Autogeddon
| Autogeddon | ||||
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| Studio album by Julian Cope | ||||
| Released | 9 August 1994 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 46:07 | |||
| Label | Echo | |||
| Producer | Sebastian Shelton | |||
| Julian Cope chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| NME | [2] |
| Q | [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
Autogeddon is an album by Julian Cope released in 1994 via The Echo Label. According to the album's sleeve notes, written by Cope, it was "inspired by Heathcote Williams' epic poem of the same name and a little incident concerning my pregnant wife (and myself) and £375,000 of yellow Ferrari in St. Martin's Lane, London, England."[5]
The album is largely a diatribe against car culture. Heathcote Williams' poem still ranks as the most vigorous sustained flow of invective against car culture to date. It characterizes the motor car's global death toll as, "A humdrum holocaust, the third world war nobody bothered to declare." Cope's railing against car culture on this album is symptomatic of his rejection of numerous aspects of Western consumerism.
According to the review at allmusic.com, "Concluding the trilogy started by Peggy Suicide and Jehovahkill, Autogeddon, as the title gives away, targets cars, specifically as a metaphor for environmental destruction. Combined with the continuing focus on heathen religious practices and ancient monuments (the first part of "Paranormal in the West Country" was, in fact, recorded in the West Kennet Longbarrow in Wiltshire), the album is almost a summation of Cope's current interests as well as standing on its own."
The photograph, on the album's front cover, is of a now-defunct garage in the hamlet of Druid, near to Corwen, Denbighshire
Track listing
All tracks written by Julian Cope.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Autogeddon Blues" | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Madmax" | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Don't Call Me Mark Chapman" | 5:21 |
| 4. | "I Gotta Walk" | 2:28 |
| 5. | "Ain't No Gettin' Round Gettin' Round" | 5:01 |
| 6. | "Paranormal in the West Country" (Medley: "Paranormal Pt. 1"/"Archdrude's Roadtrip"/"Kar-ma-kanik") | 8:29 |
| 7. | "Ain't But the One Way" | 4:30 |
| 8. | "s•t•a•r•c•a•r" | 11:29 |
Chart positions
| Charts (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart[6] | 16 |
Personnel
- Additional musicians
- Michael "Moon-Eye" Watts – guitar
- Donald Ross Skinner – bass, keyboards
- Thighpaulsandra – synthesizer
- Mark "Rooster" Cosby – drums
References
- ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Autogeddon". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ Columnist. "Peggy Suicide". NME. July 1994. pg. 43, cited 7 October 2012
- ↑ Maconie, Stuart. "Review: Julian Cope, Autogeddon". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (Q95, August 1994): 99.
- ↑ Columnist. "Peggy Suicide". Rolling Stone. October 1994. pg. 148, cited 7 October 2012
- ↑ "PAST ARCHIVES Julian Cope". Pastarchives.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ↑ "Julian Cope - Autogeddon". chartarchive.org. Retrieved 7 October 2012.