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Snap, Crackle & Bop is the fourth album by John Cooper Clarke, originally released in 1980. As with Disguise in Love, the album featured The Invisible Girls as the backing band and was produced by Martin Hannett. Original first pressings of the LP included a booklet with the lyrics from John Cooper Clarke's 1978 album Disguise in Love together with photographs and artwork, the booklet was housed in a pocket that formed part of the jacket on the LP cover photograph. The album placed at No. 39 in NME's 1980 Albums Of The Year.[2]

Snap, Crackle & Bop
Studio album by John Cooper Clarke
Released	1980
Recorded	1978
Studio	Arrow Studios, Manchester
Genre	Spoken word, poetry, punk
Length	38:59
Label	CBS
Producer	Martin "Zero" Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Walking Back to Happiness (1979) Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980) Zip Style Method (1982)
The Invisible Girls chronology
Disguise in Love (1978) Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980) Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Smash Hits	7/10[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke, Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins except where noted:

1. "Evidently Chickentown" – 2.23
2. "Conditional Discharge" – 3.10
3. "Sleepwalk" – 4.35
4. "23rd" – 3.38
5. "Beasley Street" – 6.56
6. "Thirty Six Hours" – 3.35
7. "Belladonna" – 4.18
8. "The It Man" – 3.48
9. "Limbo (Baby Limbo)" – 4.31
10. "A Distant Relation" – 3.53
11. "Beasley Street" (live - bonus track) – 3.28
12. "Gaberdine Angus" (live - bonus track) – 1.01
13. "Twat" (live - bonus track) – 2.23

Note: "Evidently Chickentown" is similar to the 1952 poem "The Bloody Orkneys" by Hamish Blair.[3]^{[verification needed]}

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	99[4]

Personnel

• John Cooper Clarke – vocals

The Invisible Girls

• Paul Burgess – drums, percussion
• Martin Hannett – bass guitar
• Steve Hopkins – keyboards

Technical

• Paul Welsh, Peter Saville - design
• Bob Elsdale - photography

"Written, played, produced by The Invisible Girls, ably assisted by Lynn Oakey, Pete Shelley, Trevor Spencer, Paul Burgess, Karl Burns, Toby, Dave Hassell, Stephanie Formula. Extra special thanks to Vinnie Riley. The Invisible Girls are the cheese nightmares are Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins!"

References

External links

• John Cooper Clarke Home Page

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