Name: Black Sheep
Brand: Julian Cope

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hh23cd

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Limited edition

Release date

2008-09-08

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Julian Cope

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New Wave / Post Punk

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Julian Cope is a British artist known for his work as a vocalist, bassist, songwriter, author, and poet. Born on October 21, 1957 in Deri, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, he grew up in Tamworth before moving to Liverpool. Currently residing in Avebury, UK, Julian is the father of Avalon Cope.
In May 1977, Julian co-founded The Crucial Three alongside Ian McCulloch and Pete Wylie. Although the band disbanded just a month later in June 1977. In 1978, he formed the post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes which brought him fame but eventually disbanded in late 1982.
After returning to Tamworth (UK), Julian began recording his first solo album released in 1984. He then ventured into writing books about his musical career and other subjects. Notably, he founded Queen Elizabeth in 1992 and Brain Donor in 1999; both bands are still active today.

'black sheep' is julian cope's new album for 2008, and is a musical exploration of what it is to be an outsider in modern western culture. across 11 songs and one epic poem, cope examines the idea of social outcasts and how they through their sheer obstinacy and strength of personality carve a path for themselves in the normal world, often changing societys own concepts of normality in the process. on 'black sheep', cope attributes his personal descent into outsider-dom to his 9th birthday on which 116 children his own age died in the infamous aberfan disaster. cope also asserts that the west has been rigorously directed towards the outsider concept, first by the rejected black sheep prophet jesus christ, whose own people ignored his revelation, and secondly by st. paul, another 'black sheep' whose singular take on christianity has come down to us through the roman empire. available on two half-hour-long cds and later on gatefold double-vinyl to be released later this year, the 11 songs of 'black sheep' reveal cope at a pinnacle of songwriting and feature sumptuous lashings of orchestral mellotron, orchestral percussion and marching bass drums, plus oboe, wah guitar, rumbling synthesizers and gorgeous harmony vocals. the front cover depicts international anarchist flag and c.g. jung quote hand-painted in oil-on-canvas by cope himself.

Black Sheep

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