After Everything Now This

After Everything Now This is the thirteenth album by the Australian alternative rock band The Church, released in January 2002.^[1] It was produced by group member Tim Powles and the rest of the band.^[2][3]

After Everything Now This
Studio album by The Church
Released	28 January 2002 (UK)
Genre	Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, dream pop
Label	Cooking Vinyl, Thirsty Ear
Producer	Tim Powles and The Church
The Church chronology
A Box of Birds (1999) After Everything Now This (2002) Parallel Universe (2002)

Recordings for a follow-up album to Hologram of Baal (September 1998) turned out to be painstakingly slow due to numerous side projects and geographical locations of different members – with Steve Kilbey in Sweden, Marty Willson-Piper in England and the others in Australia. While taking time off to focus on solo efforts and other work – including a brief reunion of All About Eve for Willson-Piper, the bandmates met across several separate sessions. Partially recorded in both Sweden and Australia, After Everything Now This, appeared in January 2002 and saw a focus on the softer elements of the band. With only three obvious "rock" tracks out of ten, gentler soundscapes predominated. The successive world tour had the band in a more subdued setting as well, with most tracks performed primarily acoustically and featuring guest tour and session musician David Lane on piano.

A double album of remixes and outtakes from the After Everything sessions was released in November, entitled Parallel Universe.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Kilbey/Koppes/Powles/Willson-Piper

1. "Numbers" – 4:29
2. "After Everything" – 6:01
3. "The Awful Ache" – 5:17
4. "Song for the Asking" – 5:08
5. "Chromium" – 3:44
6. "Radiance" – 5:59
7. "Reprieve" – 5:40
8. "Night Friends" – 7:20
9. "Seen it Coming" – 4:58
10. "Invisible" – 7:48

Personnel

• Steve Kilbey – lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar
• Peter Koppes – guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tim Powles – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Marty Willson-Piper – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Chromium"

Additional players

• Clayton Doley – Wurlitzer piano (1, 6 & 7)
• David Lane – ambient piano, grand piano (2, 4 & 8)
• Jane Seymour – violin, viola (2, 3, 7 & 9)

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	133