The Unruly Imagination

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Unruly Imagination

| type = Album

| artist = Julian Cope

| cover = The_Unruly_Imagination.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 2009

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, neofolk

| length = 50:31

| label = Head Heritage

| producer = Julian Cope

| prev_title = Black Sheep

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = The Jehovahcoat Demos

| next_year = 2011

}}

The Unruly Imagination is the twenty-fifth solo album by Julian Cope, released in 2009.

It was recorded with musicians from Cope's side project Black Sheep and released in a limited edition.{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/17133-julian-cope-trip-advizer-review |title=The Quietus | Reviews | Julian Cope – Trip Advizer |publisher=thequietus.com |date= |accessdate=5 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.headheritage.co.uk/merchandiser/item/HH24/ |title=Julian Cope presents Head Heritage | Merchandiser | Julian Cope – The Unruly Imagination |publisher=Headheritage.co.uk |date= |accessdate=5 February 2017}} Released to coincide with a one-day event of the same name, organized by Cope, dedicated to democracy, protest and free speech at Manchester University's Whitworth Gallery.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Julian-Cope-The-Unruly-Imagination/release/1758548 |title=Discogs.com | Julian Cope - The Unruly Imagination | Album liner notes by Julian Cope |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=5 February 2017}} The album is a collection of new songs especially recorded for this project plus two songs from an unreleased EP Diggers, Ranters, Levellers.{{cite web|url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/julian_cope/discography/theunrulyimagination/ |title=Julian Cope presents Head Heritage | Discography | Julian Cope – The Unruly Imagination |publisher=Headheritage.co.uk |date= |accessdate=5 February 2017}} "Preaching Revolution", "Mother, Where Is My Father?", "I Wanna Know What's in it For Me" and "Fuck Me U.S.A." were previously released as the vinyl only 7” EP Preaching Revolution by Julian Cope & Black Sheep in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Julian-Cope-Black-Sheep-Preaching-Revolution-EP/release/1536827 |title=Discogs.com | Julian Cope & Black Sheep | Preaching Revolution E.P. |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=5 February 2017}}

"Mother, Where Is My Father?" was originally recorded by David Peel & The Lower East Side on their 1968 album Have a Marijuana.