Saint Julian (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Saint Julian
Type = Album
Artist = Julian Cope


Released = 1987

Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 41:43
Label = Island Records
Producer = Ed Stasium
Warne Livesey on tracks 2, 4, 6
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:5mf4zfdheh6k link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/juliancope/albums/album/239394/review/5945899/saint_julian link] |Last album = "Fried"
(1984)
This album = "Saint Julian"
(1987)
Next album = "My Nation Underground"
(1988) |

"Saint Julian" is the third solo album by Julian Cope. It has a very strong pop sound and spawned several of the artist's best known tracks. "World Shut Your Mouth" and "Trampolene" were both hit singles.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Julian Cope

#"Trampolene"
#"Shot Down"
#"Eve's Volcano"
#"Spacehopper"
#"Planet Ride"
#"World Shut Your Mouth"
#"Saint Julian"
#"Pulsar"
#"Screaming Secrets"
#"A Crack in the Clouds"

Personnel

*Julian Cope - vocals, guitar, bass, organ
*Double DeHarrison (Cope under an alias) - organ, clavinet, guitar
*James Eller - bass
*Steve Hogarth - background vocals
*Dee Lewis - background vocals
*Warne Livesey - synthesizer, strings
*Tessa Niles - background vocals
*Donald Ross Skinner - electric & slide guitar, screams
*Kate St. John - oboe, cor anglais
*Chris Whitten - drums
*Paul Crockford - Acetone organ on "Planet Ride"

Trivia

Cope played a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar strung with 9 strings (E,A,D, then doubled G,B and E strings) on this album to get a fuller sound.