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A Julian Cope List...
PianoPiano by The Teardrop Explodes
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Compilation of early-Zoo-singles; Cope's own recent 'Zoology' compilation via Head Heritage is even better!: Sleeping Gas, Camera Camera...
KilimanjaroKilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes
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That classic debut album: Poppies, Thief of Bagdad, Treason...
WilderWilder by The Teardrop Explodes
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The Teardrops' messy-masterpiece: The Culture Bunker, Tiny Children, The Great Dominions. Plus the 'Buff Manilla' mini-album featuring such joys as Soft Enough for You & Suffocate...
Everybody Wants to Shag...The Teardrop ExplodesEverybody Wants to Shag...The Teardrop Explodes by The Teardrop Explodes
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Released posthumously in 1990: Serious Danger, Not My Only Friend, Strange House in the Snow....The title was the original one for what became 'Kilimanjaro'
World Shut Your MouthWorld Shut Your Mouth by Julian Cope
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The overlooked solo-debut masterpiece! : Quizmaster, Strasbourg, Kolly Kibber's Birthday, Greatness & Perfection et al....
FriedFried by Julian Cope
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Later in 1984 Copey released this chestnut: Reynard the Fox, Sunspots, Me Singing, Land of Fear, Mik Mak Mok, Bill Drummond Said...
St. JulianSt. Julian by Julian Cope
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The commercial return- a perfectly fine album: Shot Down, Spacehopper, Trampolene, A Crack in the Clouds...
The Followers of Saint JulianThe Followers of Saint Julian by Julian Cope
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...& b-sides/remixes of the era featuring choice covers of Pere Ubu & The Elevators as well as Disaster, Transporting & the Troublefunk-remix of WSYM....
My Nation UndergroundMy Nation Underground by Julian Cope
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Blatantly commercial & quite patchy, highlights do include I'm Not Losing Sleep & Charlotte Anne....
Julian Cope And The Teardrop Explodes - Copeulation [1989]Julian Cope And The Teardrop Explodes - Copeulation [1989]
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Sadly deleted viddy-collection....
Head On/RepossesedHead On/Repossesed by Julian Cope
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First two-volumes of autobiography that takes us up to 1990...
Krautrock Sampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Music - 1968 OnwardsKrautrock Sampler: One Head's Guide to the Great Kosmische Music - 1968 Onwards by Julian Cope
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Cope also wrote this sadly-out-of print classic to a music-scene that was not then very hip...(of course we all know our Clusters from our Popol Vuhs now?)
Peggy SuicidePeggy Suicide by Julian Cope
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Classic double-album which includes Double-Vegetation, Safesurfer, If You Loved Me at All, The American Lite & Leperskin...
Floored Genius: The Best Of Julian Cope And The Teardrop Explodes 1979-91Floored Genius: The Best Of Julian Cope And The Teardrop Explodes 1979-91 by The Teardrop Explodes Julian Cope
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Four-phase survey of the brilliant career, includes tracks from 'Droolian' & 'Skellington' alongside the more obvious....
Floored Genius Vol.2Floored Genius Vol.2 by Julian Cope
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Stranger-career survey of radio-sessions, highlights include Crazy Farm Animal, Hobby, 24a Velocity Crescent ("rock'n'roll- that's where I'm coming from!") & the hilarious funk-sheep medley at the end
JehovahkillJehovahkill by Julian Cope
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Possibly his greatest album & very much overlooked/deleted: Upwards at 45, Fear Loves This Place, The Tower, Poet is Priest, The Mystery Trend etc
AutogeddonAutogeddon by Julian Cope
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A bit patchy, but does feature Don't Call Me Mark Chapman, Mad Max & I Gotta Walk...
20 Mothers20 Mothers by Julian Cope
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Slightly messy double-LP with such joys as Wheelbarrow Man, Highway to the Sun, Greedhead Detector, Try Try Try & a re-recorded Land of Fear...
The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric SitesThe Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites by Julian Cope
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Cope's riveting book on stone circles et al - lots of great photos and a scary wealth of information on the subject...
InterpreterInterpreter by Julian Cope
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The last one with (kind of ) pop-songs on til 'Citizen Cained': Cheap New-Age Fix, Since I Lost My Head..., I Come from Another Planet Baby & my fave Dust....
Megalithic European: The 21st Century Traveller in Prehistoric EuropeMegalithic European: The 21st Century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe by Julian Cope
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The next step-on from The Modern Antiquarian; haven't read this yet, but I'm sure it's as great as its predecessor...
Love Peace and FuckLove Peace and Fuck by Julian Cope
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Cope's metal-off-shoot - makes Kyuss & QOTSA seem like Spandau Ballet/Busted...!
The Greatest HitThe Greatest Hit by The Teardrop Explodes
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Amusing Teardrops-collection compiled by Cope himself (see also The Collection....)
The CollectionThe Collection by Julian Cope
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Solo-compilation (see also Floored Genius I & Leper Skin).
The Handy Wah Whole: Repertwah the Maverick Years 2000The Handy Wah Whole: Repertwah the Maverick Years 2000 by Wah
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Compilation of the mostly mediocre Pete Wylie; Cope contributes to 'Better Scream' here, which is ace!