World Shut Your Mouth

Personnel: Julian Cope (vocals, guitar, piano, organ, bass); Stephen Lovell (guitar, sitar); Kate St.John (oboe); Ronnie Francois (bass); Steve Crease, Andrew Edge, Gary Dwyer (drums).Engineers: Alex Burak, Phil Thornally, Steve Power.This is the 1985 album, not the 4-song EP of the same name. The song "World Shut Your Mouth" appears on the album SAINT JULIAN.Retreating from the collapse of the Teardrop Explodes to his hometown of Tamworth, Cope produced his first solo effort with help from producer Steve Lovell on guitar and fellow Teardrop Gary Dwyer on drums. The result is a surprisingly vibrant, rich album that shows Cope easily moving on from his group days while retaining his unique powerful and natural gifts for singing and songwriting. If there's something about the sound of World that suggests its early-'80s recording dates -- Dwyer's drums sound like Steve Lillywhite's been after them at points! -- Cope's own particular, heavily psych-into-pop-inspired goals aren't lost in it