Brian Eno "Before And After Science" Polydor ? 2302 071 UK 1st Press & 4 Prints

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Brian Eno  "Before And After Science"  Polydor ? 2302 071  UK 1st Pressing Vinyl, LP, released in 1977 includes a grey/light blue portfolio with four offset prints on rough paper by Peter Schmidt. 
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. The sleeve shows some wear to the corners but is also in great condition - no writing no tears. The grey/light blue portfolio with four offset prints is in great condition and barely looks to have been opened. Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, stamped): 2302071 A//3 T Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, stamped): 2302071 B//2 T Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, etched): GONE BEFORE TO THAT UNKNOWN AND SILENT SHORE Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, etched): ARCANE BENEFITS OF CREED
"Before and After Science" is Brian Eno's fifth studio album. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it was originally released by Polydor Records in December 1977. Guest musicians from the United Kingdom and Germany helped with the album, including members of Roxy Music, Free, Fairport Convention, Can and Cluster. Over one hundred tracks were written with only ten making the album's final cut. The musical styles of the album range from energetic and jagged to more languid and pastoral.
The album marks Eno's last foray into rock music for the 1970s as a solo artist, with all his remaining albums of the decade showcasing more of Eno's avant-garde and ambient music, which was hinted at on the second half of "Before and After Science". The album was Eno's second to chart in the United States. The song "King's Lead Hat", the title of which is an anagram for Talking Heads, was remixed and released as a single, although it didn't chart in the United Kingdom. Critical response to the album has remained positive, with several critics calling it one of Eno's best works.
"Before and After Science" was released in December 1977 on Polydor in the United Kingdom and on Island in the United States. The first pressings of the album included four offset prints by Peter Schmidt. The back cover of the LP says "Fourteen Pictures" under the album title, referencing Eno's ten songs and Peter Schmidt's 4 prints. These prints included "The Road to the Crater", "Look at September, look at October", "The Other House" and "Four Years". The album did not chart in the United Kingdom, but was Eno's first album since Here Come the Warm Jets to chart in the United States, where it peaked at 171 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. "King's Lead Hat" was remixed and released as a single in January 1978, featuring the b-side "R.A.F.", which is credited to "Eno & Snatch" (in the UK, not the US). This single failed to chart and has never been reissued in any form.
Modern reviews of "Before and After Science" have been positive. David Ross Smith of AllMusic awarded the album the highest rating of five stars stating that it ranks alongside "Here Come the Warm Jets" and "Another Green World" "as the most essential Eno material". The music webzine Tiny Mix Tapes awarded the album their highest rating, stating that it "is not only one of the best albums in Eno's catalog, but of the 1970s as a whole". The webzine Pitchfork Media gave "Before and After Science" a positive but less enthusiastic review, calling the album a "neutered star in search of fuel, boasting only 'King's Lead Hat' for the pop world, and the luminous pure prog-jazz of 'Energy Fools the Magician' for the out-rock contingent". Ten days later Pitchfork placed "Before and After Science" at number 100 on their list of "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s", referring to it as a "lovely, charming album" and going on to state that, while "not formally groundbreaking, it's frequently overlooked when discussing great albums from an era that's romanticized as placing premiums on progression and innovation—and particularly in the context of Eno's career, which is so full of both".
The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.