Saint Julian Heavyweight Vinyl

Signed to Island Records, his Iggy PopJim Morrison side was cultivated, the weirdness dialled down, leathers were worn and a rock039n039roll microphone stand was utilised. The lead track 34World Shut Your Mouth34 gave Cope his first solo UK Top 20 hit, a big, brash slice of garage rock, it was a postpunk equivalent to David Bowie returning with Let039s Dance simple, straightforward. Backed by what Cope called his 039twocar garage band039, the album reached No 11 in the UK chart, his highest placing to date whether solo or in The Teardrop Explodes, it also entered the US Billboard Hot 200. It039s not all straightahead stomp, the eight minute closer 34A Crack In The Clouds34 harks back to the Teardrop Explodes039 Wilder, and Kate St. John039s oboe on the title track evokes his Mercury albums.