Snap, Crackle & Bop
Studio album by
John Cooper Clarke
Released1980
Recorded1978
StudioArrow Studios, Manchester
GenreSpoken word, poetry, punk
Length38:59
LabelCBS
ProducerMartin "Zero" Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Walking Back to Happiness
(1979)		 Snap, Crackle & Bop
(1980)		 Zip Style Method
(1982)
The Invisible Girls chronology
Disguise in Love
(1978)		 Snap, Crackle & Bop
(1980)		 Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Smash Hits7/10[2]

Snap, Crackle & Bop is the fourth album by John Cooper Clarke, originally released in 1980. As with Disguise in Love, the album featured The Invisible Girls as the backing band and was produced by Martin Hannett. Original first pressings of the LP included a booklet with the lyrics from John Cooper Clarke's 1978 album Disguise in Love together with photographs and artwork, the booklet was housed in a pocket that formed part of the jacket on the LP cover photograph. The album placed at No. 39 in NME's 1980 Albums of the Year.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins except where noted:
  1. "Evidently Chickentown" – 2.23
  2. "Conditional Discharge" – 3.10
  3. "Sleepwalk" – 4.35
  4. "23rd" – 3.38
  5. "Beasley Street" – 6.56
  6. "Thirty Six Hours" – 3.35
  7. "Belladonna" – 4.18
  8. "The It Man" – 3.48
  9. "Limbo (Baby Limbo)" – 4.31
  10. "A Distant Relation" – 3.53
  11. "Beasley Street" (live - bonus track) – 3.28
  12. "Gaberdine Angus" (live - bonus track) – 1.01
  13. "Twat" (live - bonus track) – 2.23

Note: "Evidently Chickentown" is similar to the 1952 poem "The Bloody Orkneys" by Hamish Blair.

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)99[4]

Personnel

The Invisible Girls
Technical

"Written, played, produced by The Invisible Girls, ably assisted by Lynn Oakey, Pete Shelley, Trevor Spencer, Paul Burgess, Karl Burns, Toby, Dave Hassell, Stephanie Formula. Extra special thanks to Vinnie Riley. The Invisible Girls are the cheese nightmares are Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins!"

References

  1. ↑ "Snap, Crackle & Bop Review by Steven McDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Hepworth, David. "John Cooper Clarke: Snap, Crackle and Bop". Smash Hits (May 1–14, 1980): 29.
  3. ↑ "1980 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year". NME. 1980. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 74. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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