Julian Cope / Fried
Artist Julian Cope
Album Title: Fried
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Brit Pop
Format CD
Released 00/00/1984
Reissue Date 00/00/1996
Label Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
Catalog No 532 370-2
Bar Code No 7 31453 23702 5
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Reynard The Fox (6:15)
2. Bill Drummond Said (2:27)
3. Laughing Boy (5:47)
4. Me Singing (3:32)
5. Sunspots (5:15)
6. The Bloody Assizes (3:17)
7. Search Party (3:56)
8. O King Of Chaos (2:36)
9. Holy Love (3:21)
10. Torpedo (3:59)
11. I Went On A Chourney (2:27)
12. Mic Mak Mok (4:47)
13. Land Of Fear (5:10)
Date Acquired 11/19/2010
Personal Rating
Acquired from Blowitoutahere.Com (Amazon)
Purchase Price 7.06

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Notes

Tracks 1 to 10 originally released in 1984.
Tracks 11 to 13 are bonus tracks and were originally released on the Sunspots EP in 1985.
Digitally remastered at Bourbery-Wake.
Tracks 1 to 10, ℗1984, Mercury Records Ltd. (London), 11 to 13 ℗1985 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
This Compilation
℗ 1996 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
© 1996 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
Coordinator – Mike Gill
Design – PCR
Liner Notes – Richard Smith
Producer – Stephen Lovell
Remastered By – Roger Wake
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
Copyright © – Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
Remastered At – Bourbery-Wake
Made By – EDC, Germany – 50987750
Barcode: 731453237025
Rights Society: BIEM / MCPS
Label Code: LC0211
Distribution Code: PY 899
Matrix / Runout: 07314 532 370-2 03 * 50987750
Matrix / Runout (CD Mould Text): MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0148
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0138
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0126

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Analyzed Folder: Julian Cope - Fried_dr.txt
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DR         Peak       RMS        Filename                      
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DR09       -0.43 dB   -12.11 dB  01 - Reynard the Fox.flac    
DR12       -0.43 dB   -13.85 dB  02 - Bill Drummond Said.flac  
DR12       -0.43 dB   -14.96 dB  03 - Laughing Boy.flac        
DR10       -2.43 dB   -16.01 dB  04 - Me Singing.flac          
DR09       -0.43 dB   -11.17 dB  05 - Sunspots.flac            
DR09       -0.43 dB   -11.80 dB  06 - The Bloody Assizes.flac  
DR10       -1.93 dB   -17.83 dB  07 - Search Party.flac        
DR12       -0.43 dB   -15.48 dB  08 - O King of Chaos.flac    
DR10       -0.43 dB   -13.28 dB  09 - Holy Love.flac          
DR11       -0.44 dB   -14.24 dB  10 - Torpedo.flac            
DR11       -0.85 dB   -14.03 dB  11 - I Went on a Chourney.flac
DR09       -0.43 dB   -11.26 dB  12 - Mic Mak Mok.flac        
DR08       -0.43 dB   -11.09 dB  13 - Land of Fear.flac        
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Number of Files: 13
Official DR Value: DR10
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Ned Raggett
In contrast to the crisp, clean sound of World, Fried often sounds rougher, a bit more shut in. Combine that with Cope's generally successful attempts to project an image of barely stable sanity, helped in large part by the notorious wearing-nothing-but-a-turtle-shell cover photos, and the idea of Fried as his album of crazed musical collapse understandably is a strong one. However, World producer Steve Lovell once again handles things here, along with playing guitar, while even more importantly, key Cope collaborator Donald Ross Skinner, a young musician from Cope's hometown, makes his debut. Kate St. John again contributes cor anglais throughout, adding a haunting atmosphere on many cuts. If anything, the album shows that Cope may be completely musical tripping out as he chooses but he knows exactly what he's doing throughout. Certainly the first cut, "Reynard the Fox," shows him balancing inspiration and arrangement perfectly -- one of his strongest, catchiest choruses eventually bleeds into a freaked-out spoken word bit followed by a total rave-up. Other songs range from further on-the-edge efforts -- the frenetic "O King of Chaos" and more generally weird "Sunspots" -- to gentler, wistful numbers like "Laughing Boy" and "Search Party" that effectively capture a rural psych feeling akin to XTC's own work at the same time. In all, Fried shows Cope at his dramatic best -- he's not disintegrating by inches, but he knows how to project that impression with vigor and skill, all while sounding like himself most of all. He gets in a hilarious slam along the way -- "Bill Drummond Said" trashes, by means of an energetic enough folk/rock combination, his former manager from Teardrop Explodes days. Drummond got his revenge years later -- while most well-known for his work in the KLF, his solo album The Man featured a ditty called "Julian Cope Is Dead." [A Japanese version included bonus tracks.]
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