Alan Gill – guitar on "Reward" (second edition of album only), "Poppies in the Field", "Ha Ha I'm Drowning", "Books" and "When I Dream" [11] Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The Chameleons, Producer - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - Gary Andrew Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer David Balfe – keyboards on "Reward", "Treason" (Zoo single version), "Read It in Books", "Kilimanjaro", "Reward", "Strange House in the Snow", "Use Me", "Traison (C'est Juste Une Histoire" and "Sleeping Gas" (live version)

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Kilimanjaro is the debut album by the neo-psychedelic Liverpool band The Teardrop Explodes, released on 10 October 1980. [10] It contains versions of the band's early singles – "Sleeping Gas", "Bouncing Babies", "Treason" and "When I Dream"; reissues of the album also include their biggest hit, " Reward". The album also includes the song "Books" – originally a song by Julian Cope's previous band, The Crucial Three, it was also recorded by Echo & the Bunnymen (as "Read It in Books", released on the B-side of their debut single, and featured on some versions of Crocodiles). In 2000, Q magazine placed Kilimanjaro at number 95 in its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever". The best album credited to The Teardrop Explodes is Kilimanjaro which is ranked number 2,751 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 559. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.254. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Producer - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Chameleons, Producer - Gary Andrew Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alan David Gill, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Balfe, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Martinez, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - The Chameleons, Producer - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Hurricane Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformerMichael Finkler – guitar on "Brave Boys Keep Their Promises", Ha Ha I'm Drowning", "Went Crazy", "Chance", "The Thief of Baghdad", "When I Dream" and "Poppies in the Field" CLIVE LANGER, Producer - Julian Cope, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Balfe, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Winstanley, Producer - Alan David Gill, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist - Alan Gill, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Dwyer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

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Paul Simpson – organ on "Sleeping Gas" (single version), "Camera Camera" and "Kirby Workers Dream Fades" a b ["Julian Cope, the hit who became a myth"] – feature on Julian Cope by Andrew Perry in The Daily Telegraph, 1 July 2010 Julian Cope, ComposerLyricist - Alan David Gill, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist Distinctive British new wave band with pronounced '60s psych touches and unusual melodies, led by the iconic Julian Cope. I think we're very poppy. To me pop is something you hum. What I'm trying to do is strike a balance between triteness and greatness. People nowadays seem too embarrassed to show emotion, which is what I want."Wilder is the sound of Julian Cope on drugs. This does not make it a unique record, but his early puritanical phase had lasted until most of the way through the recording of Kilimanjaro, and by now he was making up for years of chemical sobriety. It's also the sound of Cope's relationship with Dave Balfe. Reading Cope's Head On, the first volume of his autobiography, you get the impression that they hated each other. The sleeve notes here (with pieces written by both parties) show a slightly different side to the story. No doubt there were creative tensions, but both are pretty complimentary about each other here - the respect they show isn't even grudging. Balfe's particularly excellent piece also gives great insight into the arranging and recording process in general. Jason Ankeny. "The Teardrop Explodes – Music Biography, Streaming Radio and Discography – AllMusic". AllMusic. Julian Cope, ComposerLyricist - Carl Anthony Dwyer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Neil Finkler, ComposerLyricist - The Teardrop Explodes, MainArtist