20 Mothers
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20 Mothers is a 1995 album by Julian Cope
. The sub-title is "Better To Light A Candle Than To Curse The Darkness".
The centrefold picture is by Jill Furmanovsky
Julian Cope
Julian Cope is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator...
. The sub-title is "Better To Light A Candle Than To Curse The Darkness".
Track listing
Poetic notes
The album includes a booklet with descriptions of the music and a number of poems:- "Never mind the Bollocks, Here's the Clerics"
- "Glow in the Dark Earth"
- "Seer/Sucker"
- "Strong as the Goddess risin'"
- "The Earth is the pearl of the Universe"
- "Cateclysms"
- "The Pope is the Wholly Ass of God"
- "One day the gods came calling"
- "The Big Syringe"
- "Post-Feminist Cocksucker"
- "Show Me a Snorer & I'll Show You an Explorer"
Personnel
- Julian Cope – vocals, guitar
- Donald Ross Skinner – omnichordOmnichordThe Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument, introduced in 1981 and manufactured by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. It typically features a touch plate, and buttons for major, minor, and diminished chords...
- Michael "Moon Eye" Watts – guitar
- James Eller – bass
- ThighpaulsandraThighpaulsandraThighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth...
– synthesizer, piano, string arrangements - Danny ThompsonDanny ThompsonDaniel Henry Edward 'Danny' Thompson is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist and businessman...
– double bass - Ed StasiumEd StasiumEd Stasium is an American record producer and engineer who has worked on albums by The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Smithereens and Living Colour.- History :Stasium first surfaced in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine, appearing on their sole LP Aged....
– 12-string guitar on "Try, Try, Try" - Rooster Cosby – drums
- Terry EdwardsTerry EdwardsTerry Edwards is an English musician.Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982, where he was also a founding member of The Higsons. He produced and played on the debut album by Yeah Jazz "Six Lane Ends"...
– saxophone, trumpet on "Wheelbarrow Man" & "Road of Dreams" - Mavis Grind – second lead vocals on "Road of Dreams"
The centrefold picture is by Jill Furmanovsky
Jill Furmanovsky
Jill Furmanovsky is a rock photographer born in Zimbabwe.Furmanovsky emigrated with her parents and brother Michael to London in 1965. She studied textile and graphic design at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design from 1972 to 1974...