1980 Housekeeping
John Cooper Clarke
Snap, Crackle & Bop
Genre: DIY Post-Punk
2.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Evidently Chickentown
I don’t know Clarke but apparently he was a poet. And it doesn’t surprise me because this sort of reminds me of Jim Carroll a bit. Now, this is in NO way as good as Jim’s debut record (which I probably should have picked up on Record Store Day but there were so many that I figured if I really want it 6 months from now it will still be there), but if you like this sort of speak singing over what is very overproduced music beds, then I saw give it a listen.
Speaking of the production, I can’t think of Martin Hannett without recalling Jello Biafra’s opening to “Nazi Punks”, “…overproduced by Martin Hannet…” and Hannett is the producer here. As well as the bassist and co-writer on all the tracks.
The NME listed this as the 39th best record of 1982 but they listed Captain Beefheart at 36, so, music was pretty weird in 80.
It doesn’t really crackle and the tunes are not bops. Clarke is a terrible and uncharismatic vocalist.
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