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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Released in March 1987, Saint Julian was seen as a storming return to form for Julian Cope - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1987 Mercury Records UK and is pressed onto high quality 180gm vinyl. Signed to Island Records, his Iggy Pop/Jim Morrison side was cultivated, the weirdness dialled down, leathers were worn and a rock'n'roll microphone stand was utilised. The lead track InchWorld Shut Your MouthInch gave Cope his first solo UK Top 20 hit, a big, brash slice of garage rock, it was a post-punk equivalent to David Bowie returning with Let's Dance; simple, straightforward. Backed by what Cope called his 'two-car garage band', the album reached No 11 in the UK chart, his highest placing to date whether solo or in The Teardrop Explodes, it also entered the US Billboard Hot 200. It's not all straight-ahead stomp, the eight minute closer InchA Crack In The CloudsInch harks back to the Teardrop Explodes' Wilder, and Kate St. John's oboe on the title track evokes his Mercury albums. Album Tracks 1. Trampolene 2. Shot Down 3. Eve's Volcano 4. Spacehopper 5. Planet Ride 6. World Shut Your Mouth 7. Saint Julian 8. Pulsar 9. Screaming Secrets 10. A Crack in the Clouds
