After the Heat


After the Heat is a 1978 album by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, credited to "Eno Moebius Roedelius". The album represents the second collaboration by the trio, the first being 1977's Cluster & Eno. As with the previous album, After the Heat was created in collaboration with the influential "krautrock" producer Conny Plank.

Content

The track "Tzima N'Arki" contains a reversed vocal track, part of which includes the chorus of Eno's song "King's Lead Hat", itself an anagram of "Talking Heads", whose recordings Eno was producing during that period. "Broken Head" makes prominent use of tape flanging on Eno's declaimed vocal.

Reception

Comparing the album to the musicians' previous collaboration Cluster & Eno, Pitchfork wrote in their favourable retrospective review: "A few piano-centered instrumentals hint at the sound of the earlier record, but After The Heat exists in a fantastic sphere of its own." Trouser Press called the album "an alluring — occasionally compelling — collection of instrumentals that deftly avoid the pitfalls of ambient music".

Track listing

All songs composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius.
; Side A
  1. "Oil" – 4:12
  2. "Foreign Affairs" – 3:30
  3. "Luftschloß" – 3:10
  4. "The Shade" – 3:08
  5. "Old Land" – 4:10
; Side B
  1. "Base & Apex" – 4:29
  2. "Light Arms" – 1:29
  3. "Broken Head" – 5:25
  4. "The Belldog" – 6:16
  5. "Tzima N'Arki" – 4:30

    Personnel

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