Love Peace & Fuck is the 2001 debut album by Julian Cope’s side project Brain Donor, released by Impresario records[4] on CD and double LP. It was produced and directed by Cope with the help of long term collaborator Thighpaulsandra.[1] The album was recorded by the power trio of Cope, lead guitarist Doggen Foster and drummer Kevin Bales, both formerly of Spiritualized. Cope plays bass, a role he had not assumed in a band context since The Teardrop Explodes in the early 1980s.[5]

Love Peace & Fuck
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2001
GenreRock, garage rock, hard rock
Length1:07:13
LabelImpresario
ProducerJulian Cope
Brain Donor chronology
Love Peace & Fuck
(2001)
Too Freud to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Jung to Die
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
The Great Rock Discography7/10[3]

The lyrics center on Cope's then obsession with ancient, pagan cultures, including references to Celtic and Norse folklore,[1] while the music inclines towards The Stooges and 1980s British Heavy Metal. Love Peace & Fuck was described by music critic Aaron Badgley as "pure noise" and "garage rock, prog rock, and...'Krautrock' all rolled into a 2001 sound".[1]

Two singles were released from the album, "She Saw Me Coming" and "Get Off Your Pretty Face".[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She Saw Me Coming"Julian Cope, Anthony Foster, Kevin Bales3:13
2."Get Off Your Pretty Face"Cope5:31
3."Pagan Dawn"Cope7:49
4."Odin's Gift to His Mother"
• a. "Theme from "Speed Kills""
• b. "Shamanic 4 A.M."
• c. "Consecrate the Fucker"
• d. "Huntsabbers' Ball"

Nash Kato
Cope
Foster
Cope, Foster, Bales
13:16
5."Hairy Music"Cope5:04
6."U-Know!" / "You Take the Credit"Cope, Foster, Bales9:02
7."Lughnasad"Cope3:07
8."She's Gotta Have It"Cope, Foster, Bales20:15

Note

"You Take the Credit" is listed as a separate track on the album cover.

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]

Musicians

  • Julian Cope — vocals, bass, guitar
  • Anthony "Doggen" Foster (credited as Dogman) — lead guitar
  • Kevin "Kevlar" Bales — drums

Technical

  • Julian Cope — producer, directed by
  • David Wrench — recorded by
  • John-Paul Braddock — recorded by
  • Thighpaulsandra — mastering, synthesized by
  • Christopher Patrick "Holy" McGrail — cover art, illustration
  • Lisa Bennett — design

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Badgley, Aaron. "Love Peace & Fuck". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2016
  2. ^ Simpson, Dave. "Brain Donor - Love Peace and Fuck". The Guardian. 21 September 2001. Retrieved on 21 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b Strong, Martin C. "Julian Cope Biography". The Great Rock Bible. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Julian Cope". Island Records. Retrieved 22 January 2016
  5. ^ "Brain Donor". thesun.net. 23 January 2016
  6. ^ Love Peace & Fuck (CD liner notes). Brain Donor. Impresario. 2001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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