Editing Before and After Science (section)

== Release ==
[[File:Four Years.jpg|left|thumb|150px|alt=an illustration of an empty room featuring two floors connected by a carpeted stairway.|[[Peter Schmidt (artist)|Peter Schmidt]]'s "Four Years" was one of four prints included in the original pressings of the album<ref name="Schmidt">{{cite web|url=http://www.peterschmidtweb.com/BeforeAndAfterScience.html|title=Peter Schmidt|publisher=Peter Schmidt Web|access-date=31 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619215821/http://www.peterschmidtweb.com/BeforeAndAfterScience.html|archive-date=19 June 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> ]]
''Before and After Science'' was released in December 1977 on [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] in the United Kingdom and on [[Island Records|Island]] in the United States.{{sfn|Strong|1998|p=245}} The first pressings of the album included four offset prints by [[Peter Schmidt (artist)|Peter Schmidt]].<ref name="Schmidt" /> The back cover of the LP states "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".<ref name="Schmidt" /> 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 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tapes]] chart.<ref name="charter">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-eno-mn0000617196/awards|title=Brian Eno {{!}} Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707201557/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-eno-mn0000617196/awards|archive-date=7 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=379}} "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).{{sfn|Strong|1998|p=245}} This single failed to chart and has never been reissued in any form.<ref name="charter" />{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=379}}

The album was re-issued on compact disc through [[E.G. Records]] in January 1987.{{sfn|Strong|1998|p=245}} In 2004, [[Virgin Records]] began reissuing Eno's albums in batches of four to five.<ref name=NME>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/news/brian-eno/16325|title=The Musical Life of Brian!|magazine=[[NME]]|location=London|access-date=30 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517062358/http://www.nme.com/news/brian-eno/16325|archive-date=17 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Audio mastering|remastered]] [[digipak]] release of ''Before and After Science'' was released on 31 May 2004 in the United Kingdom and on 1 June 2004 in North America.<ref name=popmattersList>{{cite web|last=Goff|first=Jon|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/enobrian-before2004/|title=Brian Eno: Before and After Science [reissue]|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=29 July 2004|access-date=30 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620014252/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/enobrian-before2004/|archive-date=20 June 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>