Kilimanjaro (album)

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Kilimanjaro
Studio album by The Teardrop Explodes
Released	October 1980
Recorded	???
Genre	Rock
Length	39:45
Label	Fontana
Producer(s)	Bill Drummond & David Balfe except track 3 (Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley), tracks 10 & 12 (Mike Howlett)
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Teardrop Explodes chronology
	Kilimanjaro (1980)	Wilder (1981)

Kilimanjaro was The Teardrop Explodes' 1980 debut album. When it was originally released, the album featured a shadowy photograph of the band on the sleeve, but this was later changed to a cover showing Mount Kilimanjaro, the mountain after which the record was named. When the album was subsequently released on CD the cover artwork reverted to the original.

The original working title for the album was Everyone Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes. This was later used for the CD release of demos for the band's never-finished third album.

In 2000 Q magazine placed Kilimanjaro at number 95 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

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1. "Ha Ha I'm Drowning"
2. "Sleeping Gas"
3. "Treason"
4. "Second Head"
5. "Poppies In The Field"
6. "Went Crazy"
7. "Brave Boys Keep Their Promises"
8. "Bouncing Babies"
9. "Books"
10. "The Thief of Baghdad"
11. "When I Dream"

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