A Posteriori

News about the album's title and track list were first made public on 18 July 2006 through the Crocodile-Music.de website and EnigmaMusic.com's forums, while the album cover was made public ten days later. The first track to be made public was "Hello and Welcome", released as a standalone single in 2006. Enigma's management subsequently stated that a new version would be included on the record, while the lead single off the album proper would be "Goodbye Milky Way".{{cite web|url=http://www.crocodile-music.de/enigma/index.php |title=New Enigma Album |work=Enigma News |publisher=Crocodile Music Management GmbH |access-date=17 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630035542/http://www.crocodile-music.de/enigma/index.php |archive-date=30 June 2006 |url-status=live }}

A Posteriori became the first Enigma album to be recorded using Michael Cretu's new 5.1 fully computerized mobile music studio, "Alchemist", a machine of relatively small size with a main keyboard and a number of hardware MIDI controllers with some "special" expansions and a central computer with LCD screen. The device was designed for Cretu privately.

"A posteriori", a Latin phrase translated as "after the fact", refers to empirical knowledge, the epistemological concept of deriving knowledge from past experience.

"Eppur si muove", alternately spelled "E pur si muove!", is an Italian phrase translated to "And yet it moves", attributed to Galileo Galilei after he was sentenced by the Roman Inquisition to recant his belief in heliocentrism.

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Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote, "[I]f you like the Enigma sound, this will be up your alley, full of the things you may seek out in a recording, but there is little new here."

All songs written, arranged, and produced by Michael Cretu.

{{Track listing

| total_length = 53:36

| title1 = Eppur si muove

| length1 = 3:41

| title2 = Feel Me Heaven

| length2 = 4:50

| title3 = Dreaming of Andromeda

| length3 = 4:26

| title4 = Dancing with Mephisto

| length4 = 4:25

| title5 = Northern Lights

| length5 = 3:39

| title6 = Invisible Love

| length6 = 4:55

| title7 = Message from Io

| length7 = 3:09

| title8 = Hello and Welcome

| length8 = 5:08

| title9 = 20.000 Miles over the Sea

| length9 = 4:23

| title10 = Sitting on the Moon

| length10 = 4:21

| title11 = The Alchemist

| length11 = 4:41

| title12 = Goodbye Milky Way

| length12 = 5:58

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• Michael Cretu – music, lyrics, vocals (tracks 6, 10, 12), performance, production, programming, engineering

;Additional musicians

• Narration – Louisa Stanley (tracks 4, 12)
• Voice – Andru Donalds (track 8)

Apart from the album, some additional remixes were released exclusively through the iTunes Store. They are:

• "Eppur si muove" (Tocadisco Remix) – 6:39
• "Dreaming of Andromeda" (Jean F. Cochois Remix) – 7:28
• "20.000 Miles over the Sea" (Boca Junior Remix) – 7:07
• "The Alchemist" (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel) – 7:17

The Private Lounge Remix album version of A Posteriori was released via iTunes on 18 March 2007 in Germany and on 26 March in the rest of Europe.

{{Track listing

| total_length = 1:14:30

| title1 = Eppur si muove

| note1 = Tocadisco remix 2

| length1 = 6:11

| title2 = Feel Me Heaven

| note2 = Boca Junior remix

| length2 = 6:24

| title3 = Dreaming of Andromeda

| note3 = Jean F. Cochois remix

| length3 = 7:29

| title4 = Dancing with Mephisto

| note4 = Boca Junior remix

| length4 = 5:28

| title5 = Northern Lights

| note5 = Boca Junior remix

| length5 = 5:41

| title6 = Invisible Love

| note6 = Boca Junior remix

| length6 = 5:45

| title7 = Message from Io

| note7 = Boca Junior remix

| length7 = 5:33

| title8 = The Alchemist

| note8 = Christian Geller remix

| length8 = 6:54

| title9 = 20.000 Miles over the Sea

| note9 = Boca Junior remix

| length9 = 7:08

| title10 = Sitting on the Moon

| note10 = Boca Junior remix

| length10 = 5:31

| title11 = The Alchemist

| note11 = The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel

| length11 = 7:16

| title12 = Goodbye Milky Way

| note12 = Boca Junior remix

| length12 = 5:10

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