''Der Kommissar – The CBS Recordings'' is a primarily
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compilation album
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by
After the Fire
After the Fire (or ATF) were a British rock band that evolved from playing progressive rock to new wave over ten years, while having only one hit in the United States (" Der Kommissar") and one hit in the United Kingdom (" One Rule for You") ...
. Released 2005, it is essentially a reissue of the band's three album output for CBS. It is also the first time the entire collection has made it to CD, and benefits from bonus tracks associated with each of the original album recordings.
Track listing
All tracks by After the Fire
After the Fire (or ATF) were a British rock band that evolved from playing progressive rock to new wave over ten years, while having only one hit in the United States (" Der Kommissar") and one hit in the United Kingdom (" One Rule for You") ...
*Disk 1 - Total time 79:45
**Laser Love
# "Laser Love" – 3:29
# "Joy" – 3:17
# "Take Me Higher" – 4:30
# "Life in the City" – 4:01
# "Suspended Animation" – 4:21
# "Like The Power of a Jet" – 3:07
# "One Rule For You" – 3:25
# "Time To Think" – 3:29
# "Timestar" – 3:39
# "Check It Out" – 3:22
#*Bonus tracks - associated with "Laser Love"
# "Your Love Is Alive" (Bonus track) – 3:14
#*80f
# "Listen To Me" – 3:24
# "1980-F" – 2:34
# "Love Will Always Make You Cry" – 3:34
# "Can You Face It?" – 3:18
# "Who's Gonna Love You (When You’re Old And Fat And Ugly)" – 4:10
# "Starflight" – 4:18
# "Wild West Show" – 3:34
# "Billy, Billy" – 4:37
# "It's High Fashion" – 3:11
# "Why Can't We Be Friends?" – 2:51
# "Joanne" – 4:20
*Disk 2 - Total time 79:34
**Bonus track - associated with "80F"
# "Every Mother's Son" (Bonus track) – 2:38
#*Batteries not included
# "Short Change" – 3:20
# "Frozen Rivers" – 3:31
# "Sometimes" – 3:09
# "Sailing Ship" – 3:55
# "I Don't Understand Your Love" – 2:51
# "The Stranger" – 3:44
# "Rich Boys" – 3:02
# "Carry Me Home" – 3:22
# "Dancing in the Shadows" – 3:03
# "Space Walking" – 3:11
# "Gina" – 1:37
# "Stuck in Paris (Nowhere To Go)" – 2:45
# "Bright Lights" – 3:35
#*Bonus tracks - associated with "Batteries not included"
# "Nobody Else But You" (Bonus track) – 3:14
# "Starflight" (live) (Bonus track) – 4:51
# "Take Me Higher" (live) (Bonus track) – 7:47
# "One Rule For You" (live) (Bonus track) – 4:30
# "Billy, Billy" (live) (Bonus track) – 6:48
# "Der Kommissar" (Bonus track) – 4:08
# "Starflight" (Re-worked Bonus track) – 4:33
Personnel
Band
* Peter Banks –
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,
mini Moog
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, Crumar Multiman, piano, vocals
*
Andy Piercy – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, lead vocals, tambourine
* Nick Battle – bass guitar, vocals
* Ivor Twidell – drums
* John Russell – electric guitar
* Bob Price – bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
*
Pete King – drums
Release details
*2005, UK, Edsel MEDCD 757, released 31 January 2005, double CD (with bonus tracks)
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After the Fire albums
2005 compilation albums