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1978 studio album by John Cooper Clarke
Disguise in Love
Studio album by John Cooper Clarke
Released1978
Recorded1978
VenueRitz Ballroom, Manchester
StudioArrow Studios, Manchester
GenreSpoken word
Length39:29
LabelCBS
ProducerMartin "Zero" Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Où est la maison de fromage?
(1978) 		Disguise in Love
(1978) 		Walking Back to Happiness
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

Disguise in Love is the second studio album by John Cooper Clarke, first released in 1978. (It followed Ou est la maison de fromage?). Most of the tracks are spoken over musical accompaniment provided by Clarke's band The Invisible Girls, except "Psycle Sluts 1&2" and "Salome Maloney" — both live recordings from the Ritz Ballroom in Manchester on 8 May 1978, delivered in his trademark a cappella style.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins except where noted
  1. "I Don't Wanna Be Nice" – 3:50
  2. "Psycle Sluts 1&2" (Clarke) – 3:12
  3. "(I've Got a Brand New) Tracksuit" – 1:51
  4. "Teenage Werewolf" – 3:57
  5. "Readers Wives" – 3:13
  6. "Post War Glamour Girl" – 3:35
  7. "(I Married a) Monster from Outer Space" – 3:32
  8. "Salome Maloney" (Clarke) – 2:08
  9. "Health Fanatic" – 5:42
  10. "Strange Bedfellows" – 4:10
  11. "Valley of the Lost Women" – 4:19

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 100

Personnel

The Invisible Girls

with:

  • Lyn Oakey – guitar (tracks 4, 5, 6, 10)
  • Bill Nelson – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 9)
  • John Scott – guitar (track 3)
  • Pete Shelley – guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)
Technical
  • Laurence Diana - mixing engineer
  • Dave Kent-Watson, Phil Bush - recording engineer
  • Steve Maguire - cover painting
  • Peter Gravelle - photography

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 74. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

John Cooper Clarke
Studio albums
Solo
with Hugh Cornwell
Poems
The Invisible Girls
Studio albums
Singles
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