Teardrop Explodes | Culture Bunker, The(7Lp) | 1LP

The Teardrop Explodes were an English post-punk and neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978 by Julian Cope. The band’s name was taken from a panel in the Marvel comic book Daredevil No. 77. They disbanded in 1982.

Culture Bunker 1978-82 is a seven LP vinyl box set released worldwide by Universal Music Recordings on 2 June 2023. It compiles all of the band’s singles, with four discs of unreleased and rare studio and live out-takes. It was compiled by Mick Houghton, who had access to Julian Cope’s archive.

Track List

Side A

1. Sleeping Gas
2. Camera Camera
3. Kirkby Workers Dream Fades
4. Bouncing Babies
5. All I Am Is Loving You
6. Treason (It's Just a Story)
7. Read It In Books
8. When I Dream

Side B

1. Kilimanjaro
2. Reward
3. Strange House In The Snow
4. Treason (It's Just a Story) (Remixed Version)
5. Use Me
6. Traison (C'Est Juste Une Histoire)

Side C

1. Ha Ha I'm Drowning
2. Poppies In The Field
3. Passionate Friend
4. Christ Versus Warhol
5. Colours Fly Away
6. East Of The Equator

Side D

1. Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns
2. Tiny Children
3. Rachael Built A Steamboat
4. You Disappear From View
5. Suffocate (No Strings)
6. Ouch Monkeys

Side E

1. Camera Camera
2. Instro
3. Sleeping Gas
4. Seeing Through You
5. Straight Rain
6. All I Am Is Loving You

Side F

1. Read It In Books
2. Jury Service
3. Take a Chance
4. The Tunnel
5. Camera Camera
6. Outstro
7. Sleeping Gas

Side G

1. Beauty Comes Second
2. Take a Chance
3. Poppies In the Field
4. Brave Boys Keep Their Promises
5. Bouncing Babies
6. For Years (AKA Nobody Knows This Is Everywhere)

Side H

1. Ha Ha I'm Drowning
2. Second Head
3. Went Crazy
4. Thief of Baghdad
5. Save Me
6. When I Dream

Side I

1. Dialogue Between (Window Shopping For A New Crown Of Thorns)
2. Suffocate (With Strings)
3. Reward
4. Bent Out Of Shape
5. Colours Fly Away
6. Falling Down Around Me

Side J

1. Pure Joy
2. Passionate Friend
3. Tiny Children
4. ...And The Fighting Takes Over
5. The Culture Bunker

Side K

1. The Great Dominions
2. Butcher's Tale
3. Screaming Secrets
4. Not My Only Friend
5. I'm Not The Loving Kind
6. World Shut Your Mouth

Side L

1. Whopper: Kwalo Koblinsky's Lullaby
2. You Disappear From View
3. Log Cabin
4. The In-Psychlopedia
5. Serious Danger

Side M

1. Count To Ten And Run For Cover
2. Ouch Monkeys
3. Icarus #1
4. Terrorist
5. Soft Enough For You

Side N

1. Pussyface
2. Your Big Lies
3. Camera Camera