Released 1980 Artist John Cooper Clarke Producer Martin Hannett Genre Spoken word | Length 38:59 Release date 1980 Label Epic/Sony Records | |
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Recorded Arrow Sounds, Manchester 1978 Snap, Crackle & Bop
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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.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins except where noted:- "Evidently Chickentown" – 2.23 (based on a 1940 poem, "Bloody Orkney", by Hamish Blair)
- "Conditional Discharge" – 3.10
- "Sleepwalk" – 4.35
- "23rd" – 3.38
- "Beasley Street" – 6.56
- "Thirty Six Hours" – 3.35
- "Belladonna" – 4.18
- "The It Man" – 3.48
- "Limbo (Baby Limbo)" – 4.31
- "A Distant Relation" – 3.53
- "Beasley Street (live Bonus track)" – 3.28
- "Gaberdine Angus (live Bonus track)" – 1.01
- "Twat (live Bonus track)" – 2.23
Personnel
"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!"
Songs
1Evidently Chickentown2:24
2Conditional Discharge3:10
3Sleepwalk4:36