After the Heat

The track "Tzima N'Arki" contains a reversed vocal track, part of which includes the chorus of Eno's song "King's Lead Hat" (from his album Before and After Science), itself an anagram of "Talking Heads", whose recordings Eno was producing during that period. "Broken Head" makes prominent use of tape flanging on Eno's declaimed vocal.

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| rev1 = AllMusic

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| rev2 = Mojo

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Male|first=Andrew|title=Two's company|magazine=Mojo|issue=270|date=May 2016|page=103}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 9.3/10{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=Mark|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11733-cluster-eno-after-the-heat-begegnungen-begegnungen-ii/|title=Cluster / Brian Eno / Dieter Moebius / Roedelius / Conny Plank: Cluster & Eno / After the Heat / Begegnungen / Begegnungen II|website=Pitchfork|date=6 April 2006|access-date=3 June 2015}}

| rev4 = Spin

| rev4score = 8/10{{cite magazine|last=Hultkrans|first=Andrew|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWOSy3n80F4C&pg=PA82|title=Reissues|magazine=Spin|volume=25|issue=11|date=November 2009|access-date=4 January 2019|page=82}}

| rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev5score = 6/10{{sfn|Powers|1995|p=129}}

| rev6 = Tom Hull – on the Web

| rev6Score = B+{{cite web|url=https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=brian+eno|title=Grade List: Brian Eno|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|first=Tom|last=Hull|date=November 26, 2023|access-date=November 26, 2023}}

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Comparing the album to the musicians' previous collaboration Cluster & Eno (1977), Pitchfork wrote in their favourable retrospective review: "A few piano-centered instrumentals hint at the sound of the earlier record, but After The Heat exists in a fantastic sphere of its own." Trouser Press called the album "an alluring — occasionally compelling — collection of instrumentals that deftly avoid the pitfalls of ambient music".{{cite web|last1=Grant|first1=Steven|last2=Green|first2=Jim|last3=Robbins|first3=Ira|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=brian_eno|title=Brian Eno|website=Trouser Press|access-date=4 July 2016}}

All songs composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius.

Side A

1. "Oil" – 4:12
2. "Foreign Affairs" – 3:30
3. "Luftschloß" – 3:10
4. "The Shade" – 3:08
5. "Old Land" – 4:10

Side B

1. "Base & Apex" – 4:29
2. "Light Arms" – 1:29
3. "Broken Head" – 5:25
4. "The Belldog" – 6:16
5. "Tzima N'Arki" – 4:30

The above list presents the tracks in the order they appeared on the original LP release. Some CD issues have an alternative running order.

• Brian Eno – vocals, bass guitar, synthesizers, keyboards
• Dieter Moebius – synthesizers, keyboards
• Hans-Joachim Roedelius – synthesizers, keyboards
• Holger Czukay – bass guitar on "T'zima N'arki"

Technical personnel

• Conny Plank – engineer
• Michael Weisse – cover photography

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Works cited

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