You Gotta Problem with Me

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You Gotta Problem with Me
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Studio album by
Released6 August 2007
Genre Rock, garage rock
Length56:44
Label Head Heritage
Producer Julian Cope
Julian Cope chronology
Dark Orgasm
(2005)
You Gotta Problem with Me
(2007)
Black Sheep
(2008)
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You Gotta Problem with Me is the twenty-third solo album by Julian Cope, released in 2007. [2]

Contents

Released across two CDs of 27 and 29 minutes respectively, You Gotta Problem with Me covers subject matter from corporate greed to celebrity culture, religion, misogyny, homophobia, and the Iraq War. [1] [5] Musically, the album ranges from garage rock on songs like the title track and "Peggy Suicide is a Junkie" to acoustic ballads like "Woden" and "A Child is Born in Cerrig-Y-Drudion." [6] [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julian Cope.

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Doctor Know"9:00
2."Beyond Rome"2:14
3."Soon to Forget Ya"2:17
4."You Gotta Problem With Me"4:27
5."They Gotta Different Way of Doing Things"6:24
6."Peggy Suicide is a Junkie"4:54
Total length:29:18
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."A Child is Born in Cerrig-Y-Drudion"3:16
2."Woden"4:50
3."Sick Love"2:37
4."Can't Get You Out of My Country"4:59
5."Vampire State Building"4:04
6."Hidden Doorways"3:31
7."Shame Shame Shame"4:00
Total length:27:26 (56:44)
Poetry (printed in booklet)
No.TitleLength
1."Sometimes We Build a Wall" 

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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References

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  2. 1 2 Campion, Chris. "Julian Cope, You Gotta Problem With Me". The Observer . 15 July 2007. Retrieved on 19 March 2018.
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