Der Kommissar – The CBS Recordings

Der Kommissar – The CBS Recordings is a pop rock, power pop and new wave music compilation album by British rock band After the Fire released in 2005.[1] It is essentially a reissue of the band's three album output for CBS.[2] The collection also benefits from bonus tracks associated with each of the original album recordings.[1]

Der Kommissar – The CBS Recordings
Compilation album by
Released31 January 2005
Genre
Length159:19
LabelEdsel
After the Fire chronology
Der Kommissar
(1982)
Der Kommissar – The CBS Recordings
(2005)
Live at Greenbelt
(2006)

Track listing

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All tracks by After the Fire

  • Disk 1 - Total time 79:45
    • Laser Love
  1. "Laser Love" – 3:29
  2. "Joy" – 3:17
  3. "Take Me Higher" – 4:30
  4. "Life in the City" – 4:01
  5. "Suspended Animation" – 4:21
  6. "Like The Power of a Jet" – 3:07
  7. "One Rule For You" – 3:25
  8. "Time To Think" – 3:29
  9. "Timestar" – 3:39
  10. "Check It Out" – 3:22
    • Bonus tracks - associated with "Laser Love"
  11. "Your Love Is Alive" (Bonus track) – 3:14
    • 80f
  12. "Listen To Me" – 3:24
  13. "1980-F" – 2:34
  14. "Love Will Always Make You Cry" – 3:34
  15. "Can You Face It?" – 3:18
  16. "Who's Gonna Love You (When You’re Old And Fat And Ugly)" – 4:10
  17. "Starflight" – 4:18
  18. "Wild West Show" – 3:34
  19. "Billy, Billy" – 4:37
  20. "It's High Fashion" – 3:11
  21. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" – 2:51
  22. "Joanne" – 4:20
  • Disk 2 - Total time 79:34
    • Bonus track - associated with "80F"
  1. "Every Mother's Son" (Bonus track) – 2:38
    • Batteries not included
  2. "Short Change" – 3:20
  3. "Frozen Rivers" – 3:31
  4. "Sometimes" – 3:09
  5. "Sailing Ship" – 3:55
  6. "I Don't Understand Your Love" – 2:51
  7. "The Stranger" – 3:44
  8. "Rich Boys" – 3:02
  9. "Carry Me Home" – 3:22
  10. "Dancing in the Shadows" – 3:03
  11. "Space Walking" – 3:11
  12. "Gina" – 1:37
  13. "Stuck in Paris (Nowhere To Go)" – 2:45
  14. "Bright Lights" – 3:35
    • Bonus tracks - associated with "Batteries not included"
  15. "Nobody Else But You" (Bonus track) – 3:14
  16. "Starflight" (live) (Bonus track) – 4:51
  17. "Take Me Higher" (live) (Bonus track) – 7:47
  18. "One Rule For You" (live) (Bonus track) – 4:30
  19. "Billy, Billy" (live) (Bonus track) – 6:48
  20. "Der Kommissar" (Bonus track) – 4:08
  21. "Starflight" (Re-worked Bonus track) – 4:33

Personnel

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Band

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  • Peter Banks – Hammond C3, mini Moog, 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 – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Pete King – drums

Release details

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  • 2005, UK, Edsel MEDCD 757, released 31 January 2005, double CD (with bonus tracks)

References

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  1. ^ a b "After The Fire – Der Kommissar: The CBS Recordings". Discogs. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "The 20 Best Albums Of 2005: Tony Cummings & Mike Rimmer identify their best albums". www.crossrhythms.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2024.