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On the one hand, this album demonstrates business as usual with latter-day beat poet John Cooper-Clarke; on the other, it is ripe with unease in terms of Cooper-Clarke's direction, thanks to a more than casual nod to the obligations of a musical approach -- Cooper-Clarke comes perilously close to singing in some spots, and dangerously close to copping a rap approach in others, while the Invisible Girls' backing keeps falling into a low-budget pop trap. Cooper-Clarke's poems remain quirky, and sometimes have his old cynical bite ("Beasley Street" sees him pouring words out against a gradually more urgent backing), but there are far too many times on this set when he seems at a loss as to where he's going. Still, he remains unique.
© Steven McDonald /TiVo
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John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Steve Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist - Invisible Girls, Producer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MARTIN HANNETT, Composer, Lyricist - Stephen Hopkins, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2005 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Cooper Clarke, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Album review
On the one hand, this album demonstrates business as usual with latter-day beat poet John Cooper-Clarke; on the other, it is ripe with unease in terms of Cooper-Clarke's direction, thanks to a more than casual nod to the obligations of a musical approach -- Cooper-Clarke comes perilously close to singing in some spots, and dangerously close to copping a rap approach in others, while the Invisible Girls' backing keeps falling into a low-budget pop trap. Cooper-Clarke's poems remain quirky, and sometimes have his old cynical bite ("Beasley Street" sees him pouring words out against a gradually more urgent backing), but there are far too many times on this set when he seems at a loss as to where he's going. Still, he remains unique.
© Steven McDonald /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:20
- Main artists: John Cooper Clarke
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Music CG
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Punk / New Wave
(P) 2005 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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