Snap, Crackle & Bop

Snap, Crackle & Bop
Studio album by John Cooper Clarke
Released	1980
Recorded	Arrow Sounds, Manchester 1978
Genre	Spoken word, poetry, punk
Length	38:59
Label	CBS
Producer	Martin "Zero" Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Walking Back to Happiness (1979)Walking Back to Happiness1979 Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980) Zip Style Method (1982)Zip Style Method1982
The Invisible Girls chronology
Disguise in Love (1978) Disguise in Love1978 Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980) Snap, Crackle & Bop1980 Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls (1980) Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls1980

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Smash Hits	7/10[1]

Snap, Crackle & Bop is the fourth album by John Cooper Clarke, originally released in 1980. As with Disguise in Love, the album was backed by The Invisible Girls and produced by Martin Hannett. Original first pressings of the LP included a booklet with the lyrics from John Cooper Clarke's 1978 album Disguise in Love together with photographs and artwork, the booklet was housed in a pocket that formed part of the jacket on the LP cover's photograph.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins except where noted:

1. "Evidently Chickentown" – 2.23 (based on a 1940 poem, "Bloody Orkney", by Hamish Blair)
2. "Conditional Discharge" – 3.10
3. "Sleepwalk" – 4.35
4. "23rd" – 3.38
5. "Beasley Street" – 6.56
6. "Thirty Six Hours" – 3.35
7. "Belladonna" – 4.18
8. "The It Man" – 3.48
9. "Limbo (Baby Limbo)" – 4.31
10. "A Distant Relation" – 3.53
11. "Beasley Street (live Bonus track)" – 3.28
12. "Gaberdine Angus (live Bonus track)" – 1.01
13. "Twat (live Bonus track)" – 2.23

Personnel

• John Cooper Clarke – vocals

The Invisible Girls

• Paul Burgess – drums, percussion
• Martin Hannett – bass guitar
• Steve Hopkins – keyboards

Technical

• Paul Welsh, Peter Saville - design
• Bob Elsdale - photography

"Written, played, produced by The Invisible Girls, ably assisted by Lynn Oakey, Pete Shelley, Trevor Spencer, Paul Burgess, Karl Burns, Toby, Dave Hassell, Stephanie Formula. Extra special thanks to Vinnie Riley. The Invisible Girls are the cheese nightmares are Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins!"

References

External links

• John Cooper Clarke Home Page