In 1994 Julian Cope released his eleventh solo album ‘Autogeddon’, presented here as a 25th anniversary deluxe edition with rare bonus material and a newly written book, which contextualises this underground masterpiece for the first time. Inspired by Heathcote Williams‘ poem of the same name, ‘Autogeddon’ is largely a diatribe against car culture.
Autogeddon is short – in comparison to Cope`s brilliant other double albums Peggy Suicide and Jehovahkill, which had been released before Autogeddon. Here, we only have 8 songs, some of which are typical Julian Cope guitar songs, like the title track Autogeddon blues, others are a bit more experimental ( I gotta walk ). But there is one song, the final song, to be more precise, that transcends everything else Cope has ever produced. It`s called S.t.a.r.c.a.r. and it is an 11 minute – guitar freakout in imitation of Funkadelic`s Maggot Brain. Buy the record, the first 35 minutes are not bad, but the last 11 minutes are perfect guitar – based space – rock.
The set is due out on Friday, Julian Cope 25th anniversary vinyl set is £65 via the official store and is a similar price elsewhere. However, Amazon in the UK are selling this set for just £31.
As a reminder, this offers a remastered Autogeddon album in a gatefold sleeve, remastered Paranormal In The West Country as a 12-inch EP and Conspiracy Blues/Highway Blues seven-inch single.
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