'Ultimately butch', 'a devil of sophistication', 'a man for all seasons', all this and more, is the enigma of Julian Cope. As everyone knows 'ol Copey's been away, getting his head/act together and no doubt trying to find where he's coming from, and more important, going to. This piece of platter is very strange to say the least. Disjointed beyond belief, but nonetheless weird and quite wonderful at the same time. Amazing, in a funny way. (Gary Crowley, Record Mirror, November 12, 1983)
Unless you have fond memories of The Moody Blues' "Question" or Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", Cope's three part epic shouldn't seem familiar. It fuses an urgent rock song, a pleading ballad and a harmony chorus, tosses in the theme tune from Hawaii Five-0 and then wraps itself up in the lush string arrangements of Paul Buckmaster (who applies the same magic touch to the new Nick Heyward album). The work of a genius and absolutely wonderful. (Mark Steels, Smash Hits, November 10, 1983)
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