Now later than you think

In March 2003, the Alisa group began recording the album at the Dobrolet studio in St. Petersburg . In summer, the group recorded material in Germany in the city of Cologne . The mixing lasted until mid-July. From that moment, the group began working with a German sound engineer: it was he who worked on all subsequent albums. In “Now later than you think” there were working names: “Antichrist” and “Sky of the Slavs”.

In September, the shooting of video clips for the songs "Homeland" and "Sky of the Slavs" took place. In early October, the single “Without a Cross” was released, which included the songs “Homeland”, “Without a Cross” (with Chizh ), a concert version of “Songs Without Words” and a video clip for the song “Homeland”. On October 15, the album "Now is Late Than You Think" was released. Clips for the songs “Sky of the Slavs” and “Antichrist” (concert) were also released. Their rotation on television was reduced to a minimum ^[2] . In October, a press conference was held on the release of the album, which was attended by Deacon Andrei Kuraev and Navy Representative Igor Dygalo .

Since the release of the album until the end of November, a tour was held in the cities of Russia , Belarus and Ukraine , dedicated to the release of the new album and the band's twentieth anniversary. After the end of the tour in late November, the founders left the band - guitarist Andrei Shatalin and drummer Mikhail Nefyodov .

The last home concert of the group in classical composition was recorded and released on the disc “ We are Together XX Years ”.

All texts are written by Konstantin Kinchev, all music is written by Konstantin Kinchev.

• "Homeland" was recorded with the participation of the daughter of Konstantin Kinchev, Vera. She also sang her part at most concerts during the performance of this song. A video clip was shot on the composition; filming took place in September 2003. It was written in the Leningrad Region (Szabo) 04.21.2001 ^[3] .
• “The Sky of the Slavs,” according to Konstantin Kinchev’s definition, “this song is not about blood analysis, but about the fact that we are all of the same faith, that is, united in faith, united in love for the Motherland, united in pride in our country and its history, united in the desire not to muck what has been created over the centuries, but muck to stop miscreants ” ^[4] . The song was written on the train St. Petersburg-Moscow 10.22.2000. It was first performed in St. Petersburg on the air of Radio Nostalgie on December 15, 2000. The group "Fedorino Gora" made a cover version of the song in female choral performance. The song is actively performed by fans of the Zenit football club.
• “Unruly” was written in Moscow (Pokrovka) on November 14, 2002.
• “Without the Cross” was written in Moscow (Pokrovka) on 06/04/2002.
• “Dirt” was only included in the second edition of the album. It was first performed in acoustic version on February 6, 2002 on Radio Chanson in the Strizh Time program. It was written in the Leningrad Region (Szabo) on April 22, 2001.
• "The Riders" is the central song of the album by its power and drama according to Konstantin Kinchev ^[1] . “In the song“ Riders ”I take only an episode of the Apocalypse - the appearance of the Messengers of the Signs, I call them“ Oprichniks of Heaven “. But at the same time, I wanted to put into this song all the mysterious meaning of the End of the World Force, the inevitability of the Victory of God over the devil. And the poetic form is a very capacious thing, therefore, in order to achieve the power of the sensation that the reading of the Apocalypse caused me, I simply allowed myself to swap the riders. I tried to put in one song the whole essence of the Revelation of John the Theologian. But the point is that the Light will triumph ” ^[5] .
• "Antichrist" was written first, and the rest of the songs gathered around him ^[1] . It was originally planned to create a hard, revealing album around the song, but when other songs appeared, the emphasis changed ^[6] . The song was born not without the influence of Marilyn Manson ^[6] . The video clip, which is a recording of the performance of a song at the concert “We Are Together XX Years,” was broadcast on television. "Antichrist" was written in the Leningrad Region (Szabo) on 10/01/1999.

• "Monk, warrior and buffoon" was written on 10/18/2001 in Vladivostok. The sound of the hall (“My Bright Russia”) was recorded in St. Petersburg in the summer of 2003 ^[7] . Konstantin Kinchev said that for a person entering the stage, it is important to be a prophet, a jester and a warrior, and for him the closest thing is buffoonery ^[8] .
• “Zvanye” is the most important song from the album according to Konstantin Kinchev: ^{[1] the} songs “Dirt” and “Without a Cross”, in my opinion, are, as it were, the forerunner of such songs as “Riders” and “Antichrist”, which in their it’s the turn that sets the stage for the album’s main dominant - the songs “The Sounds” ” ^[9] . The song was written in Moscow (Pokrovka) on 11/14/2000.
• "Soul" was first performed in acoustic version on June 8, 2001 at a concert in the concert hall of Oktyabrsky. Program: “A little fire in the middle of the way ...” Speakers: AliceA, Chizh and Picnic. After the song was performed, Kinchev said: “The song premiered unexpectedly.” The song was written in Moscow (Pokrovka) on 11/13/2000.

• Konstantin Kinchev - vocals
• Peter Samoilov - bass, backing vocals
• Andrey Shatalin - guitar solo
• Mikhail Nefyodov - drums
• Evgeny Levin - guitar
• Dmitry Parfyonov - keyboards, bells (8)

Guest musicians

• Sergey "Sanji" Polyakov - drums
• Chizh - vocals, harmonica
• Vera Panfilova - voice
• Mikhail Borzykin - intro
• Sergey Bolshakov - tom-toms
• Rushan Ayupov - button accordion

Technical staff

• Yuri Shlapakov - sound,
• Vyacheslav Batogov, Levon Arutyunov, Andrey Melnik - administrators

The collection edition of the disc contains the single “Without a Cross” and two books - one with lyrics, the second with reviews. On the cover is the old classic logo of the group with two letters “A” in the form of stars. The cover shows shaved bald people with prints on their foreheads. For the design were invited “alisamans” who were ready to part with their hair.

• The album was first released in 2003 by the Igor Matvienko Production Center and Frost Music. After that, the second author’s version of the album was released, supplemented by the song “Dirt”.
• In 2009, Real Records reissued 17 Alice's numbered albums in a large cardboard box. Digipack editions are supplemented with bonus tracks from live albums.
• In 2014, “Now Later Than You Think” was reissued by Bomba Music on a gramophone record, the print run was printed in Germany.

• Now later than you think (neopr.) . The official website of the group Alice. Date of treatment October 4, 2011. Archived February 21, 2012.
• Report on the presentation of the new album "Alice" and an autograph session (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 9, 2008. Archived February 21, 2012.
• Now later than you think (neopr.) . “Time Z” - the project “Rock songs: interpretation”. Date of treatment April 23, 2013. Archived on April 28, 2013.