Snap, Crackle & Bop

Snap, Crackle & Bop
Studio album by John Cooper Clarke
Released 1980
Recorded Arrow Sounds, Manchester 1978
Genre Spoken word, poetry, punk
Length 38:59
Label CBS
Producer Martin "Zero" Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Walking Back to Happiness
(1979)Walking Back to Happiness1979		 Snap, Crackle & Bop
(1980)		 Zip Style Method
(1982)Zip Style Method1982
The Invisible Girls chronology
Disguise in Love
(1978) Disguise in Love1978		 Snap, Crackle & Bop
(1980) Snap, Crackle & Bop1980		 Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls
(1980) Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Smash Hits7/10[1]

Snap, Crackle & Bop is the fourth album by John Cooper Clarke, originally released in 1980. As with Disguise in Love, the album featured The Invisible Girls as the backing band and was produced by Martin Hannett. Original first pressings of the LP included a booklet with the lyrics from John Cooper Clarke's 1978 album Disguise in Love together with photographs and artwork, the booklet was housed in a pocket that formed part of the jacket on the LP cover photograph. The album placed at No. 39 in NME's 1980 Albums Of The Year.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins except where noted:
  1. "Evidently Chickentown" – 2.23
  2. "Conditional Discharge" – 3.10
  3. "Sleepwalk" – 4.35
  4. "23rd" – 3.38
  5. "Beasley Street" – 6.56
  6. "Thirty Six Hours" – 3.35
  7. "Belladonna" – 4.18
  8. "The It Man" – 3.48
  9. "Limbo (Baby Limbo)" – 4.31
  10. "A Distant Relation" – 3.53
  11. "Beasley Street" (live - bonus track) – 3.28
  12. "Gaberdine Angus" (live - bonus track) – 1.01
  13. "Twat" (live - bonus track) – 2.23

Note: "Evidently Chickentown" is similar to the 1940 poem "Bloody Orkney" by Hamish Blair.[3]

Personnel

The Invisible Girls

Technical

"Written, played, produced by The Invisible Girls, ably assisted by Lynn Oakey, Pete Shelley, Trevor Spencer, Paul Burgess, Karl Burns, Toby, Dave Hassell, Stephanie Formula. Extra special thanks to Vinnie Riley. The Invisible Girls are the cheese nightmares are Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins!"

References

  1. ↑ Hepworth, David. "John Cooper Clarke: Snap, Crackle and Bop". Smash Hits (May 1–14, 1980): 29.
  2. ↑ "1980 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year". NME. 1980. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dr. John Cooper Clarke Summer 2016 Gigs & 'Anthologia'". www.fredperry.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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