20 Mothers

by Julian Cope

20 Mothers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 October 1995
  • Label: Echo
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:11:50
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Sprawling across twenty distinct tracks, Julian Cope's endlessly eccentric '20 Mothers' functions as a conceptual, deeply personal exploration of motherhood, family, and pagan spirituality. The album veers wildly between delicate acoustic balladry, infectious art-pop, and sprawling, kosmische-influenced space rock. It stands as one of the most accessible yet relentlessly ambitious projects from the former Teardrop Explodes frontman's extensive solo career.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, witty, storytelling, bizarre, male-vocals, guitars, experimental, eccentric, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Wheelbarrow Man (3:02)
  2. I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (2:35)
  3. Try Try Try (3:27)
  4. Stone Circles 'n' You (1:48)
  5. Queen/Mother (3:30)
  6. I'm Your Daddy (2:13)
  7. Highway to the Sun (6:14)
  8. 1995 (3:47)
  9. By the Light of the Silbury Moon (2:13)
  10. Adam & Eve Hit the Road (2:05)
  11. Just Like Pooh Bear (3:41)
  12. Girl-Call (4:23)
  13. Greedhead Detector (3:49)
  14. Don't Take Roots (2:13)
  15. Senile Get (3:37)
  16. The Lonely Guy (4:42)
  17. Cryingbabiessleeplessnights (3:35)
  18. Leli B (3:14)
  19. Road of Dreams (6:05)
  20. When I Walk Through the Land of Fear (5:27)

Credits

  • Terry Edwards - arranged by [horns], baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, trumpet [leader]
  • Rooster Cosby - drums, percussion
  • Sid Moon-Eye - guitar
  • James Eller - bass, synthesizer [moog sub-bass]
  • Steve Ferrera - drums, bongos
  • Danny Thompson - double bass
  • Donald Ross Skinner - omnichord
  • Mavis Grind - lead vocals [second]

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