• Source: Skellington 3

      • 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington 3 is the thirty-second solo album by Julian Cope, released in April 2018. The album's sub-title is "The All-New 21st Century Adventures of 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington". It is the third album in the 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington series following the earlier albums 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington (1989) and 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington 2 (1993).


      Background


      Julian Cope said of the album: "in a conversation with my wife Dorian our discussion about the forthcoming 25th anniversary of The 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington Chronicles reminded me how refreshing it had been to record all those orphan songs free from the restraints of creating a coherent whole. ... I ransacked my current iPhone for orphan songs and selected 12 for immediate recording as 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington 3 at the Wiltshire studio of Philippe Legènde. Same loose attitude as before, same techniques, same acid campfire spirit".


      Critical reception


      In his review for Uncut magazine, Jon Dale rated the album 8 out of 10, describing it as "Amon Düül circa Paradieswärts Düül covering The Seeds." According to Dale, the album shows Cope as a "stumbling folk shaman, acoustic guitar in hand, calling out the kingdom's ills." Mojo magazine's Andrew Perry gave the album 3 stars out of 5, writing that the "gimmickry" and "casualty savant lyricism" of the two previous 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington albums have been replaced by a "latterday street-fighting consciousness" and "alarmingly unribald observations on ageing". Perry felt that the late 10s Julian Cope "somehow manifests too lucidly for the 3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington franchise" and called for "more acid".


      Track listing




      Personnel


      Julian Cope – vocals, instruments, production, liner notes
      Philippe Legènde – drums, bongos, recording
      Hornette Weinstein – horns on "Stop Harping On About the Way Life Used to Be"
      Donato Cinicolo – photography
      Avalon Cope – design


      References




      External links


      3/info/skellington" target="_blank">Skellington 3 on Discogs.com. Retrieved on 27 December 2018.

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