After the war

This article is about Gary Moore's album . For the Mono Inc. album, see After the War (Mono Inc. album) .

After the war
Studio album by Gary Moore
Publication (s)	January 25, 1989
admission	1988
Label (s)	Virgin Records
Format (s)	LP, MC, CD
Genre (s)	Hard rock
Title (number)	9/11
running time	53:01
occupation	Gary Moore : guitar , lead vocals Neil Carter : keyboards , backing vocals Bob Daisley : Bass Cozy Powell : drums Don Airey : Keyboards on The Messiah Will Come Again , Running from the Storm and This Thing Called Love
production	Peter Collins
Studio (s)	The Townhouse , London
chronology Wild Frontier (1987) After the war Still Got the Blues (1990)
Single releases December 1988 After the war March 1989 Ready for love July 1989 Led clones October 1989 Livin 'on dreams

After the War is a music album by Northern Irish hard rock and blues guitarist Gary Moore . It was released in January 1989 and was Moore's last hard rock album until Dark Days in Paradise (1997).

history

With After the War , Moore returned in parts to his harder riffing of the mid-1980s, e.g. B. Speak for Yourself or Running from the Storm . In other places, the songwriting is catchier and more pop-oriented, such as B. at Ready for Love . Moore paid homage to his late friend and musical partner Phil Lynott with Blood of Emeralds . The title After the War refers to the Vietnam War . The instrumental piece The Messiah Will Come Again - a composition by the American guitarist Roy Buchanan - has been repeatedly added to the set list of Moore's live performances. It shows the typical elements of his expressive playing on the guitar: fast passages, long sustained notes, extreme and emotional bendings , the use of the volume control for swell and swell effects and running through the entire fingerboard of the guitar from the very low to the highest notes .

Although the album was successful in some countries - it reached number 2 in Germany, but only number 23 in Great Britain and number 114 in the USA - Moore broke off the following tour due to "unsuccessfulness" and turned to the blues .

criticism

For Frank Trojan from Rock Hard , After the War was a mixture of Moore's three previous albums ( Victims of the Future , Run for Cover and Wild Frontier ), which lacked the fresh element, however. The guitarist quotes himself too often. Despite some mediocre performances, the LP is overall a solid work (8 out of 10 points). The Allmusic website wrote that mixing metal riffs with pop gave "mixed results". It gave the rating 3 out of 5.

Track list

Unless otherwise noted, all songs were written by Gary Moore.

Vinyl release

Side one

1. "After the War" - 4:17
2. "Speak for Yourself" (Moore / Neil Carter ) - 3:42
3. "Livin 'on Dreams" - 4:14
4. "Led Clones" (Moore / Carter) - 6:07

Side two

1. "The Messiah Will Come Again" (Instrumental) ( Roy Buchanan ) - 7:29
2. "Running from the Storm" - 4:45
3. "This Thing Called Love" - ​​3:22
4. "Ready for Love" - ​​5:39
5. "Blood of Emeralds" (Moore / Carter) - 8:19

CD release

1. "Dunluce Pt. 1" (instrumental) - 1:17
2. "After the War" - 4:17
3. "Speak for Yourself" (Moore / Carter) - 3:42
4. "Livin 'on Dreams" - 4:14
5. "Led Clones" (Moore / Carter) - 6:07
6. "The Messiah Will Come Again" (instrumental) (Buchanan) - 7:29
7. "Running from the Storm" - 4:45
8. "This Thing Called Love" - ​​3:22
9. "Ready for Love" - ​​5:39
10. "Blood of Emeralds" (Moore, Carter) - 8:19
11. "Dunluce Pt. 2" (instrumental) - 3:50

Bonus tracks from the 2002 CD re-release

12. "Emerald" ( Scott Gorham / Brian Downey / Brian Robertson / Phil Lynott ) - 4:06 (B-side of the single After the War )
13. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Live) - 10:16 (B-side of the single After the War , recorded on April 25, 1987 at Isstadion in Stockholm)
14. "Military Man" (Live) (Lynott) - 6:26 (B-side of the single Ready For Love , recorded April 25, 1987 at Isstadion in Stockholm)
15. "Wild Frontier" (Live) - 5:01 (B-side of the single Ready For Love , recorded on April 25, 1987 at Isstadion in Stockholm)

Note: on the cassette version there is only one track called Dunluce , the last track on the album.

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	360,000

Main article: Gary Moore / Discography # Awards for Music Sales

proof

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000198827
2. ↑ http://www.griffbrett.de/2011/01/gary-moore/
3. ↑ Rock Hard # 32: After the War (Album Review)
4. ↑ Gold / platinum database. Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on January 10, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Guld & Platina 1987-1998. IFPI Sweden , accessed January 10, 2020 (Swedish). 
6. ^ BRIT Certified. British Phonographic Industry , accessed January 10, 2020 . 

literature

• René Aagaard, Finn K. Jensen, The Gary Moore Bio-Discography 1969-1994 , Søborg: Bidstrup, 1996. ISBN 87-983242-6-8 .