After the War (Gary Moore album)

After the War

Studio album by Gary Moore

Released

25 January 1989

Recorded

1988

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

53:01

Gary Moore chronology

Wild Frontier
(1987)

After the War
(1989)

Still Got the Blues
(1990)

Singles from After the War

"After the War"
Released: December, 1988
"Ready for Love"
Released: March, 1989
"Led Clones"
Released: July, 1989
"Livin' on Dreams"
Released: October, 1989

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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

References

↑ Eduardo Rivadavia. "After the War - Gary Moore | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-22.

Gary Moore

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Studio albums	Grinding Stone Back on the Streets G-Force (w/ G-Force) Corridors of Power Dirty Fingers Victims of the Future Run for Cover Wild Frontier After the War Still Got the Blues After Hours Blues for Greeny Dark Days in Paradise A Different Beat Back to the Blues Scars (w/ Scars) Power of the Blues Old New Ballads Blues Close as You Get Bad for You Baby

Live albums	Rockin' Every Night: Live in Japan Live at the Marquee / Live We Want Moore! Blues Alive Live at Monsters of Rock Essential Montreux Live at Montreux 2010 Blues for Jimi

Compilation albums	Gary Moore Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 Out in the Fields Blood of Emeralds Best of the Blues Have Some Moore Parisienne Walkways: The Blues Collection Back on the Streets: The Rock Collection The Essential Gary Moore The Platinum Collection

Videography	Emerald Isles: Live in Ireland Live in Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour Blues for Greeny Live Live at Montreux 1990 One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil Lynott Live at Monsters of Rock The Definitive Montreux Collection Live at Montreux

Notable songs	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Out in the Fields" (w/ Phil Lynott) "Parisienne Walkways" "Still Got the Blues"

Related articles	Discography Skid Row (Irish band) Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott Colosseum II Greg Lake BBM

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