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This 17-track digitally remasterred release by Liverpool new wave band The Teardrop Explodes includes "Ha Ha I'm Drowning," "Sleeping Gas," "Treason," and "Kilimanjaro."
Emerging from a late-1970s/early-'80s scene (Echo & the Bunnymen, Wah!, et al) based around the Liverpool club Eric's, Teardrop Explodes channeled '60s influences (The Doors, Scott Walker, Syd Barrett) into pop-tinged New Wave. Their 1980 debut, KILIMANJARO, is full of dreamy, effervescent tunes that sparkle with the kind of wide-eyed wonder found in '60s psychedelia. Still, their propulsive edge could exist only in a post-punk-fueled universe. Singer/future-solo-star Julian Cope's reedy voice relates tales tinged with an air of mystery and melancholy atop whirring organ lines and modernized Mersey beats. Trainspotters note: the Cope/Ian McCulloch-penned "Books" was also recorded contemporaneously by Echo & the Bunnymen, as "Read It In Books."
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.
Producers: Clive Langer, A. Winstanley, Mike Howlett, The Chameleons.
The Teardrop Explodes: Julian Cope (vocals, bass); Alan Gill (guitar); David Balfe (piano, organ, synthesizer); Gary Dwyer (drums).
Additional personnel: Michael Finkler (guitar); Ray Martinez, Hurricane Smith (trumpet).
Q (1/01, p.134) - 5 out of 5 stars - "...Fat with great songs such as 'Treason' and 'Bouncing Babies', their debut sounds as fantastic, colorful and unhinged now as it did [back] in the day..."
Mojo (Publisher) (12/00, p.124) - "...The songs remain incredibly wide-eyed....smothered in obscure pop culture references...and lovelorn psycho-babble..."
NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #17 among The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s. Kilimanjaro Music | List Price | $12.97 (You save $2.88) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, World, Pop, Japanese, New Wave | | Label | UME Imports | | Orig Year | 1980 | | All Time Sales Rank |  48339  | | CD Universe Part number | 1474770 | | Catalog number | 548322 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 16, 2001 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Personnel | Julian Cope - vocals, bass
David Balfe - piano, organ, synthesizer
Alan Gill - guitar
Gary Dwyer - drums
Also: Ray Martinez, Michael Finkler | | Additional Info | Bonus Tracks; Remastered |
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