20 Mothers

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20 Mothers is a 1995 album by Julian Cope. The sub-title is "Better to Light a Candle Than to Curse the Darkness".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julian Cope, except where noted

Phase one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wheelbarrow Man"	3:02
2.	"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"	2:35
3.	"Try Try Try"	3:27
4.	"Stone Circles 'n' You"	1:48
5.	"Queen-Mother"	3:30
6.	"I'm Your Daddy"	2:13

Phase two

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Highway to the Sun"	6:14
8.	"1995"	3:47
9.	"By the Light of the Silbury Moon"	2:13
10.	"Adam and Eve Hit the Road"	2:05
11.	"Just like Pooh Bear"	3:41

Phase three

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Girl-Call"	4:23
13.	"Greedhead Detector" (Cope, Donald Ross Skinner)	3:49
14.	"Don't Take Roots"	2:13
15.	"Senile Get"	3:37
16.	"The Lonely Guy"	4:42

Phase four

No.	Title	Length
17.	"Crying Babies Sleepless Nights"	3:35
18.	"Leli B"	3:14
19.	"Road of Dreams"	6:05
20.	"When I Walk through the Land of Fear"	5:26

Poetic notes

The album includes a booklet with descriptions of the music and a number of poems:

1. "Never mind the Bollocks, Here's the Clerics"
2. "Glow in the Dark Earth"
3. "Seer/Sucker"
4. "Strong as the Goddess risin'"
5. "The Earth Is the Pearl of the Universe"
6. "Cateclysms"
7. "The Pope is the Wholly Ass of God"
8. "One day the gods came calling"
9. "The Big Syringe"
10. "Post-Feminist Cocksucker"
11. "Show Me a Snorer & I'll Show You an Explorer"

Chart positions

Charts (1995)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	20

Personnel

• Julian Cope – vocals, guitar
• Donald Ross Skinner – omnichord
• Michael "Moon Eye" Watts – guitar
• James Eller – bass
• Thighpaulsandra – synthesizer, piano, string arrangements
• Danny Thompson – double bass
• Ed Stasium – 12-string guitar on "Try, Try, Try"
• Mark "Rooster" Cosby – drums
• Terry Edwards – saxophone, trumpet on "Wheelbarrow Man" & "Road of Dreams"
• Mavis Grind – second lead vocals on "Road of Dreams"

The centrefold picture is by Jill Furmanovsky