Everybody Wants To Shag ... The Teardrop Explodes was the third album by neo-psychedelic Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

 band The Teardrop Explodes

The Teardrop Explodes

The Teardrop Explodes were an English post-punk/neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. Best known for their Top Ten UK single "Reward" the group originated as a key band in the emerging Liverpool post-punk scene of the late 1970s, the group also launched the career of group frontman...

. When the band reconvened to record their third album, they were reduced to the trio of Cope, Dwyer and a reinstated Balfe.

Tensions were high – Cope wanted to write ballads and quirky pop songs, while Balfe was more interested in recording synth-based dance music. Cope eventually dissolved the band in the middle of the sessions. The material was later released in 1990. Cope re-recorded "Metranil Vavin" and "Pussyface" for his solo album World Shut Your Mouth

World Shut Your Mouth (album)

World Shut Your Mouth is the debut album solo album by Julian Cope.-Background:World Shut Your Mouth was written during Cope's 1983 retreat to the village of Drayton Bassett , following the breakup of Cope's former band The Teardrop Explodes...

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Julian Cope and David Balfe; except where indicated

1. "Ouch Monkeys"
2. "Serious Danger"
3. "Metranil Vavin" (Cope)
4. "Count To Ten And Run For Cover"
5. "In-Psychlopaedia" (Cope, Gary Dwyer, Balfe)
6. "Soft Enough For You"
7. "You Disappear From View" (Cope)
8. "The Challenger"
9. "Not My Only Friend" (Cope)
10. "Sex (Pussyface)" (Cope)
11. "Terrorist" (Balfe)
12. "Strange House In The Snow"

Personnel

• Julian Cope
  Julian Cope
  Julian Cope is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator...
  
   - vocals, bass, violin on "Strange House In The Snow", piano on "Sex", "Not My Only Friend"
• David Balfe
  David Balfe
  David Balfe is most notable for playing keyboards with The Teardrop Explodes, founding the Zoo and Food record labels, signing Blur and for being the subject of their number one hit - "Country House".-Biography:...
  
   - organ, piano, synthesizer
• Gary Dwyer - drums, drum machine

• Troy Tate
  Troy Tate
  Troy Tate is a musician and record producer who was a member of several bands including The Teardrop Explodes and Fashion as well as working as a solo artist.-Biography:...
  
   - guitar on "You Disappear From View"
• Alan Gill
  Alan Gill
  Alan Gill is a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, who formed part of the synthpop band Dalek I Love You and the Neo-psychedelic band The Teardrop Explodes.-Early career:...
  
   - guitar on "Strange House In The Snow"
• Ron François
  Ron François
  Ron François was a founder member of The Sinceros , and former member of the London R&B band The Strutters. After the demise of The Sinceros in 1981, François joined The Teardrop Explodes and stayed with Epic Records releasing a solo single, "If You Love Me", in 1982 before departing to live in...
  
  - bass guitar on "Ouch Monkeys", "Sex", "You Disappear From View"
• Luke Tunney - trumpet on "You Disappear From View", "Count To Ten And Run For Cover"
• Ted Emmet - trumpet on "You Disappear From View", "Count To Ten And Run For Cover"

• Hugh Jones - engineer
• Pointblanc Design - artwork