''Zip Style Method'' is the sixth

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

John Cooper Clarke John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet, who first became famous as a " punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums. Around this time, he performed on stage with se ...

, originally released in 1982. He is again backed by The Invisible Girls, a band masterminded by producer

Martin Hannett James Martin Hannett (31 May 1948 – 18 April 1991), initially credited as Martin Zero, was an English record producer, musician and an original partner/director at Tony Wilson's Factory Records. Hannett produced music by artists including Joy ...

who contributes bass and guitar to the songs.

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by

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 Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

;The Invisible Girls * Paul Burgess – drums,

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*Steve Williams –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Steve Hopkins –

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- bass, guitar *Richard Darbyshire, Trevor Spencer ;Technical *Laurence Diana, Ken Goodwin, Tim Harris - engineer * Rosław Szaybo - design *Niall Doull-Connolly - photography

References

External links

Lyrics and liner notes
{{Authority control John Cooper Clarke albums 1982 albums Albums produced by Martin Hannett Epic Records albums