World Shut Your Mouth

Description

Originally released in 1984, World Shut Your Mouth saw the mercurial leader of The Teardrop Explodes establish himself as a fully-fledged solo artist. This reissue faithfully reproduces the original 1984 version from Mercury Records UK and is pressed on high-quality 180g vinyl. When The Teardrop Explodes finally disbanded at the end of 1982, all eyes were on what leader Julian Cope would do next. After retreating to the village of Drayton Bassett in Staffordshire for an extended period, Cope began writing World Shut Your Mouth, his first solo album. Released in March 1984, it is the closest to his former band of all his solo works (Metranil Vavin and Pussyface were both originally intended for the Teardrops), World Shut Your Mouth featured Gary Dwyer on drums, and giving the album its most distinctive sound, Kate St. John on oboe. Beautifully pastoral, it is filled with standout moments such as Strasbourg, Kolly Kibber's Birthday, and the melancholic and reflective Head Hang Low. The strange, string-led, and schizophrenic Sunshine Playroom was the album's first single, followed by the "radio hit" Greatness And Perfection.