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 tracks written by Julian Cope, except where noted.
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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, bass, mellotron, production
- Mark "Rooster" Cosby – drums, percussion
- Michael "Moon Eye" Watts – guitar
- Thighpaulsandra – synthesizer, piano, string arrangements, recording
- Dorian Cope (credited as "Mavis Grind") – second lead vocals on "Road of Dreams"
- Donald Ross Skinner – omnichord on "The Lonely Guy" & "Senile Get"
- Terry Edwards – saxophones on "Wheelbarrow Man", trumpet on "Road of Dreams", horn arrangements
- Danny Thompson – double bass on "1995"
- James Eller – bass, moog on "Try, Try, Try"
- Steve Ferrera – drums, bongos on "Try, Try, Try"
- Ed Stasium – 12-string guitar, additional production, mix on "Try, Try, Try"
- Martin Schellard – conductor on "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
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- Shaun Harvey – additional recording on "Crying Babies Sleepless Nights" & "Girl-Call"
- Jill Furmanovsky – sleeve photography
- Bruce and Mark @ Design by Green Ink – design
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