After the Fact (compilation)

After the Fact
Compilation album by Magazine
Released	September 23, 1982 (I.R.S., USA)
Recorded	1978-1981
Genre	New Wave, post-punk
Label	Virgin Records (UK release), I.R.S. (US release)
Producer	Magazine, Mick Glossop, John Leckie, Colin Thurston, Martin Hannett
Magazine chronology
After the Fact (1982) Rays and Hail (1987)

After the Fact is the first compilation album released by Magazine, in 1982, but it was posthumous because the band dissolved one year before.

Tracklist

UK release (Virgin)

Also released in Portugal, the same year.

A-side

1. "Shot by Both Sides" – 3:54
2. "Rhythm of Cruelty" – 3:03
3. "You Never Knew Me" – 5:23
4. "This Poison" – 4:20
5. "Back to Nature" – 6:40

B-Side

1. "A Song from Under the Floorboards" – 4:07
2. "The Light Pours Out of Me" – 4:36
3. "Motorcade" – 5:41
4. "About the Weather" – 4:03
5. "Feed the Enemy" – 5:45

US release (I.R.S.)

It was also released on CD, the same year.

A-Side

1. "Shot by Both Sides" (Devoto, Pete Shelley) – 3:54
2. "Touch and Go" (Devoto, McGeoch) – 2:50
3. "TV Baby" (Devoto, Formula) – 3:45
4. "Rhythm of Cruelty" (Devoto, Adamson, McGeoch) – 3:03
5. "I Love You You Big Dummy" (Don Van Vliet) – 3:54
6. "Give Me Everything" (Devoto) – 4:22

B-Side

1. "Upside Down" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch) – 3:48
2. "My Mind It Ain't So Open" (Devoto, McGeoch) – 2:16
3. "The Light Pours Out of Me" (Devoto, McGeoch, Shelley) – 3:28
4. "A Song from Under the Floorboards" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch) – 3:58
5. "About the Weather" (Devoto, Formula) – 3:24
6. "Goldfinger" (John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:20
7. "The Book" (Devoto, Adamson, Doyle, Formula, McGeoch) – 2:25

Personnel

• Howard Devoto
• Barry Adamson
• John Doyle
• Dave Formula
• Martin Jackson
• Ben Mandelson
• John McGeoch

External links

• I.R.S. Records Corner – Howard Devoto & Magazine discography