„Following the heady commercial success of its predecessor ‚Kilimanjiro‘, The Teardrop Explodes‘ second album was recorded following a turbulent period in the band’s career. involving line-up changes and a fraught, drug-fuelled American tour. For ‚Wilder‘, the group’s leader and principal songwriter Julian Cope expanded his songwriting by incorporating a myriad of experimental approaches. As a result ‚Wilder‘ is seen by many to be the more artistically successful of the band’s two official studio albums. The exuberant ‚Passionate Friend‘ was the lead-off single from the sessions, followed by the bold, brass-led ‚Colours Fly Away‘ and the elegaic ‚Tiny Children‘, the latter of which many consider to be The Teardrops‘ crowning glory.
‚Wilder‘ was a more experiemntal album than ‚Kilimanjiro‘ too and featured a far greater use of synthesizer arrangements and loop experiments, predominantly at the instigation of keyboard player David Balfe (who acted as Cope’s principal creative foil in the studio). Cope had mostly abandoned his role as group bass player and shared some of the guitarist role with Troy Tate, as well as dabbling in piano and organ.
Some tracks featured a full group sound as featured on Kilimanjaro (most notably „Passionate Friend“, The album broke away from the West Coast/beat group sound of the debut as well as having a noticeably more downbeat and troubled atmosphere.
This new release contains all the relevant B-sides compiled by Julian Cope to run like a album, as well as the BBC radio session that were done at the time. David Balfe and Publicist Mick Houghton have written the sleeve notes to make this release along essential for any fans of the band“
Tracks:
Disc One (Original Album)
1. Bent Out Of Shape
2. Colours Fly Away
3. Seven Views Of Jerusalem
4. Pure Joy
5. Falling Down Around Me
6. The Culture Bunker
7. Passionate Friend
8. Tiny Children
9. Like Leila Khaled Said
10. …..And The Fighting Takes Over
11. The Great Dominions
Disc Two (Bonus Tracks)
1. Christ Versus Warhol
2. Rachael Built A Steamboat
3. Suffocate (New Version)
4. Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns
5. Ouch Monkeys 05:16
6. East Of The Equator (Instrumental)
7. Sleeping Gas (Live Version)
8. In-Psychlopedia – Everybody Wants To Shag…Version
9. You Disappear From View
10. Soft Enough For You
Disc Three (BBC Sessions)
1. Pure Joy Wins Out Again
2. Like Leila Khaled Said
3. I’m Not The Loving Kind
4. The Culture Bunker
5. ….And The Fighting Takes Over
6. Better Scream/Make That Move
7. Bent Out Of Shape
8. Screaming Secrets
9. Soft Enough For You
10. Sex (Pussyface)
11. The Challenger
12. Serious Danger
13. Log Cabin
14. Buchanan
15. You Disappear From View
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