Wilder (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Wilder
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = The Teardrop Explodes


Released = 1981
Recorded =
Genre =
Length = 39:52
Label = Fontana
Producer = Clive Langer, with Alan Winstanley on "Passionate Friend"
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9frxq85ldde link]
Last album = Kilimanjaro (1980)
This album = Wilder (1981)
Next album =

"Wilder" was the second album by neo-psychedelic Liverpool band The Teardrop Explodes in which the group's leader Julian Cope expanded his songwriting by incorporating a myriad of new soundscapes to the already eclectic band's sound that, while setting them apart, also lost them many of the fans of the more punkish Kilimanjaro. While the single "Passionate Friend" charted reasonably, the album failed commercially and after several line up changes the group disbanded.

2000 Re-release

In 2000 Cope gave his blessings to re-release the band's two complete albums with a selection of bonus tracks, mainly b-sides from the respective albums singles. The albums featured original artwork, a remastered sound, and full lyrics and essays.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Julian Cope; except where indicated

Original 1981 Track Listing

# "Bent Out Of Shape"
# "Colours Fly Away"
# "Seven Views Of Jerusalem"
# "Pure Joy"
# "Falling Down Around Me"
# "The Culture Bunker"
# "Passionate Friend"
# "Tiny Children"
# "Like Leila Khaled Said"
# "...And The Fighting Takes Over"
# "The Great Dominions"

2000 Re-Issue

# "Bent Out Of Shape"
# "Colours Fly Away"
# "Seven Views Of Jerusalem"
# "Pure Joy"
# "Falling Down Around Me"
# "The Culture Bunker"
# "Passionate Friend"
# "Tiny Children"
# "Like Leila Khaled Said"
# "...And The Fighting Takes Over"
# "The Great Dominions"
# "Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns"
# "East Of The Equator"
# "Rachael Built A Steamboat" (Cope, David Balfe)
# "You Disappear From View"
# "Suffocate"
# "Ouch Monkeys" (Cope, David Balfe)
# "Soft Enough For You" (Cope, David Balfe)
# "The In-Psychlopaedia" (Cope, David Balfe, Gary Dwyer)

Personnel

*Julian Cope - vocals, bass
*Troy Tate - guitar
*David Balfe - keyboards, synthesizer
*Gary Dwyer - drums
*Alfie Agius - bass
*James Eller - bass
*Jeff Hammer - guitar
*Luke Tunney - trumpet
*Ted Emmet - trumpet
*Colin Fairley - engineer
*Martin Atkins - artwork
*Chalkie Davies - photography