Peggy Suicide

sounds more like Nick Cave than i thought it would

Some good indie/post punk/whatever. But it just seems to have no real stand out tracks or moments that jump out. More consistent than Fried, but not as enjoyable.

Mixed. more than a sum of its parts

I liked it. It was a good 80's reminder

Bom.

- it reminds me of awful lot of things - i like weird artsy stuff but for some reason this was not for me - still it was very pleasant listen, but definitely too long

Més aprofitable, musical i melòdic que la gran majoria de la suposada música experimental que hauria de venir en la década posterior. Els arranjaments i els temes, partint d'un pop enrevessat influït per la psicodèlia i uns quants géneres més, arriben de vegades a bon port, mentre que altres es queden perduts enmig del no res... disc interessant, si més no

Long but some bops

At first listen I didn't really know what to do with the album, but with the second and third listen it started to grow on me. The songs are of a high variance in quality, but there's power and emotion enough to be found

Not bad. Way more enjoyable than expected. Not sure if it was good enough to play again.

Double Vegetation has a cool 90's alt vibe. The whole album is like that, so it gets a little old by the middle of the album.

In 1991 I didn't particularly care for Julian Cope and probably couldn't pick his hits out if pressed to do so. As I listen to Peggy Suicide now, I remember why his music never really connected with me. Musically the album is actually quite good, as early 90s college radio fare goes. Cope has a solid group of musicians working with him and some pretty interesting arrangements. But there was much better stuff going on with music in 1991 than this. Cope struggles to hit some of his notes, and his vocal style isn't interesting enough to excuse it. I still mostly enjoyed listening to this, but the album is also overly long. It should be several songs shorter. Fave Songs: Safesurfer, Las Vegas Basement, Beautiful Love, Pristine, Not Raving But Drowning

The 3 stars I am giving this really belies my listening experience. Most of the tracks were in the low 2 area; I found it generic and greating. However, some of the tracks were really quite excellent. Like a mix of They Might Be Giants, A House, and Morphine. A weird synthesis of formative sounds of my youth that I never imagined together. These tracks are in the high 4, even low 5 territory. This averages out to a 3, but really it's quite a divisive experience.

Jeetje, eerst vond ik er niets aan, vooral dat 1e nummer leek om maar geen eind aan te komen. Na het 5e nummer begon het ineens een beetje te leven. Best leuk om dit eens te horen.

Moest wat loskomen, maar na een paar nummers bleek dit toch een best aardig plaatje te zijn.

This is a LONG alt-rock album. Songs are nice enough, but nothing that would give me any incentive to listen again. 3/5.

Bueno

I've always had a soft spot for wingnut lefties, especially when I have a pause button.

He really mixes it up a lot on this album, but it all holds together quite well. I found the 1st song wasn't a good opener, it was a bit too repetitive for me also a bit like some Lou Reed ballad. At other points he sounds like Nick Cave and sometimes there's a Bowie influence. I love the song Safe Surfer, especially the epic guest guitarist. Unfortunately I can't get the album art out of my head.

When Julian Cope was with the Teardrop Explodes they released Poppies in the Field which I really like so I was interested in hearing his solo work here. This album has some very interesting tracks, but as many here have complained this album is too long, and on Spotify we have the "Deluxe" extended edition which is even frigging longer! I couldn't maintain my attention for the duration of this Deluxe edition so it eventually was relegated to background music. If the filler had been culled this would have been a really great album. Safesurfer for example is a killer track.

Eh - didn’t pay that much attention to it

Great guitar tones. Cool use of instruments throughout the album. No songs really stand out. Gets pretty boring and goes on for too long.

I enjoyed some of the songs…mostly the ones with funky bass lines. The album did seem long though. I could see maybe listening to this in the background as I was working, but I already have a stack of such albums for that purpose that I enjoy more.

An interesting mix. Hard to pin down to a genre, definitely 80s meets 90s with a lot of influences and styles. Nothing I’ll revisit though

Better than I thought. But long.

Never heard of this before... can't guess anything based on the cover. The font says techno, the album name says indie, the artwork... I just dunno lol. Ok this is artsy nonsense, somewhere between Nick Cave, Tex Perkins, Lou Reed etc. some of it is ok but I just can't stand albums that go for this long - 75min for the vanilla version alone. Won't be listening past the 75.

Cope crafts a unique sound that blends electric, world, rock, and spoken word into a powerful album. It is a very long journey and album though, and it could have benefitted from some more selective track listings.

Bit of a long one. More background listening

I should like this more, definitely flavours of Nick Cave in there.... but I really didn't get on too well with it. Perhaps I should give it some more time but still 990 ish albums to go before I die!

This was pretty solid, almost the definition of post punk rock kinda. Will likely listen to again

little jam bandy at times, kept my head bobbing throughout though. not bad,

indie rock. round sound.

This was a pretty strange one. Not sure what to think of it. There were a couple songs I liked quite a bit and others not at all.

better than i was expecting. don't think i knew what julian cope sounded like, i was expecting sparks (the band - not to fall in love with him). i liked this.

Liked some songs but didn't get through the whole album.

It was OK.

OK. It got better for me on the second listen.

I now understand what was going on with Peggy and why she may have contemplated suicide and it has nothing to do with all of the soap in my underwear. That was just an experiment to see how much soap my underwear would hold. I did not factor that some may use bar soap and others use pump. I prefer pump when we are dealing with things in my underwear. I give Julian Cope a tip of the hat and four tiny pebbles that can be confused for rocks.

A few noteworthy songs but a lot of noise...

it has good moments but why is it so long? i think its overstated

3

6/10 F.t.: Double vegetation

Just not for me

just a bit mid, maybe would like it more with a few more listens

David Byrne, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, REM but the worst parts.

Would be good live

ANOTHER NAKED PERSON??? (Somehow I feel that it's a sign that I'm gonna like it). honestly I don't think I'd listen to this one again either but Soldier Blue...

Cover was cooler than the music

I wasn't a fan of this album. The sound was too rough and it feels way too pretentious. Plus (even at 1hr 16min) it's too long. I'm sure it plays well at a record store and with the music snob crowd.

When to listen: in the type of dive bar with lots of stickers on the bathroom walls (that may be all dive bars.) This album was... cool. But unfortunately, forgettable. I had to re-listen as I wrote this.

Musically, this could have been something......and then he opens his mouth. It's not really singing as much as is sounds like some beatnik slam poetry by someone who is an asshole, but sees themselves as a brooding genius. I just didn't get this mess at all.

Intriguing album art from an artist I don't recognize at all. It feels like a collage with deep illustrative properties, and it's dark, so it's giving me heavy-punk vibes. I'd say the album art is misleading, the album has a happier, light execution with thought out composition and production. After an initial listen I can see why I haven't heard of him, this is not a name I'd keep on record so I can look forward to it in the future. Kind of like a new Zappa with less direction. Unfortunately I hate his voice, it docks at least half a point and undoes a lot of the pretty musical aspects. Even those fleeting beautiful sonic moments are typically chased by something cheesy and far from the vanguard. And this is what critics consider his best work? Eek. 2.35/5

At first, I thought I was in for the biggest slog of an album I've generated so far. I was half-right about that. After a very wonky start, the album started to grow on me, but it really needed some serious cutting, it gets unbearable at times. There's also an air of self-importance felt throughout, which isn't helped by the fact that it's split into four "phases". Peggy Suicide really isn't as original or creative as it thinks it is, rather the opposite. Overall, I really liked a couple of tracks, but it was mostly an annoying experience. I doubt I'll delve into Julian Cope's other work any time soon.

This kind of sucked. It wasn't too bad; some instrumental parts were fine. But the whole album felt uninspiring and demo-like, especially with the mediocre singing.

Ah yes another British musician I haven't heard of & probably won't hear again

Album #103: Peggy Suicide - Julian Cope Genre (W): Art rock, psychedelic rock Singles: Beautiful Love, Safesurfer, East Easy Rider, Head I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: This album is quite dull and dragging. I kept wondering when it was gonna end. Some songs are well-written and catchy, but overall, this album is way too long. I almost fell asleep. Favorite songs: Pristeen, East Easy Rider, Hanging Out & Hung Up on the Line, Drive, She Said, Leperskin

Ikke helt favoritt men stedvis funker det bra Litt sånn alternativ 90 mølje som er litt uidentifiserbart men som jeg hører mange har hentet ting fra i ettertid

- Kind of annoying - Kind of ok - Not my taste

Not my style

Bland

i listened to this album in a lecture hall and my god i might of thought whatever the teacher was yapping on that week was better then the music playing in my ears. isn't bad enough to give it a 1 tho

Ah, art-rock mixed with post-punk new-wave, my FAVOURITE genre. Apart from that, obviously, sarcastic comment, this album is just boring, gets repetitive and overstays its welcome. I did not mind Safesurfer at all, but the rest is just terrible. Just pretentious crap.

Decent enough I suppose but I doubt I will ever want to hear it again.

I liked a few songs on this but not most of it

Churn out a shorter, better album every 2 years instead of a longer, worse one every year

Ik kende dit nog niet. Het is met vlagen best aardig, maar gedurende de 75 minuten dat dit album duurt valt Julian ook wel een paar keer lelijk door de mand wat mij betreft. Omdat het altijd lekker is om dingen die je niet kent te categoriseren zou ik dit willen omschijven als een iets veelzijdigere, maar toch meer vergeetbare Nick Cave. Ik twijfel net als gister over 2 of 3 sterren. Ik zet deze op 2 sterren omdat ik 75 minuten wel echt veel te lang vind. Echt de helft te lang.

Was it probably considered good when it came out? Sure. Was it enjoyable to listen to now and not just rambling on and on? Yes

I listened.

honestly could've been seperated into two albums and it would've been better imo. it is a bit too long as it is now, it ends up feeling very plain, repetitive and, at the very end, boring.

no big deal or lasting impression. Onward

Post-punk should be short and punchy. This is 2.5 hours of some of the most self-indulgent non-sense I've ever heard. One of those “you had to be there when…” albums. 2⭐️

Couldn't really keep attention to this album, which I guess means it wasn't that interesting to me. Another "post punk" effort that seems to fall a little flat. It's too long as well. 2/5 Won't listen again

Not quite the prophet he thinks he is, Cope here delivers a 75-minute sermon-slash-variety-show where the gospel is pagan, the delivery is Lou Reed by way of a psychotropic smoothie, and the punchlines are mostly buried in bongwater. Nominally political and spiritually “awakened,” but mostly just loud, long, and trying really, really hard to be the coolest shaman in the indie rock commune. The alt-dance-noise cocktail often hits a familiar mid-tempo shuffle—think INXS on mushrooms (“Double Vegetation”) or George Michael in a haze of incense and irony (“If You Loved Me at All”). When he does settle into a vibe, like the noir-funk of “Head” or the echo-chamber mourning of “Las Vegas Basement,” it can be haunting. But too often he’s just Not Raving But Rambling. You’ll need stamina, patience, and maybe a chart to track the vibes.

I am so bored of hearing this mediocre, self indulgent guff.

DNF

It's alright, pretty relaxing. Kind of reminds me of the singer from the 90's band Live. Nothing really stood out for me. Not bad but not great either.

Much like Mark E Smith, I find his voice hard to warm to. Maybe it’ll grow on me over time

kinda boring ngl

listened to this years ago and it didn't stick. it's fine, nothing terrible here. maybe i'll try again next decade

I really tried to get into this album but I just couldn't. Like a mix of 90s grunge, Nick Cave and sometimes a bit of ska/punk (mainly thinking of the sax in "You…"). It was way too long at 1 hour 15 min and it never really to pass my boredom threshold except during “Hanging Out and Hung Up On The Line”. Maybe when I’m more in the mood for this album I could actually find something I enjoyed. Weak 2.

Listened a bunch bc I couldn’t get a grasp of the album and couldn’t listen start to finish. Don’t get it

5/10 There were some decent moments, but its all over the place, incoherent and way too long. Highlights: Safesurfer

Not for me

Not particularly memorable for me, sometimes the music/guitar reminded me of U2 but with much worse singing. Kind of a “whatever” for me

what in the tom waits did i just listen to

Genuinely awesome voice but instrumentals leave some to be desired.

I didn't like it. I think it's his voice. Pretty sure I didn't like The Teardrop Explodes, either.

A couple good songs but I don't want to listen to the second half to see if there are any more.

Has a little appeal, but not much

Julian Cope, ein britischer Musiker aus England, veröffentlichte Peggy Suicide 1991 als siebtes Soloalbum. Die Aufnahmen entstanden 1990 in Londoner Studios mit mehreren Toningenieuren, unter anderem in Sessions mit Produzent Donald Ross Skinner und verschiedenen Technikern der Island-Produktion. Stilistisch bewegt sich das Album zwischen Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock und Indie-Rock und markiert eine Phase, in der Cope seine Musik stärker politisch und thematisch ausrichtete. Das Doppelalbum ist in vier Abschnitte gegliedert und kombiniert klassische Songstrukturen mit längeren, experimentellen Passagen. Zu den bekanntesten Titeln gehören „Beautiful Love“, „Safesurfer“, „East Easy Rider“ und „Head“. Besonders „Safesurfer“ fällt mit seiner ausgedehnten, repetitiven Struktur auf, während „Beautiful Love“ stärker an melodischen Alternative-Rock anknüpft. Inhaltlich tauchen immer wieder Themen wie Umweltfragen, Spiritualität und gesellschaftliche Kritik auf, ohne dass der musikalische Rahmen seine psychedelische Grundfarbe verliert. Die Produktion wirkt bewusst roh und direkt, was den Songs eine gewisse Unmittelbarkeit gibt. Gleichzeitig zeigt die große Zahl an Stücken eine breite stilistische Palette – von kompakten Rocknummern bis zu freieren, fast improvisierten Momenten. Ein umfangreiches Album, das Cope als eigenwilligen Songwriter zeigt und seine Vorliebe für psychedelisch gefärbten Rock mit persönlichen Themen verbindet.

Not my favorite. Liked bits and pieces.

Indulgent.

Meh.

This guy wants to be Jim Morrison so bad, but he lacks the gravitas, and the music lacks any semblance of uniqueness.

strong punchy vocals

this album has the misfortune of being over 2 hours long and only having 1 song that's decent.

I don't know about this one. I didn't hate it but I didn't really like it either. 2.5 stars

Meh

Thought this was alright 40 minutes in until I looked and realised I had EIGHT TRACKS LEFT

not my tipe of music

"Fine", "Decent" and "Boring" are right next to each other in the keywords. I expected something weirder and more abrasive from my vague idea of who Julian Cope is. While I didn't want to turn it off, I know I won't listen to the whole 1:15 hour album (certainly not the 2:30 deluxe edition that people seem to be listening to) again.

1 stern

Really not for me, some decent stuff but nothing to grip you

Cool, more obscure British pop rock with less than 100k monthly listeners. I still listened to the whole thing,.

A really hard one to pin down. There were moments that I thought I was REALLY enjoying it, other moments where I really didn’t, but the majority of the time was just ok.

The instrumentals were ok but could not save the lyrics in my opinion.

It is WAY too long. The songs do not fit cohesively. It’s like each one was written by a different band.

At first I thought the average score on this album was a bit harsh, since I heard quite some variation in the tracks and their influences. However this album is just too long and at some point I realized that each song had a cool idea or sound and then just did that until the end with little variation. Then the last half of the album just isn't all that good.

Julian shut your mouth.

I'll be honest. This did nothing for me. I can't recall a single track. I guess you can say I couldn't cope with it.

Did we really need a Teardrop Explodes and a Juilian Cope album on this list. Whoever made this list loves practically irrelevant British artists. First off, this album is way too long and is a slog to get through. Actually every individual song is a slog to get through mostly due to Julian's vocals. He has no energy and makes everything sound so boring. Every once and a while the instruments do something interesting, but they never really capitalize on it, or they will drag it out until I am bored. I think there is a 3/5 in here somewhere with a different singer and cutting half the tracks, but as is this isn't very good. Mid 2.

Am sure he's a general force for good but I didn't get on with this, and it was a slog getting to the end (I didn't listen to disc 2)

Nah. This is one of those albums where you think "God, it must be over soon, right?" and you're barely halfway. Hard to put it specifically, but in a way I felt this album just took itself a bit too seriously, like it tried a little too hard to be cool/profound.

Too long and I don't really see any reason for it to be on here

Monotonus. Good voice

Background music. Didn't notice any song, and listened to the whole thing while working.

At its best, an eclectic mix of experimental genres. But it feels very disjointed and over indulgent. Didn’t need to be as long, the songs didn’t really connect in a meaningful way, and parts felt like a stoned dude messing around with recording software in his basement.

This was too long and wasn’t it for me

Too much, and too little, of something.

I always knew his previous successful song World Shut Your Mouth, but not enough to make me dig deeper into catalogue. This was really no different. Some ok songs and cool sounds here and there, but not enough to standout. On top of that it’s way too long. From hope to nope.

This just felt like a poor man’s version of some mix of the Smiths, maybe a little Lou Reed or REM at times even? This shouldn’t be in the convo with any of those, pretty avg album

I didn’t really enjoy this. Found it kind of annoying at parts. Some was cool but too much “meh” for me to go higher. 2.5

this shit gay

1991. This album was really long and has interesting noise music elements. Kinda neutral singing in some songs and others that are unpleasant.

Meh. Tbh I didn’t listen to the whole thing. Had some folk-y things I liked; the lyrics I didn’t love.

Nice dive into psychedelia but it just didn’t work

I've heard of Julian Cope but I haven't ever listened to his music. I'm just not feeling this one. A lot of it just feels very amateurish.

Not sure what to make of this. Double Vegetation is a pretty decent alt-rock tune. East Easy Rider has a funky bassline and half spoken vocals and then Promised Land is country-folk before turning into a bit of an indie rocker. Very little cohesion between the tracks so far. Then Hanging Out is almost punk, but softer? I do like when there's organs - and Safesurfer has some pretty good guitar and piano too, but more spoken vocals again. I don't know man. It's still a cool track, but this is all over the place, which is a pretty good way to describe this album. And I'm barely scratching the surface... PSA: just because you can make a CD 76 minutes long doesn't mean you should. Listen, there's some stuff here that I think will appeal to many people. For that reason it's ** and not * but this needed an editor.

huumorilevy josta en ymmärrä mitään mutta menevää meininkiä

Not really a fan of this type of music but there were some decent tracks. Some corny lyrics and songwriting but tolerable

pristeen 😐 pristeen 😐 pristeen 😐

How Much Can I Take? Not much to be honest.

This wasn’t for me, I didn’t enjoy it

I haven't heard anything about this band or any songs from them. (I'm only listening to the first disc, cuz the whole album is 2.5 hours long yikes) Pristeen - I like the voice intro, lowkey the rest of the song is the same, and idk how I feel about the singer's tone but we shall see Double vegetation - ok this one sounds way better what happened to the other song, all the instruments sound great in this one, way more rich and powerful, more upbeat East Easy Rider - ok why is the beat lowkey reggae or hip hop a smidge, not rlly but like a little bit, just a nice beat, nice to listen to Promised land - lowkey reminds me of the mountain goats, I think from the synths in the background, ok Hanging out and hung up on the line - ok guitar!!!! big switch from previous song, more upbeat but has a nice ring to it Safesurfer - just a nice instrumental, the guitar is greeeaattttt, dang 10 whole minutes, it was actually fine it went into vocals like half way through If you love me at all - lowkey the instrumental reminds me of the cure but not rlly, it's still good but I prefer other songs Drive, she said - is that cowbell i hear ???? more upbeat, but bro I'm not even half through the half of the album Soldier blue - soulja boy, sounds like it could be from air a bit, still upbeat and fun to listen to You... - nice and short which i appreciate, only just got past the halfway point lol Not raving but drowning - i wasn't paying attention tbh, i had to take a break from the album cuz its SOOOO LONGG Head - ok im back, this one is fine, it was still good but I think they were just some better songs Leperskin - oh lowkey a bit groovy, the cowbell is back!!! I am getting a bit bored ngl Beautiful love - I just skimmed through Western front 1992 CE - all of these songs Hung up and hanging out to dry - because i couldnt take The american lite - how long this freaking Las vegas basement - album is jesus christ OVERALL: bro there's so many songs and this is just half of the album, lowkey doubted this album at the start cuz I didn't rlly like pristeen, but then it got wayyy better afterwards, all the songs after for the most part sounded good, but I just kept thinking about how long the album was, now the songs are getting a bit repetitive :( ⭐⭐/ 5

this album is "interesting" on paper but in practice it's one of the most boring I've heard. It occasionally shows flashes of good music but is just boring 90% of the time 4/10 probably the least justified double album I've heard

Somewhere between nick cave and the divine comedy, just goes on and on 2*

La primera canción es de las peores que he escuchado en mi vida. Con momentos pasables, es un disco muy malo. Se nos olvida a veces que las canciones deben tener melodía. Y este señor comenta las canciones con poca original y menos musicalidad. No lo he podido terminar.

I don't really like Julian Cope. I get it I think but the music feels dated. Just not for me I guess

I'm not sure what this was, but it wasn't good.

El Intro de Double Vegetation es fantástico junto an Easy Easy Rider lo que mas me gusto .

If you can't be arsed to write more than 8 lines of lyrics pr. track, maybe don't extend each one of them to go on for this long. I honestly think this got better around track 15, but that's really too late. Balancing between fine and annoying while it goes on, and absolutely forgettable the instant it ends.

The bad side of average.

That was not very good 2/5

Feels self indulgent and a little shallow

Eclectic album. Other than that I'm not sure why we're listening to this

sad that it’s so forgettable

Wasn't even that bad at first, but it just went on for so long and I couldn't even bring myself to listen anymore.

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No private session used for Spotify. I found this album kind of bland, though I did find myself grooving on some of the guitar. I was going to give it a second listen, but at 1hour 16 minutes, one listen is all I have time for and I have to stick with my first impression.

Just ok,

Definitely had it's moments. The problem is with the length of the album, and song count, there's also a lot of non-moments. Ended on a high note though.

Long album. There’s some interesting tunes and sections but I’m just not a fan of his voice.

There are a few tracks on this record that I think are decent. The rest of the record is kind of a dumpster fire. Favourite Track(s): Pristeen Least Favourite Track(s): Western Front 1992 C.E., Hung Up And Hanging Out To Dry

Here it is officer. Here's the fucker that's bringing down the brit average. Nick him lads. I'll quote my ex-wife. Too vapid, too British, and so long it almost hurts. Glad to see it gone.

Hørt og glemt.

Langt - kedeligt - weird

Did not care for this one. Songwriting is unfocused, production is weak, and runtime is bloated. This feels like an amateur basement project

I feel like one day with this album is not enough to really appreciate it. I will probably get back to it at some point.

Overall, not upset that this was included, but I didnt connect strongly with it. More interesting to me was Julian Copes obsession with krautrock.

I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. It's a sort of rock that has a dark but fast vibe. I didn't mind this at first, but I feel that it went on a bit too long and was a bit too repetitive, and I got tired of it by the end. I won't listen to this again.

Yeah it's got some parts I like but they are few and far between. Kinda lands with a thud for me. It doesn't even make me want to listen to it again later and see. It's just there taking up time.

Really, this is one of the 1001 albums one must listen to? Of all albums and all music varieties in the world? No, that is simply not true. As is the case with so many other albums on this list. Still, the album is ok. But is in no way special. It is comparable to thousands of other albums out there.

I like a good bit of the music, but generally found myself disliking the vocals and lyrics most of the time. And even the music had highs and very low lows. So a really uneven experience. I’d give it a 2.5 if I could.

Not unlistenable, but not really my style.

This feels like an album for snobs who know better than you, explaining this is Cope's breakout album. But who the fuck is Cope and why should I care about his breakout if this is the result. It wasn't bad, just long, and felt like an artsy-fartsy grunge album. I guess 1001 albums leaves a lot of room for filler too ...

Favorite Tracks: Soldier Blue, If You Loved Me at All Cope cuts an interesting figure in the British music scene. One of the many skinny long-haired post-punk 80s figures who leaned more into the esoteric the further he grew away from the scene. His books are maybe more interesting than his music; his Krautrocksampler and The Modern Antiquarian books being massively influential in 2000s blog culture. I'm cold on the music though. It's quite long and split up across a few different sounds, none of which it sticks with for long enough for me to get the spirit. The best songs are Mancunian imitations; The Fall and Happy Mondays but not as singular. Soldier Blue, with its Lenny Bruce samples, and dark trippy sound is the album's highlight pulling on Cope's own exploding political consciousness and his love for history.

Not sure how this one made the list. It’s just kind of there.

Sometimes it feels like to make a respected 90s rock album, you don’t need great musicianship or powerful songwriting, you just needed the right "vibe." When people point to the decade as the last time rock had mainstream relevance, I don’t think it’s because the music was so good and successful. I think it’s because, with some very notable exceptions, it was too self-absorbed and fractured for people to care about. Was going to give this 1 star but I like the guitar work on "Hanging Out and Hung Up On the Line."

Every album is a time capsule and this project is a time machine. Once again I'm presented with an artist I had never heard of and once again I'm left knowing why. There are moments on this album that I found myself enjoying, some good bass lines. I really only enjoyed one track "If You Loved Me At All". Otherwise it was forgettable...for me anyway.

Julian Cope is a bit of a sage. Among other things, he was blowing the whistle about climate change here, in 1991. I found this record to be an exercise in the endurance of tedium though.

Not my thing and way too long

Насправді альбом дуже посередній,хітових пісень немає,слова це дитячий садок,є гарні зачатки,а так це не те щоб я слухав 2 з 5

Pristeen - 3/5 Double Vegetation - 4/5 East Easy Rider - 3/5 Promised Land - 3/5 Hanging Out & Hung Up on the Line - 3/5 Safesurfer - 1/5 If You Loved Me at All - 4/5 Drive, She Said - 5/5 Soldier Blue - 3/5 You... - 3/5 Not Raving but Drowning - 3/5 Head - 4/5 Leperskin - 2/5 Beautiful Love - 1/5 Western Front 1992 CE - 3/5 Hung Up & Hanging Out to Dry - 1/5 The American Lite - 1/5 Las Vegas Basement - 3/5 Average score: 2.8/5 (rounding down) for some reason i had high hopes i'd enjoy this more than i did. maybe just cuz the album art looked interesting i didn't like this enough to justify rounding up my score

No começo nao gostei, no final ate que tava gostando...lembrou um pouco de happy mondays 2,5

Super interesting wiki on this dude. Not sure about the music

I delayed listening to my album for the day for 2 or 3 months because I so didn't want to listen to this album (that I'd never heard of). Finally listened today and it's not nearly as bad as I had thought it would be. It's fine, I guess, but the only interesting song is Beautiful Love. Marginally. I don't expect I'll ever listen to another song from this album.

Yeah, I'm not sure what to expect when I get these weird and obscure albums on the generator. It really is not great. I don't know, I don't really have much to say, it's just really long and dull. It's just a snoozer, that's it. Favorite Tracks: Pristeen, Promised Land Rating: 2/5

REM for incels.

Music was good but couldn’t take his voice.

Can't find a single reason why this would be an essential album to listen to

Eh

I went into this album blind. It wasnt bad- the sound was somewhat interesting but nothing really captured me. The instrumentation was decent, but the lyricality was a miss for me. Overall- probably a 2.5

I was kind of surprised at how little I liked this one. I've heard a few of Julian Cope's songs over the years ("World Shut Your Mouth", "Trampoline", "All The Blowing-Themselves-Up Motherfuckers...") and I like those. I've heard Peggy Suicide referred to as his masterpiece. The band he's got on here is fantastic - loved the music. Unfortunately, the lyrics kind of killed it for me. Maybe it's because I wasn't British in the 90s? After reading up on the album, there is apparently quite a bit of political commentary going on, but I didn't really catch that. So, I guess, mad respect for him and the album, but it's not my thing.

Before listening: "Who he fuck is Julian Cope?" After listening: "Makes sense why I don't know him"

songs that just lazily repeat the song title as the primary lyric without any nuance drive me CRAZY. this hatred is probably borne of having to play "the Prince is Giving a Ball" 800 times. whatever. Pristeen wasn't my favourite.

I certainly didn't need 75 minutes of this. The opening song "Pristeen" asks, "How much can you take?" It turns out, not as much as Cope was dealing out. I fast forwarded through 3/4ths of the songs before bailing out from disinterest and boredom.

# 570 : Peggy Suicide Peggy Suicide - A Marathon of mild disappointment I went into Peggy Suicide with low expectations—and somehow, it still managed to underwhelm. Clocking in at a soul-draining 2.5 hours, this album immediately tests your patience. The opening track “Pristeen” asks, “How much can you take?” and by the end of it, I was already asking myself the same question. There’s no denying Cope had ideas here—lots of them. But ideas don’t make an album. This is a sprawling, meandering journey through half-baked concepts, forgettable melodies, and vocals that sound like someone reading their journal out loud in a pub. It’s listenable, technically, but not enjoyable. No hits, no hooks, no reason to return. I skipped a few tracks. I zoned out. I got bored. And I couldn’t wait for it to be over. Verdict: Ambitious in length, forgettable in impact. A marathon of mild disappointment. Best Track (if you must): [None stood out.] Closing thought: I have to ask—do the people giving this five stars actually listen to the albums they’re rating, or just admire the word count? Listened: 17/09/2025

Wasnt the biggest fan of this album

Album had a good start with a pristeen and then it became the most mediocre album I ever heard. I also checked and guy release by an album yearly like come on. Mediocre at best. Fav tracks: Pristeen Safesurfer (but it reminded me a lot of Pink Floyd) 2/5

point9.

Peggy Suicide is ambitious and sprawling, with Julian Cope clearly aiming for something big and important, but it does not always land. The album stretches across a lot of styles, from psychedelic rock to poppier moments, and while that variety keeps it unpredictable, it also makes it uneven. A few tracks have interesting grooves and flashes of strong writing, but just as often the songs meander or feel overextended. The biggest issue is that the record tries to carry too much weight. There are ideas about politics, the environment, and spirituality running through it, yet the music itself often struggles to hold attention. It feels more like a statement than an album you want to revisit regularly. There is no doubt Cope poured a lot of himself into Peggy Suicide, but the result is patchy and inconsistent, more admirable in scope than enjoyable in execution.

Not for me.

This was fine. Far too long, and the sound I wasn't a huge fan of, but it certainly could have been worse.

I'm just not a psychedelic rock fan. Not the worst in genre though.

I didn’t hate this, but being at just over 75 minutes, it’s just too freaking long. Sometimes listening to the albums on this list feels too much like work, and this was one of those times. After getting about halfway through the album, I skipped ahead to Beautiful Love, since I noticed it was by far the song most downloaded on the album. I can see why, as it was catchy and had some commercial appeal. But again, for me this record was work…not fun.

First I’ve heard of Julian Cope and looking at the reviews, I’m not too hopeful. Let’s see… …all feels a bit cheesy and self-important. I can almost see him listening back to the recordings, basking in self-glory. Just nothing particularly grabbing or skillfull. Lacking substance or heart. Actually looking forward to this album finishing and there is still SO much to go. Urgh. And the length only strengthens my views above. Get. Over. Yourself. Yeh, not gonna give you the play stats, my man - 2* and your lucky. As someone else said Julian NOPE.

Too long, another victim of the CD, like much of the 90s. Not bad music but it felt soooo bloated. Will not listen again

Listenable and fun, but a deluxe version with an entire 2nd disc is a treat too rich for my tastes

Best Song: You... The saxophone gave some well-needed energy to this otherwise stagnant album. Worst Song: Hung Up And Hanging Out To Dry. Everything that happens in this song sounds like it happens accidentally. Overall: Nothing against him, but this just sounds like a regular guy? This feels like a weekend garage project. He's got some decent, stock-standard dude rock, and I love that for him, but what about any of this is so important that it ought to be included on a list called "1001 albums to hear before you die?" Somehow, I feel like even the artist would be confused by his own entry. And for the love of Christ, 29 songs?

Not familiar with the singer. It was OK.

The best part of this album is that I could tune it out. 2 1/2 hours is just too long, and most of the tracks just seemed like noise.

It wasn't bad, but will I listen to it again? Nope. Will I even remember the name "Julian Cope"? Nope, I had a hard time remembering it even while I was listening to the music. Still, the music isn't terrible. Forgettable, but not terrible.

Never heard of them before, not sure I'll listen to them much more again.

Sounds like every warm up band I ever saw. Fine to bob along to but otherwise nothing that really engaged me

Way too fucking long. I actually don’t hate the vibe so it would be a 3/5 if it was actually edited!! Pristeen & Hanging Out and Hung Up on the Line stood out. But 2/5 because it wore down my soul.

I feel like there was a mediocre album in here trying to get out but it was smothered in too many songs - if ever there was an argument for bringing back vinyl and limitations of that as a format, it’s this cacophony of indulgence.

Just not my thing. Don't think I'll be back to give it a second chance either.

2.5 hours... Every time I see this I think that the artist is some kind of experimental person that could not limit themself to fewer songs. This album aligns with that theory. It's too much for me... Some songs I could not finish as they got too annoying, others were okay again. But letting me go through 2.5h of that is borderline torture.

Meh

Surprised this made the cut. Nothing memorable here

196/1089 - "It is generally seen as the beginning of Cope's trademark sound." Sounds like generic furniture advertisement music most of the time. Competent but nothing is exciting to me. Between a 2 and a 3 on this one. I liked the sax solo in "You..."

Whiny, out of tune singing and mediocre instrumentals. As background music ok but come on, this must be a troll right

Not quite

Maybe about 60 minutes too long, but the remaining moments are surprisingly decent.

*British voice* what a wanker Just barely a 2. Consider yourself lucky Julian Cope

Kind of interesting but definitely not for me

Difficult to finish. Might have been 3 stars if it weren't over two hours long

The second half of the album is certainly better than the first. But that is a low bar. I do give credit for having a variety of different styles and sounds within the album. But I really didn't care for it.

I'm so over this album I don't even have the words to say how over it I am. 2/4

Need more time with the album but first impressions aren't good.

Not a fan. Favorite track: Safesurfer

Dumb album for dumb-dumbs.

Meh I like the Teardrop Explodes a decent bit but this one was just alright. It started to win me over throughout the second half but still doesn't feel like a necessary inclusion on the list. Also unrelated but it astounds me how many times I see a review complain about the bonus tracks thinking they are part of the main album. Do some people not even read the wikipedia pages with the track lists before listening? Rating: 2.4

Quite an experimental rock album. I am not so sure, I enjoy it 2/5

I dislike performatively deep male voices like this. It's a poor substitute for being an interesting vocalist. This did nothing for me and I think I listened to the dreaded Expanded Edition by accident.

It's a pretty easy listen, I found it to be kinda average art rock. Not bad by any means, but not noteworthy for me. It was also way too long for my taste. Instrumentally it has nice moments, some nice solos and some interesting compositional ideas. Cope's vocals weren't my favourite, I found him a bit underwhelming. Some instrument selections were really underwhelming too, like the "trumpet" synth on "Beautiful Love", which I found way too cartoon-ish and honestly it sounded awful. Lyrically, Cope delves into several different themes and isn't afraid to get political, but honestly, none of it really struck me or I found particularly memorable. In terms of specific songs, I have to commend "Safesurfer" because it's pretty interesting musically, a nice epic composition even though I didn't like much the chorus and the singing. "Leperskin" was nice too. I also really liked "Hang Up And Hanging Out To Dry", has a nice drum beat and I liked the production, maybe also because it was mostly an instrumental?

Its a long album split into 4 parts but I'm not too sure about why the parts are split the way they are. There isn't much to differentiate each of them with this album being pretty stylistically consistent throughout. The music itself is decent/competent all the way through, though for 75 minutes of runtime you have to bring better than that to justify its length. Half of the runtime could be cut without any real loss in my opinion. There is nothing here I would call outright bad but nothing that really made me have any desire to listen again.

2.2 Come on now. 75 minutes is extremely long for an experimental album. Just comes across like a rambling mess. Some brief moments of enjoyment, but brief being the key word.

Good god what a boring slog. Literally felt time slow down and my life force drain away

I only listened to the original album, not even the deluxe edition, and I got a say, this album is about 12 songs too long. The music itself is fine, nothing special, very 90s. I think I'd view it more favorably if it hadn't felt so interminable.

I did not like this album. Safesurfer had some interesting stuff going on, as did You.... Not a fan of the vocals, or the music for the most part. 2

I've found this to be a pretty genuine attempt to make some good music, but it fell short of resonating with me. The lyrics could have used a song writer. Weird and interesting stuff.

Meh

Boring folk and rock songs about sex and cars, but with knowing winks at the audience to assure us that it has a satirical edge and if we think it's bad than we have just missed the point. Happy for this to whoosh over my head.

i’m tired

There might be some good bones here but I’m not sticking around to figure it out

Hella long, i hope it's good It was meh

10/06/2025 So long, so weird, so bloody boring.

Has enjoyable moments but very bloated and has its low point but an okay listen but not great

Disc 2 was an upgrade from the 1st

Really cool sound but the vocals are a drug induced disaster.

Aside from a couple solid solos (guitar in Safesurfer, sax in You...), I thought this album was kind of bland. Slightly psychedelic, mostly forgettable.

Just because you're good at playing guitar, doesn't mean you know how to create good music.

really didn't connect with this

Not for me, couldn't get into it

really, really did not enjoy this. almost a 1.

some of this was fun but i said "what the fuck" a lot during it, and he sounds like jv nick cave often. "enigmatic storyteller, contrarian, mystic, and hallucinogen enthusiast" yeah sure man

Am I glad weird little dudes are making weird music? Yes. Did I like this? No. 2.5 rounded down because some of it was repetitive in a way I disliked and I didn't really like his voice. Yes it's subjective but I am subject to my personal view and interpretation of the world!!!

If you loved me at all you wouldn’t make this album over 2 hours long. A prime example of why you shouldn’t put every song you’ve ever written on the album, nothing special, pretty boring

A little too experimental for my taste!

4.5/10

Fine album, not that interesting to me

Far too long 2/5

Shite

The music was average to meh. The vocals were overly distracting.

This album is like a huge box filled with packing peanuts and somewhere in there are some really nice pieces of jewelry. It's too big with too much filler to have to root through to find the few good songs Check out St Julian or his singles collection

another mid album by a british man

Good for Cope (lol) for being included in this list I guess. Liked Safesurfer.

This is what a hip corporate executive at Nike would listen to in 1992.

Not saying all music needs to have point or a purpose, but what the fuck was the point of this? What is the intended response from the listener? And who is the intended listener? This was all over the place and honestly I’m trying to figure out what Julian Cope was even trying to do here. I’m sure there is an audience for it, but I’m not in it, and honestly my life would have been perfectly fine if I never heard this. I’ve heard worse, but I’ve heard a lot better.

He intentado terminar este álbum cuatro veces hasta que por fin he conseguido sentarme a escucharlo con tranquilidad. Y la verdad es que preferiría haber invertido este esfuerzo en otro álbum, porque este tampoco es que me haya causado gran impresión. Tiene una amalgama de estilos curiosa, siempre orbitando alrededor de una estética sureña, pero con ciertos toques experimentales/psicodélicos o incluso post-punk. Probablemente "art rock" sea la mejor forma de etiquetarlo. Los temas suelen ser simples, pero con pequeños toques que los hacen interesantes: un cambio de estilo, un instrumento inesperado... Por su parte, las letras son aún más abstractas que la música, poéticas y de temática muy personal. Pues bueno, no está mal. Un álbum más de otro cantautor británico excéntrico pseudo-punki de alma libre. Podría haberme muerto sin haberlo escuchado.

2.5

Stylistically it's all over the place. There are some interesting moments scattered throughout, but over 18 tracks those moments are spread too thin. Overall it feels like a record of half fleshed out ideas.

This would be a decent album if it were half as long (and I even only listened to side A)

I'm not quite sure what I think of this album. It's not bad, but it isn't really grabbing me either. I'm going to listen to it again before submitting my rating. I don't have to listen to it again. I just don't like it.

I knew nothing bout Julian Cope when I heard this album. First off, it’s very long and a bit exhausting. The first song of interest to me was Promised Land, I enjoy how it slowly builds to soaring guitars. I’m not interested in type of music so I’m not to spend much time here.

01) Pristeen - 6,0 02) Double Vegetation - 5,5 03) East Easy Rider - 6,5 04) Promised Land - 6,0 05) Hanging Out & Hung Up on the Line - 5,5 06) Safesurfer - 5,5 07) If You Loved Me at All - 5,5 08) Drive, She Said - 5,5 09) Soldier Blue - 6,0 10) You... - 5,5 11) Not Raving But Drowning - 5,5 12) Head - 6,0 13) Leperskin - 5,5 14) Beautiful Love - 6,5 15) Western Front 1992 CE - 4,0 16) Hung Up & Hanging Out to Dry - 4,5 17) The American Lite - 6,0 18) Las Vegas Basement - 5,5 TOTAL: 5,61 (56/100) This drags on forever. The album cover is terrible, the songs aren't that terrible but they're not that special either. I don't know what this album did to deserve to be one of the 1001.

2 hours of self indulgent nonsense. Not every album by a British rock band has to make the list.

So Julian Cope is just a student of Jim Morrison huh. Way too long and indulgent. Way too up it’s own ass. “East Easy Rider” was groovy…

A couple songs were kinda catchy but this was all over the place

this album is sooo mid. the opening track was solid and hooked me into the album but everything else afterwards just was okay and not all that great. just personally not for me. julian copes voice is just so boring to me personally. and nothing really stook out to me. the whole time i was just waiting for the album to over. but i was glad to hear something new. also the last song on the album was also not that bad but literally every other song was just sooooo just lame.

Das war lang und es hat sich auch noch gezogen, die Lieder fand ich ziemlich langweilig und ähnlich.

I have no idea what this was but it wasn't good. DNF, wouldn't relisten

2.5

Reminded me of Dave Graney sometimes

bruv... nah

A lot of effort when into this album. Ambitious in scope. It’s fine. Quite ambling for me. Studio rawness doesn’t do it for me.

Bored me a little. Nothing currently stuck in my memory.

Meh. Started out kind of catchy but I got very bored. WAY too long.

I find Julian Cope the media identity a lot more interesting than many of his records actually play out. Julian Cope's voice is OK, but he really only sings the same basic tune over and over again (and it wasn't that great the first time). Given his interest in krautrock (he literally wrote the book), this is much less krautrock-y than I would expect. Not very motorik,. Not very interesting, or psychedelic. The tinny early 90s production grates on my ears. And so fucking long... this album is twice as long as it needed to be. This album made very little impression on me, other than to test my patience.

Een ietwat lange plaat die wel echt een beetje voelt als een reis door alle alternative rock stijlen die zijn oorsprong vonden in de UK over de jaren 70 en 80. Ik ken deze gozer van de post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes, die echt wel leuke dingen maakte. Nogal een vreemde gozer, en creativiteit die daar bij past. Maar zoals ik al zei, het meandert wel een beetje van stijl naar stijl, maar zonder ooit echt raak te schieten. Het is 'mediocre at best'. De opener 'Pristeen' en 'Safesurfer' zijn aardig, voor de rest maakt het weinig indruk. Maar wel een goed moment om The Teardrop Explodes weer eens aan te zetten! 5,5/10 Highlights: Pristeen Safesurfer

Deze gast en dit album kan ik met alleen een luisterbeurt totaal niet plaatsen. Dat verdient eigenlijk een goeie deepdive. Daar heb je overigens genoeg tijd voor tijdens dit album. Was die lengte nou nodig? Er zit wel energie in Julian, die is aanstekelijk. Toch vraag ik me af waar de nominering voor deze lijst nu vandaan komt. Het voegt alles samen wat in de drie decennia daarvoor reeds is verschenen. Het is een mix van te veel, en daardoor lijkt het niks te zijn geworden. 5/10

Just fuck right off. 1.67

It's really something.

Not necessarily bad, just boring to me. There were some good moments, but nothing really worth returning to for me. 2/5

Didn’t do much for me

Liked a couple of tracks. That’s it though.

Julian has always struck me as someone who wants to be known as An Artist, but he just grates on me.

maybe the most boring album i've ever listened to.

я хоть и не пегги, но суицид под это мог бы сделать

I’m not listening to 2.5 hours sorry

My first thought was that the vocals on the first track were abrasive and offkey and his repeated command to "tell me how much you can take" at the end sounded like he was daring me to get through the whole album. I ended up really enjoying the funk of "East Easy Rider," and "The American Lite" also stood out to me. Overall, I enjoyed the album a lot more than I thought I would based on the first track, even though it did sometimes veer into that British new wave territory I've learned I hate (especially in the vocal production). I was surprised by the end by my thought that I might listen to this again.

, Seethe, Dilate Some of these songs are marginally less bad than the others and are technically the standouts. E.g. Safesurfer

Stopped at the first remix, since it seems to go on forever. Julian is definitely talented, and the album has a very unique sound, but I just didn't find myself getting even remotely excited about it.

Onko brittejä oikeasti olemassa? Tarkoitan, että niiden täytyy olla meemejä, niissä ei ole yhtään mitään. Ja tarkoitan sitä. Käydään todisteet läpi: Mistä ne ovat kotoisin? Yhtään maata maailmassa ei ole nimeltään Britannia. Jotkut sanovat tulleensa Englannista ja Englanti on Britannian sisällä, mutta jos näin olisi, he olisivat brittejä, he olisivat englantilaisia. Mitä he syövät? Jokaisessa maassa on ainakin yksi pääruoka. Jopa Yhdysvalloissa on hampurilaisia. Mutta mitä nämä britit syövät? Kuulin joidenkin ihmisten yhdistävän ne teehen, mutta kaikki tietävät, että se on aasialaista. Eikö niiden pitäisi tulla Euroopasta? Mitä kieltä he puhuvat? Haastan sinut, laitan kaikki rahani ja perseeni tänne, etsimään oletettu "brittiläinen" henkilö, joka puhuu äidinkieltään. Suurin osa sitten puhuu vain rikkinäistä ENGLANTIA. Kyllä, englanti. Todella epäilyttävää, vai mitä? Katsoin "brittiläisen sanakirjan googlesta" ja se mitä löysin oli järkyttävää: jokainen sana oli AMERIKAN. Minä huijasin sinua. Mitä tämä voisi tarkoittaa, on yli kykyni. safesurfer

honestly... didn't love it. this was a weird one.

Pretty boring. I had a good analogy for this when I was listening to it but it’s been a few days now. 2 stars.

I hate his voice, I hate the lyrics, and I the length of this album. That being said, I love the actual music. Get a new lead singer and a producer to cut some songs down and you would have a 4 star album.

Weird stuff, not terrible but I couldn't really vibe with it

I’m not convinced that Julian Cope isn’t just Nick Cave in a wig, figuring out what works and getting the worst of his Birthday Party impulses out of his system.