My Nation Underground Heavyweight Vinyl

My Nation Underground is an album ripe for rediscovery This reissue faithfully replicates the original 1988 Mercury Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.Saint Julian had established Julian Cope as something of an establishment antihero and audiences, who039d been reacquainted with him were expecting more of the same. Instead, Cope changed his band lineup and attempted to mix funk and Krautrock on his new material Chris Blackwell paired him with veteran US producer Ron Fair. The album produced three singles including 34Charlotte Anne34 which was a minor hit in the US. Album opener, 345 O039Clock World34, a cover of a 1965 Vogues song, is light and poppy and the sevenminute title track, complete with strings and a harmonica solo, is one of the greatest and perhaps only attempts to merge gogo beats with post punk. There is a great deal to enjoy on My Nation Underground, underlining as it does Julian Cope039s desire to continually push the envelope.