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Available with Vinyl records London. Signed Vinyl Records Heavyweight LP Julian Cope Signed to Island Records, his Iggy PopJim 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 postpunk equivalent to David Bowie returning with Let’s Dance simple, straightforward. Backed by what Cope called his ‘twocar garage band’, the album reached No 11 in the UK chart, his highest placing to date whether solo or in The Teardrop Explodes, it also entered the US Billboard Hot 200. It’s not all straightahead stomp, 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.
