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JULIAN COPE

English musician, writer, historian, and cosmic shaman Julian Cope came to fame in the late '70s and early '80s as the frontman for the Liverpudlian post-punk group Teardrop Explodes. An enigmatic storyteller, contrarian, mystic, and hallucinogen enthusiast, Cope embarked on a genre-defying solo career upon leaving the band in 1983. Beginning with World Shut Your Mouth in 1984, he released a string of LPs that married the Teardrops' love of debauched psych-pop with folk, chamber pop, Krautrock, ambient/electronica, and space and alternative rock
"WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH" 1984      LP     MERCURY RECORDS     MERL 37  MADE IN ENGLAND   ORIGINAL PRESSING SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE     
Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: none LABEL: MERCURY - RED LABEL - BLACK TEXT Label Code: none
Catalog on cover: (spine) MERL 37    (rear) MERL 37 (816 356-1) Catalog on labels: MERL 37 (818 365-1)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): J̷U̷L̷S̷ ̷1̷  A//2 ▽420 V 1 1 6   (Etched): MERL 37 A/2 Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): J̷U̷L̷S̷ ̷1̷  B//2 ▽420 T 1 1 1   (Etched): MERL 37 B/2
On labels: All titles by Julian Cope Zoo Music/Warner Bros. Music Produced by Stephen Lovell. ℗ 1984 Phonogram Ltd. (London) Original sound recording made by Phonogram Ltd. (London) All rights.......prohibited
On Inner Sleeve: Lyrics & Credits
On Back Cover: Produced by Stephen Lovell Photography by Anton Corbijn Design by julian Cope & Julian Balme © 1984 Phonogram Ltd..........
tracklisting Side A: BANDY'S FIRST JUMP - METRANIL VAVIN - STRASBOURG ELEGANT CHAOS - QUIZMASTER - KOLLY KIBBER'S BIRTHDAY Side B: SUNSHINE PLAYROOM - HEAD HANG LOW - PUSSYFACE GREATNESS AND PERFECTION - LUNATIC AND FIRE/PISTOL
grading RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description) SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Retreating from the collapse of the Teardrop Explodes to his hometown of Tamworth, Cope produced his first solo effort with help from producer Steve Lovell on guitar and fellow Teardrop Gary Dwyer on drums. The result is a surprisingly vibrant, rich album that shows Cope easily moving on from his group days while retaining his unique powerful and natural gifts for singing and songwriting. If there's something about the sound of World that suggests its early-'80s recording dates -- Dwyer's drums sound like Steve Lillywhite's been after them at points! -- Cope's own particular, heavily psych-into-pop-inspired goals aren't lost in it. Some of his songs are so inspired that one just has to wonder how in the world they didn't end up as hits somewhere. "An Elegant Chaos" is a great example, an at-once cryptic and fascinating lyric peppered with just enough knowing iron...(AllMusic)