Julian Cope - 'Saint Julian' 180g black vinyl LP reissue.

Signing to Island Records in 1986, ‘Saint Julian’ was his first album for the label. With this album, his Iggy Pop/Jim Morrison side was cultivated, the weirdness dialled down, leathers were worn and a rock'n'roll microphone stand was utilised. The lead track "World Shut Your Mouth" gave Cope his first solo UK Top 20 hit, a big, brash slice of garage rock, it was a post-punk equivalent to David Bowie returning with Let's Dance; simple, straightforward. It's not all straight-ahead stomp though, the eight minute closer "A Crack In The Clouds" harks back to the Teardrop Explodes' ‘Wilder’, and Kate St. John's oboe on the title track evokes his Mercury albums.

This LP is released on Friday 20th September.

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Tracklisting -

Side A -

1. Trampolene

2. Shot Down

3. Eve's Volcano

4. Spacehopper

5. Planet Ride

Side B -

1. World Shut Your Mouth

2. Saint Julian

3. Pulsar

4. Screaming Secrets

5. A Crack In The Clouds