Psychedelic Revolution

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Psychedelic Revolution
Julian cope psychedelic revolution album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released14 May 2012
Genre Rock
Length61:04
Label Head Heritage
Producer Julian Cope
Julian Cope chronology
The Jehovahcoat Demos
(2011)
Psychedelic Revolution
(2012)
Woden
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Vinyl DistrictA− [1]
The Great Rock Discography 9/10 [2]

Psychedelic Revolution is a double album by Julian Cope, released in 2012 on Head Heritage. It is Cope's twenty-seventh solo album and contains 11 songs across two half-hour-long CDs. Cope dedicated the album to Che Guevara and Leila Khaled. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julian Cope

Disc one – Side of Che Guevara
No.TitleLength
1."Raving on the Moor"5:45
2."Vive le Suicide"4:37
3."Cromwell in Ireland"3:11
4."Revolutionary Man"4:51
5."As the Beer Flows Over Me"3:29
6."Hooded & Benign"9:02
Total length:30:55
Disc two – Side of Leila Khaled
No.TitleLength
1."Psychedelic Revolution"5:01
2."X-Mass in the Woman's Shelter"6:17
3."Roswell"7:47
4."Because He Was Wooden"5:29
5."The Death of Rock'n'Roll"5:36
Total length:30:09 (61:04)
Poetry (printed in booklet)
No.TitleLength
1."Anti Kapitalist Chant" 
2."I Am Loki Under the Moon" 

Personnel

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References

  1. Little, Michael H. (1 December 2014). "Graded on a Curve: Julian Cope, Psychedelic Revolution". The Vinyl District. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. Strong, Martin C. "Julian Cope Biography". The Great Rock Bible. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. "Julian Cope / Psychedelic Revolution". Headheritage.com. Retrieved 11 April 2013.