Mother Universe Explained
| Mother Universe |
| Cover: | Soup Dragons-Mother Universe.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Soup Dragons |
| Album: | Lovegod |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, dub |
| Length: | various |
| Label: | Big Life |
| Prev Title: | Crotch Deep Trash |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | I'm Free |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"Mother Universe" is a single taken from the Soup Dragons album Lovegod. The original version, "hinging on a Marc Bolan riff",[1] was initially ignored and regarded according to Rage Magazine as 'weird'.[2] However, after the considerable success of the album's second single, "I'm Free", Mother Universe was reworked to give it a similar feel, substituting a gospel-style chorus for guitar chords and adding various whoops and small elements of toasting.[3] [4] [5] The new version reached 26 in the UK Charts[6] and was later re-issued in the US backed by "Sweetmeat". Despite the latter version's greater success, lead singer Sean Dickson has stated his preference for the original version.
Cover Art
The original version featured a bowed headed Madonna figure in colour reversed reds.[7] The remix version cover art featured a stylised blue fly with orange wings.[8]
Track listing
UK downtempo promo 7-inch; 1989
- Mother Universe 7:28[8]
- Mother Universe (Mother Dub) 6:23[9]
UK, October 1990 Remix
- Mother Universe (7" Version) 3:50[8]
- Dream-E-4-Ever (Live) 4:05
- Mother Universe (12" Version) 7:29
UK, October 1990 CD
- Mother Universe (Love Dub)
- 4-Way Brain
- Mother Universe (Solar Dub)
US Release
- Mother Universe (12" Version)[6] [10]
- Mother Universe
- Sweetmeat
- Softly
Canadian Release
- Mother Universe (12") 7:30
- Dream Forever (Live) 5:35
- Sweetmeat (12") 6:14
- Softly (Live) 4:16
- Backwards Dog (12") 6:07
- 4-Way Brain 2:33
Charts
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.shockhound.com/artists/51785-the-soup-dragons-mp3 Encyclopedia of Popular Music quoted on Shockhound
- http://www.chrishunt.biz/features21.html Soup Dragons interview
- http://www.chrishunt.biz/features21.html Rage Magazine's October 1990 Soup Dragons interview
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzDJTcbHL3E Original version
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcsOzkpQQZM Second version
- http://www.discoogle.com/wiki/Soup_Dragons%2C_The_-_Mother_Universe_%28Us%2C1991%2C879_545-2%2CSINGLE%29 Discoogle
- http://www.discoogle.com/wiki/Image:237900EFC3B4044C73A6696ED8EDC945.jpg Discoogle
- http://forcedlaugh.blogspot.com/2009/02/soup-dragons-mother-universe-single.html Single artwork
- http://www.outlab.net/info/release/29910 Outlab Track Listing
- http://do.musica.ginio.com/albums/The_Soup_Dragons/ Track Listing
- Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. 3 November 1990. 21 June 2021. Music & Media.
- Web site: THE SOUP DRAGONS - MOTHER UNIVERSE. 22 June 2021. dutchcharts.nl.
