Snap, Crackle & Bop

Snap, Crackle & Bop
Studio album by John Cooper Clarke
Released	16 April 1980
Studio	Arrow (Manchester)
Genre	Punk poetry
Length	38:59
Label	Epic
Producer	Martin "Zero" Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Walking Back to Happiness (1979) Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980) Zip Style Method (1982)
The Invisible Girls chronology
Disguise in Love (1978) Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980) Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Smash Hits	7/10 [2]

Snap, Crackle & Bop (stylised as Snap, Crackle [&] Bop) is the fourth studio album by English poet John Cooper Clarke, released on 16 April 1980 through Epic Records. ^[3] As with Disguise in Love , the album featured The Invisible Girls as the backing band and was produced by Martin Hannett. Original first pressings of the LP included a booklet with the lyrics from John Cooper Clarke's 1978 album Disguise in Love together with photographs and artwork, the booklet was housed in a pocket that formed part of the jacket on the LP cover photograph. The album placed at No. 39 in NME's 1980 Albums of the Year. ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Evidently Chickentown"	2:23
2.	"Conditional Discharge"	3:10
3.	"Sleepwalk"	4:35
4.	"23rd"	3:38
5.	"Beasley Street"	6:56

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thirty Six Hours"	3:35
2.	"Belladonna"	4:18
3.	"The It Man"	3:48
4.	"Limbo (Baby Limbo)"	4:31
5.	"A Distant Relation"	3:53

Bonus tracks on 2005 CD reissue

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beasley Street (live)"	3:28
2.	"Gaberdine Angus (live)"	1:01
3.	"Twat (live)"	2:23

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	99 [5]

Personnel

• John Cooper Clarke – vocals

The Invisible Girls

• Paul Burgess – drums, percussion
• Martin Hannett – bass guitar
• Steve Hopkins – keyboards

Technical

• Paul Welsh, Peter Saville - design
• Bob Elsdale - photography

"Written, played, produced by The Invisible Girls, ably assisted by Lynn Oakey, Pete Shelley, Trevor Spencer, Paul Burgess, Karl Burns, Toby, Dave Hassell, Stephanie Formula. Extra special thanks to Vinnie Riley. The Invisible Girls are the cheese nightmares are Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins!"

References

1. "Snap, Crackle & Bop Review by Steven McDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
2. Hepworth, David. "John Cooper Clarke: Snap, Crackle and Bop". Smash Hits (May 1–14, 1980): 29.
3. Gimarc, George (15 October 1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. Macmillan Publishers. p. 35. ISBN   9780312169688.
4. "1980 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year". NME. 1980. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
5. 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 Home Page