Zip Style Method
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{{Infobox album
| name = Zip Style Method
| type = Album
| artist = John Cooper Clarke
| cover = Zip Style Method.gif
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded = 1982
| venue =
| studio = Ridge Farm Studio, Capel, Dorking; Jacobs Farm; Hologram Studios, Stockport
| genre = Spoken word
| length =
| label = Epic
| producer = Martin "Zero" Hannett
| prev_title = Snap, Crackle & Bop
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = This Time It's Personal
with Hugh Cornwell
| next_year = 2016
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=Wilson Neate |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/disguise-in-love-mw0000455698 |title=Disguise in Love - John Cooper Clarke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=1978-05-08 |access-date=2015-04-04}}
}}
Zip Style Method is the sixth album by John Cooper Clarke, originally released in 1982. He is again backed by The Invisible Girls, a band masterminded by producer Martin Hannett who contributes bass and guitar to the songs.
Track listing
All tracks are written and arranged by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins.
- "Midnight Shift" - 6:25
- "New Assassin" - 3:00
- "The Face Behind the Scream" - 3:34
- "I Travel in Biscuits" - 3:15
- "The Day the World Stood Still" - 3:44
- "A Heart Disease Called Love" - 3:30
- "The Ghost of Al Capone" - 4:38
- "Ninety Degrees in My Shades" - 3:37
- "The Day My Pad Went Mad" - 3:09
- "I Wanna Be Yours" - 2:02
- "Drive She Said" - 2:58
- "Night People" - 3:58
Personnel
- John Cooper Clarke – vocals
;The Invisible Girls
- Paul Burgess – drums, percussion
- Steve Williams – bass guitar
- Steve Hopkins – keyboards
- Martin Hannett - bass, guitar
- Richard Darbyshire, Trevor Spencer
;Technical
- Laurence Diana, Ken Goodwin, Tim Harris - engineer
- Rosław Szaybo - design
- Niall Doull-Connolly - photography
References
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External links
- [http://www.cyberspike.com/clarke/disgualb.html Lyrics and liner notes]
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Category:John Cooper Clarke albums