FRIED
JULIAN COPE
(1984)
A1: REYNARD THE FOX (6:14); A2: BILL DRUMMOND SAID (2:28); A3: LAUGHING BOY (5:47); A4: ME SINGING (3:33); A5: SUNSPOTS (5:14).
B1: THE BLOODY ASSIZES (3:17); B2: SEARCH PARTY (3:56); B3: O KING OF CHAOS (2:36); B4: HOLY LOVE (3:21); B5: TORPEDO (4:01).
CATEGORY: POP-ROCK | DURATION: 41 MINUTES
The second album from Cope, once vocalist with pop group The Teardrop Explodes, Fried remains a high point from the last days of English pop-rock. As a singular voice amidst a scene dominated by group culture, Cope engenders an ambience of fractured reality, from the album’s famous cover image inwards, that elevates Fried to the level of enduring artistic statement.
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