Kilimanjaro (album)
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| Studio album by The Teardrop Explodes | ||
| Released | October 1980 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 39:45 | |
| Label | Fontana | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Drummond & David Balfe except track 3 (Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley), tracks 10 & 12 (Mike Howlett) | |
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| The Teardrop Explodes chronology | ||
| Kilimanjaro (1980) |
Wilder (1981) |
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Kilimanjaro was The Teardrop Explodes' 1980 debut album. When it was originally released, the album featured a shadowy photograph of the band on the sleeve, but this was later changed to a cover showing Mount Kilimanjaro, the mountain after which the record was named. When the album was subsequently released on CD the cover artwork reverted to the original.
The original working title for the album was Everyone Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes. This was later used for the CD release of demos for the band's never-finished third album.
In 2000 Q magazine placed Kilimanjaro at number 95 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
[edit] Track listing
- "Ha Ha I'm Drowning"
- "Sleeping Gas"
- "Treason"
- "Second Head"
- "Poppies In The Field"
- "Went Crazy"
- "Brave Boys Keep Their Promises"
- "Bouncing Babies"
- "Books"
- "The Thief of Baghdad"
- "When I Dream"
[edit] Audio sample
- The Teardrop Explodes - Reward excerpt (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- An excerpt from Reward
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