Jehovahkill

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Jehovahkill
Studio album by Julian Cope
Released December 8, 1992
Genre Post-punk
Length 69:53
Label Island
Producer Julian Cope, Donald Ross Skinner
Julian Cope chronology

Peggy Suicide
(1991)		 Jehovahkill
(1992)		 Rite
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[2]
Q [3]
Rolling Stone [4]
Piero Scaruffi [5]

Jehovahkill is the eighth album by Julian Cope, released in 1992.

History

In 1992 Cope delivered his eleven-track Julian H. Cope album to Island Records.[6] Its "dark and challenging"[7] content was not well-received, with Cope's A&R man going as far as to describe "Slow Rider" as "the worst song he'd heard by anybody in his life".[8] According to Cope, the "results were certainly more sonically imbalanced and experimental" than anything he'd previously achieved.[9]

Island refused to issue the album.[10] When Cope explained that it was what he'd set out to achieve and "would prefer to stand or fall by the results"[11] he was allowed additional recording sessions. Although the existing content remained almost untouched, the album, re-titled Jehovahkill, was "ameliorated" with six further songs, including "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fine", "The Mystery Trend" and "No Hard Shoulder To Cry On".[12]

Within a week of the album's release however, Island dropped Cope claiming, "his critical appeal is on the up but his commercial appeal is dropping",[13] the dismissal causing unexpected outrage in the music press.[14] In 2006 a "Second Edition" was released, containing material from Julian H. Cope and the Fear Loves This Place EP, including the Dictaphone-recorded "Nothing".[15]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Julian Cope, except where noted. 
Phase 1
No. Title Length
1. "Soul Desert"   3:53
2. "No Hard Shoulder to Cry On"   2:44
3. "Akhenaten"   2:52
4. "The Mystery Trend"   4:17
5. "Up-Wards at 45°"   5:46
6. "Know (Cut My Friend Down)"   3:19
Phase 2
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
7. "Necropolis"    4:40
8. "Slow Rider"    2:18
9. "Gimme Back My Flag"  Cope and Skinner 5:33
10. "Poet Is Priest..."  Cope and Skinner 6:23
11. "Julian H. Cope"    2:49
Phase 3
No. Title Length
12. "The Subtle Energies Commission"   7:49
13. "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fine"   2:25
14. "Fear Loves This Place"   4:16
15. "The Tower"   10:23
16. "Peggy Suicide Is Missing"   0:42

Chart positions

Charts (1992) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[16] 20

Personnel

Julian Cope – vocals, wah wah guitar, bass

References

  1. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Peggy Suicide". Allmusic. Retrieved October 7, 2012. 
  2. ↑ DiMartino, Dave. "Jehovahkill". Entertainment Weekly. January, 1993. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ Columnist. "Peggy Suicide". Q. October 1994. pg. 135, cited October 7, 2012
  4. ↑ Columnist. "Peggy Suicide". Rolling Stone. May 1991, cited October 7, 2012
  5. ↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "Julian Cope". scaruffi.com (Italian). 1999. Retrieved on October 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  7. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  8. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  9. ↑ Cope, Julian (2006). Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  10. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  11. ↑ Cope, Julian (2006). Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  12. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  13. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  14. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  15. ↑ Houghton, Mick (2006). "The JEHOVAHKILL Story". Booklet accompanying 2006 CD release. 
  16. ↑ "Julian Cope - Jehovahill". chartarchive.org. Retrieved October 7, 2012. 
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