''Disguise in Love'' is the second studio album by

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 ...

, first released in 1978. (It followed '' Ou est la maison de fromage?''). Most of the tracks are spoken over musical accompaniment provided by Clarke's band

The Invisible Girls The Invisible Girls were a British rock band, formed in Salford, Greater Manchester in 1978, to provide a musical backdrop to the recorded output of Salford punk poet John Cooper Clarke. The band's nucleus was Joy Division and New Order produc ...

, except "Psycle Sluts 1&2" and "Salome Maloney" — both live recordings from the Ritz Ballroom in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

on 8 May 1978, delivered in his trademark a cappella style.

Track listing

:''All tracks written by

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 ...

and Steve Hopkins except where noted'' #"I Don't Wanna Be Nice" – 3:50 #"Psycle Sluts 1&2" (Clarke) – 3:12 #"(I've Got a Brand New) Tracksuit" – 1:51 #"Teenage Werewolf" – 3:57 #"Readers Wives" – 3:13 #"Post War Glamour Girl" – 3:35 #"(I Married a) Monster from Outer Space" – 3:32 #"Salome Maloney" (Clarke) – 2:08 #"Health Fanatic" – 5:42 #"Strange Bedfellows" – 4:10 #"Valley of the Lost Women" – 4:19

Charts

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,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

–

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 ...

, synthesizer programming * Steve Hopkins – keyboards, synthesizer programming with: *Lyn Oakey – guitar (tracks 4, 5, 6, 10) *

Bill Nelson Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson previously served as a United States Senator from Flo ...

– guitar (tracks 1, 5, 9) *John Scott – guitar (track 3) *

Pete Shelley Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 wh ...

– guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10) ;Technical *Laurence Diana - mixing engineer *Dave Kent-Watson, Phil Bush - recording engineer *Steve Maguire - cover painting *Peter Gravelle - photography

References

External links

Lyrics and liner notes
{{Authority control John Cooper Clarke albums 1978 albums Albums produced by Martin Hannett CBS Records albums