John Cooper Clarke - Disguise In Love

John Cooper Clarke - Disguise In Love

Original Release Date

1978

Release Information

UK LP 1978 (CBS - S CBS 83132)

A1 I Don't Want To Be Nice 3:51
A2 Psycle Sluts1 & 2 3:12
A3 (I've Got A Brand New) Tracksuit 1:50
A4 Teenage Werewolf 3:58
A5 Readers Wives 3:13
A6 Post War Glamour Girl 3:37
B1 (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space 3:30
B2 Salome Maloney 2:05
B3 Health Fanatic 5:47
B4 Strange Bedfellows 4:08
B5 Valley Of Lost Women 4:23

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UK CD 2005 (Epic/Sony - 5198402)

1 I Don't Want To Be Nice 3:51
2 Psycle Sluts1 & 2 3:12
3 (I've Got A Brand New) Tracksuit 1:50
4 Teenage Werewolf 3:58
5 Readers Wives 3:13
6 Post War Glamour Girl 3:37
7 (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space 3:30
8 Salome Maloney 2:05
9 Health Fanatic 5:47
10 Strange Bedfellows 4:08
11 Valley Of Lost Women 4:23
Bonus Tracks
12 The Pest (Live) 2:26
13 Gimmix! Play Loud 3:39
14 Kung Fu International (Live) 1:50

12-13 From Walking Back To Happiness 10", 1979
14 B-Side of Post War Glamour Girl 7", 1978

Chart Placings

None

Credits

Paul Burgess - Drums + Percussion
Martin Hannett - Bass Guitar + Synthesiser, Programming
Steve Hopkins - Keyboard + Synthesiser, Programming
Martin Hannett - Bass
Bill Nelson - Guitar (A1, A5, B3)
Lyn Oakley - Guitar A4 to A6, B4)
Pete Shelley - Guitar (A1, A4, B1, B4)

Produced by Martin Zero for Rabid Entertainments

Laurence Diana - Engineer
Pete Wolliscroft - Assistant Engineer
Dave Kent-Watson - Engineer
Phil Bush - Engineer

Reviews & Opinions

PAUL MORLEY, NME, OCTOBER 21ST 1978: Cooper Clarke resolutely avoids the serious and the sentimental for the grotesque and the irresistible. He is a gifted and zestful perpetrator of sardonic morality. The deadpan choice of music (right at the beginning of '77 the plan was to have poetry backed by Tom Waits-type cocktail or tinkling) is inspired. It's noise of the times (bland/electronic/disco) for observation of the times, as suitable in context as Jim Parker's swinging nostalgia arrangements for John Betjeman's slight poems on the poet's Charisma albums, nasal and lazy. The problems of how to handle Cooper Clarke on record, away from the advantageous atmosphere of a live recital, ave been handled triumphantly. Cooper Clarke leads two separate lives. If you really are worried about muzakle interference - don't. The music is cute and all integrity is retained.

TROUSER PRESS: The collaboration between words and music works splendidly, although it should be noted that Clarke's approach doesn't vary on two tracks performed a cappella. The music leans heavily to electronics, but varies the sound with guitar and weird noises.

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