20 Mothers

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20 Mothers
Julian Cope - 20 mothers.jpg
Studio album by Julian Cope
Released 31 October 1995
Genre Indie rock
Length 71:34
Label Echo
Producer Ed Stasium and Julian Cope
Julian Cope chronology
Autogeddon
(1994)Autogeddon1994		 20 Mothers
(1995)		 Interpreter
(1996)Interpreter1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

20 Mothers is a 1995 album by Julian Cope. The sub-title is "Better to Light a Candle Than to Curse the Darkness".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Julian Cope, except where noted. 

Phase one
No. Title Length
1. "Wheelbarrow Man"   3:02
2. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"   2:35
3. "Try Try Try"   3:27
4. "Stone Circles 'n' You"   1:48
5. "Queen-Mother"   3:30
6. "I'm Your Daddy"   2:13
Phase two
No. Title Length
7. "Highway to the Sun"   6:14
8. "1995"   3:47
9. "By the Light of the Silbury Moon"   2:13
10. "Adam and Eve Hit the Road"   2:05
11. "Just like Pooh Bear"   3:41
Phase three
No. Title Length
12. "Girl-Call"   4:23
13. "Greedhead Detector" (Cope, Donald Ross Skinner) 3:49
14. "Don't Take Roots"   2:13
15. "Senile Get"   3:37
16. "The Lonely Guy"   4:42
Phase four
No. Title Length
17. "Crying Babies Sleepless Nights"   3:35
18. "Leli B"   3:14
19. "Road of Dreams"   6:05
20. "When I Walk through the Land of Fear"   5:26

Poetic notes

The album includes a booklet with descriptions of the music and a number of poems:

  1. "Never mind the Bollocks, Here's the Clerics"
  2. "Glow in the Dark Earth"
  3. "Seer/Sucker"
  4. "Strong as the Goddess risin'"
  5. "The Earth Is the Pearl of the Universe"
  6. "Cateclysms"
  7. "The Pope is the Wholly Ass of God"
  8. "One day the gods came calling"
  9. "The Big Syringe"
  10. "Post-Feminist Cocksucker"
  11. "Show Me a Snorer & I'll Show You an Explorer"


Chart positions

Charts (1995) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[2] 20

Personnel

  • Julian Cope – vocals, guitar
  • Donald Ross Skinner – omnichord
  • Michael "Moon Eye" Watts – guitar
  • James Eller – bass
  • Thighpaulsandra – synthesizer, piano, string arrangements
  • Danny Thompson – double bass
  • Ed Stasium – 12-string guitar on "Try, Try, Try"
  • Rooster Cosby – drums
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone, trumpet on "Wheelbarrow Man" & "Road of Dreams"
  • Mavis Grind – second lead vocals on "Road of Dreams"

The centrefold picture is by Jill Furmanovsky

References

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