Dark Orgasm is the twenty-first solo album by Julian Cope, released in 2005. It contains eight songs of guitar-heavy hard rock split into two short CDs.[5] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian described the album as "a roughly recorded Stooges-meets-prog concept album about atheism and feminism".[3] It was dedicated to "Freedom and Equality for Women".
| Dark Orgasm | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 2005[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 48:40 | |||
| Label | Head Heritage | |||
| Producer | Julian Cope | |||
| Julian Cope chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 4/10[4] |
Track listing
editAll songs and poems written by Julian Cope
- Disc one
- "Zoroaster" – 4:05
- "White Bitch Comes Good" – 3:46
- "She's Got a Ring on Her Finger (& Another Through Her Nose)" – 4:01
- "Mr. Invasion" – 3:19
- "Nothing to Lose Except My Mind" – 3:47
- "I've Found a New Way to Love Her" – 3:59
- "I Don't Wanna Grow Back" – 4:10
- Disc two
- "The Death & Resurrection Show" – 20:58
- (untitled) – 0:35
- Poetry (printed in booklet)
- "Who Makes the Festival Under the Hill?"
- "Creedist Blues"
- "No Second Opinion"
- Note
- Track 2 on disc two is the first 35 seconds of "The Death & Resurrection Show".
Personnel
editCredits adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]
Musicians
- Julian Cope — vocals, guitar, bass, mellotron, arrangement
- Anthony "Doggen" Foster (credited as Døgntank) — lead guitar, bass guitar, arrangement
- Ian "Mister E." Bissett – drums, arrangement
Technical
- Julian Cope – producer, directed by, mixing engineer
- Terry Dobbin — recorded by
- Adam "Randy Apostle" Whittaker – recorded by, mixing engineer, mastering engineer
- Benji Bartlett – photography
- Christopher Patrick "Holy" McGrail — design
References
edit- ^ Head Heritage – Story of the Drude Headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2018
- ^ Mason, James. "Dark Orgasm". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ a b Petridis, Alexis. "Julian Cope, Dark Orgasm". The Guardian. 25 November 2005. Retrieved on 21 March 2018.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. "Julian Cope Biography". The Great Rock Bible. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ Head Heritage – Discography Headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2018
- ^ Dark Orgasm (CD liner notes). Julian Cope. Head Heritage. 2005.
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