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Word Of Mouth - The Very Best Of John Cooper Clarke | 
| Artist: John Cooper Clarke
Label: Special Marketing
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 2190
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099750634325
ASIN: B000067CHX
Release Date: August 5, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | I Married A Monster From Outer Space | | • | I Don't Wanna Be Nice | | • | Valley Of The Lost Woman | | • | Postwar Glamour Girls | | • | Kung Fu International | | • | Pyscle Sluts | | • | Twat | | • | Marjorca | | • | Gimmix | | • | Beasley Street | | • | Evidently Chicken Town | | • | Conditional Discharge | | • | Limbo | | • | It Man | | • | 36 Hours | | • | Midnight Shift | | • | I Wanna Be Yours | | • | Day My Pad Went Mad | | • | Heart Disease Called Love | | • | Night People |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Enter JCC - the sociologist finding his paradise, without repeats... May 25, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
A must for anyone who is capable of thought, this collection will stun you on its first hearing (this is normal, it will always happen), the lyrics/poems having a raw power that will make you wonder why you have never been able to write as he can. Scared of no-one, there can be no doubt JCC is fearless in what he does write, but that's not to be thought of as arrogance in any way at all, no, it's observation of the highest order - he has something to say for sure. As for others here commenting on the music accompanying the words, I can only say that the strident/near discordant style actually enhances the tracks for me, in that respect Beasley Street is a tour de force - it's not music plus lyrics, it's music times lyrics. A great collection from an unsung hero.
 A response to previous reviewer Michael J. Menary August 13, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
John Cooper Clarke is a genius. Poet and visionary.
I saw him touring with The Fall last year and he stole the show.
Okay so he's not to your taste - what were you expecting WB Yeats? I refer you to Track 7. Sums it up nicely.
Admittedly I'd rather plump for the recently released 'Ou Est La Maison Du Fromage' but there you go.
Michael probably thinks Half Man Half Biscuit aren't as good musicans as Emerson Lake and Palmer as well, eh?
Missing the point doesn't come near it.
i had a teacher who looked like john c c ? January 14, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
i heard beasley st back in 1981 thought wow!! class now am 40 years young still thinking wow! genius???
I don't wanna be nice March 28, 2004
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
It is true that the music gets in the way sometimes - "Evidently Chicken Town" is a case in point - but his poetry is so much better than most lyrics that I am ready and willing to put up with the background noise. And some of the music works just fine.It may all be a freak of chance - a Mancunian scally wag getting on stage at a time when anyone could, but he is great - he doesn't hold back, so don't moan about his Dylan '66 hair, just open your ears. Mmmmmm 'Lyrics', 'Poetry' or 'Rap'? It doesn't matter he knocks you out with the bitter & twisted self-deprecating witty truth from the backstreets of a town near you.
Before he did the school tours April 16, 2003
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
Its true, John Cooper Clarke made poetry/music, thats how it went. He read his poetry along to music. This is the only way you will find him on cd. So for all you little schoolies who see him at the poetry live things you go to, this is the best you will get, music + jcc, the way it was meant to be. never the less, this is a top album and in many ways, the music adds to his lyrics.
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