The Teardrop ExplodesWilder

Label:

Zoo Records – 6359 056

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

New Wave

Tracklist

A1 Bent Out Of Shape
A2 Colours Fly Away
A3 Seven Views Of Jerusalem
A4 Pure Joy
A5 Falling Down Around Me
A6 The Culture Bunker
B1 ionate Friend
B2 Tiny Children
B3 Like Leila Khaled Said
B4 ...And The Fighting Takes Over
B5 The Great Dominions

Companies, etc.

  • Marketed ByPhonogram
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Phonogram Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Phonogram Ltd.
  • Published ByWarner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Published ByZoo Music (3)
  • Lacquer Cut AtMaster Room
  • Pressed ByPRS Ltd.

Credits

  • Backing VocalsGarrish Mashindi (tracks: B3)
  • Lacquer Cut ByArun*
  • PerformerTroy Tate
  • Performer [With]Ted Emmett
  • ProducerClive Langer And Alan Winstanley* (tracks: B1)
  • Producer [Assistant], EngineerColin Fairley
  • Tape OpRenate*
  • Typography, Photography ByMartyn Atkins
  • Words By, Music ByJulian Cope

Notes

First issue released with lyrics printed in gold on a white glossy liner.

Tracks are listed in a different order on the back cover compared to the labels and in a different order again on the inner sleeve. Track A4 is titled 'Pure Joy (Wins Out Again)' on the inner sleeve.

[Back cover]:
"Running And Jumping Wins The Race" - J. Wentworth Crazy.
© 1981 Phonogram Ltd.
℗ 1981 Phonogram Ltd.

[Inner sleeve]:
© 1981 Zoo Music/Warner Bros. Music Ltd. Except 'Butcher's Tale' By Chris White © 1967

All information in the runouts is stamped except for 'ARUN' which is etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 6 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 1 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 6359056 A//1▽EM 1 1 1 6 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 2 0 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 2 2 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 5 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 6359056 A//1▽EM 1 1 2 0 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 2 3 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 1 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 1 1 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 2 3 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 2 9 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 4 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): 6359056 B//2▽EM ARUN 1 1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 5 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): 6359056 B//1▽EM 1 5 ARUN

Other Versions (5 of 43)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Wilder (LP, Album) Mercury 6359 056 Netherlands 1981
Wilder (LP, Album) Zoo Records VOG-1-3310 Canada 1981
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Wilder (LP, Album, Stereo, 26 - Compton Pressing) Mercury SRM-1-4035, 6359 056 US 1981
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Wilder (LP, Album, Stereo) Mercury 6359 056 Portugal 1981
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Wilder (LP, Album, Stereo) Mercury 6359 056 1981

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Reviews

  • lewisfoulds's avatar
    lewisfoulds
    Great album. Not as good as their first but still good. Hate how the tracklisting is in the wrong order on the back and on the lyric insert. Always annoyed me. Makes reading the lyrics a pain

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