kilbey – lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar
- Peter Koppes – guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tim Powles – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Marty Willson-Piper – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Chromium"
Additional players
- Clayton Dooley – Wurlitzer piano (1, 6 & 7)
- David Lane – ambient piano, grand piano (2, 4 & 8)
- Jane Seymour – violin, viola (2, 3, 7 & 9)
