Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes explained

Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Teardrop Explodes
Cover:	Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes.jpg
Released:	April 1990
Recorded:	Spring–summer 1982; "Strange House in the Snow" - November 1980
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	44:43
Label:	Fontana
Producer:	Hugh Jones
Prev Title:	Wilder
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Piano
Next Year:	1990

Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes was the third and final studio album by neo-psychedelic Liverpool band The Teardrop Explodes. When the band reconvened to record their third album, they were reduced to the trio of Julian Cope, Gary Dwyer and a reinstated David 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. After release in 1990, some journalists commented that the music, recorded in 1982, seemed to prefigure the acid house boom at the end of the 1980s, with quirky keyboards, sound effects and odd rhythm tracks.

Track listing

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

1. "Ouch Monkeys" - 5:31
2. "Serious Danger" - 3:33
3. "Metranil Vavin" (Cope) - 3:09
4. "Count to Ten and Run for Cover" - 3:23
5. "In-Psychlopaedia" (Cope, Gary Dwyer, Balfe) - 4:03
6. "Soft Enough for You" - 3:32
7. "You Disappear from View" (Cope) - 2:57
8. "The Challenger" - 3:00
9. "Not My Only Friend" (Cope) - 2:57
10. "Sex (Pussyface)" (Cope) - 4:12
11. "Terrorist" (Balfe) - 3:34
12. "Strange House in the Snow" (1981 B-side of "Reward") - 4:43

Personnel

The Teardrop Explodes

• Julian Cope - vocals, bass guitar, violin on "Strange House in the Snow", piano on "Sex" and "Not My Only Friend"
• David Balfe - organ, piano, synthesizer, arrangements
• Gary Dwyer - drums, drum machine

with:

• Troy Tate - guitar on "You Disappear From View"
• Alan Gill - guitar on "Strange House In The Snow"
• Ron François - bass guitar on "Ouch Monkeys", "Sex" and "You Disappear from View"
• Luke Tunney - trumpet on "You Disappear from View" and "Count to Ten and Run for Cover"
• Ted Emmet - trumpet on "You Disappear from View" and "Count to Ten and Run for Cover"

Technical

• Hugh Jones - engineer
• Chris Hughes, Chris Sheldon, Clive Langer, Hugh Jones, Ross Cullum - mixing
• Pointblanc Design - artwork