After the War (Gary Moore album)

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After the War is the eighth studio album by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1989.

Much like Moore's previous album Wild Frontier, After the War contains elements of Celtic music. The instrumental "Dunluce" is named after Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland.

The track "Led Clones" features Ozzy Osbourne sharing lead vocals with Moore. The song pokes fun at bands such as Kingdom Come, who were quite popular at the time and were based on a Led Zeppelin type sound and image; it also appeared on a compilation album. Moore again pays tribute to the memory of his long-time friend and colleague Phil Lynott with the song "Blood of Emeralds".

"After the War" would be Moore's last foray into conventional hard rock, and his last rock album of any kind until Dark Days in Paradise, released in 1997; starting with his next album, Still Got the Blues, he would primarily switch to playing blues.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"After the War"	Moore	4:17
2.	"Speak for Yourself"	Moore, Neil Carter	3:42
3.	"Livin' on Dreams"	Moore	4:14
4.	"Led Clones"	Moore, Carter	6:07

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Messiah Will Come Again" (Instrumental; not present on Virgin Records vinyl recording)	Roy Buchanan	7:29
2.	"Running from the Storm"	Moore	4:45
3.	"This Thing Called Love"	Moore	3:32
4.	"Ready for Love"	Moore	5:39
5.	"Blood of Emeralds"	Moore, Carter	8:19
6.	"Dunluce" (Instrumental, cassette only)	Moore	3:50

CD release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dunluce (Part 1)" (Instrumental)	Moore	1:17
2.	"After the War"	Moore	4:17
3.	"Speak for Yourself"	Moore, Carter	3:42
4.	"Livin' on Dreams"	Moore	4:14
5.	"Led Clones"	Moore, Carter	6:07
6.	"The Messiah Will Come Again" (Instrumental)	Buchanan	7:29
7.	"Running from the Storm"	Moore	4:45
8.	"This Thing Called Love"	Moore	3:22
9.	"Ready for Love"	Moore	5:39
10.	"Blood of Emeralds"	Moore, Carter	8:19
11.	"Dunluce (Part 2)" (Instrumental)	Moore	3:50

2002 remastered CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Emerald"	Scott Gorham, Brian Downey, Brian Robertson, Phil Lynott	4:06
13.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Live)	Moore	10:16
14.	"Military Man" (Live)	Lynott	6:26
15.	"Wild Frontier" (Live)	Moore	5:01

Personnel

• Gary Moore – guitars, 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"
• Laurence Cottle – bass on "The Messiah Will Come Again"
• Charlie Morgan – drums on "After the War"
• Simon Phillips – drums on "Speak for Yourself" and "Blood of Emeralds"
• Brian Downey – drums on "Emerald"
• Chris Thompson – backing vocals on "After the War," "Led Clones" and "Ready for Love," violin on "Led Clones"
• Ozzy Osbourne – co-lead vocals on "Led Clones," backing vocals on "Speak For Yourself"
• Andrew Eldritch – backing vocals on "After the War," "Speak for Yourself" and "Blood of Emeralds"
• Sam Brown – backing vocals on "Ready for Love"
• Miriam Stockley – backing vocals on "Ready for Love"

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1989	UK	23
April 29, 1989	USA	114