20 Mothers
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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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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:
- "Never mind the Bollocks, Here's the Clerics"
- "Glow in the Dark Earth"
- "Seer/Sucker"
- "Strong as the Goddess risin'"
- "The Earth Is the Pearl of the Universe"
- "Cateclysms"
- "The Pope is the Wholly Ass of God"
- "One day the gods came calling"
- "The Big Syringe"
- "Post-Feminist Cocksucker"
- "Show Me a Snorer & I'll Show You an Explorer"
Chart positions
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"
- Mark "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
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