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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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This album has been in a way superceded by the "Leper Skin" compilation, but is different in that it includes six classic Teardrop Explodes songs. All the tracks were picked by Cope himself and give a good (almost) chronologial overview of his career from the Teardrops' Kilimanjaro to Cope's 1991 masterpiece Peggy Suicide, with plenty of brilliant proper pop music along the way. So: 80 minutes of top top music, great sleevenotes and pictures and stuff, BARGAIN!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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There are few performers that NEED a best of collection more than Julian Cope. His hit and miss approach to songwriting has made for some very frustrating albums.
Here the two Teardrop Explodes albums and his first seven solo albums are cherry picked and the result is a superlative and varied compilation. You get the hits, you get gems like "The Greatness and Perfection of Love" and "Safesurfer" and you get no failures.
Well selected by Julian Cope (though I might not have put "Reynard the Fox" on here given the choice) at this price this is a steal for anybody who likes there pop with a bit of imagination and wit...
Here the two Teardrop Explodes albums and his first seven solo albums are cherry picked and the result is a superlative and varied compilation. You get the hits, you get gems like "The Greatness and Perfection of Love" and "Safesurfer" and you get no failures.
Well selected by Julian Cope (though I might not have put "Reynard the Fox" on here given the choice) at this price this is a steal for anybody who likes there pop with a bit of imagination and wit...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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FLOORED GENIUS is fantastic souvenir of the weird, wonderful world of Julian Cope both as frontman in Teardrop Explodes through his early-mid solo career. Teardrop were essentially psychedelic post-punk with their art college and acid experimentation colliding brilliantly with their pop sensibilities. "Treason", "Passionate Friend" and the urgent, brass riff based, awesome "Reward" all show this admirably. Cope's solo albums are more erratic and progressive and that's why compilations like this really work; all wheat & no chaff: the delightful ballad "Charlotte Anne", anthemic garage-rocker "World Shut Your Mouth", the naive The Greatness And Perfection Of Love, bombastic Sunspots, epic cautionary Reynard The Fox and the minimalist rave of Out Of My Mind On Dope.
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Cool pop....... you can't go wrong with a bit of Julian.......and the...
I was amazed to find that many of the albums that I own on vinyl by Julian Cope are not easily available on CD??!! Read more
Published 4 months ago by mandynolan
Julian Cope: Kilimanjaro to Peggy Suicide, 80-91.
There are many Cope-related compilations (The Hit, Leperskin, The Collection, Piano), but this remains the best one- despite the fact it doesn't have anything from later albums... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2003 by Jason Parkes
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