About this release
Anthologia by John Cooper Clarke is an album released in 2015. Sitting at the intersection of Electronic, Rock, Non-Music, the record draws on Spoken Word, Poetry, Punk, New Wave, a combination that defines its sonic character. Spread across 59 tracks, it is a sprawling double-album that rewards close listening from start to finish. Current listings open at $22.00, making it a mid-tier collector piece. Play the 30-second audio preview, browse the full tracklist track by track, and explore related records across similar sounds, era, and hidden gems below.
Tracklist
Side A
| Position | Track Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CD1-1 | Evidently Chickentown | 2:21 |
| CD1-2 | I Wanna Be Yours | 2:05 |
| CD1-3 | I Travel In Biscuits | 3:17 |
| CD1-4 | Conditional Discharge | 3:07 |
| CD1-5 | Valley Of The Lost Women | 4:15 |
| CD1-6 | I Don't Want To Be Nice | 3:50 |
| CD1-7 | Drive She Said | 3:01 |
| CD1-8 | (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space | 3:31 |
| CD1-9 | A Distant Relation | 3:51 |
| CD1-10 | Midnight Shift | 6:27 |
| CD1-11 | Post-War Glamour Girl | 3:33 |
| CD1-12 | Beasley Street | 6:48 |
| CD1-13 | Reader's Wives | 3:11 |
| CD1-14 | Teenage Werewolf | 3:56 |
| CD1-15 | Health Fanatic | 5:39 |
| CD1-16 | Night People | 3:59 |
| CD1-17 | The Day My Pad Went Mad | 3:10 |
| CD1-18 | A Heart Disease Called Love | 3:31 |
| CD1-19 | Limbo (Baby Limbo) | 4:27 |
| CD2-1 | (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space (John Peel Session 3 October 1978) | 2:43 |
| CD2-2 | Gimmix! Play Loud | 2:16 |
| CD2-3 | Health Fanatic (John Peel Session 3 October 1978) | 4:02 |
| CD2-4 | Mustn't Go Down To The Sea Again (Live At Hulme Playhouse 1983) | 0:46 |
| CD2-5 | Spilt Beans | 2:03 |
| CD2-6 | Twat (Live At Hulme Playhouse 1983) | 1:54 |
| CD2-7 | Reader's Wives (John Peel Session 3 October 1978) | 2:06 |
| CD2-8 | The Barber (Live At Hulme Playhouse 1983) | 3:02 |
| CD2-9 | Bronzed Adonis (Live At Hulme Playhouse 1983) | 1:43 |
| CD2-10 | Drive She Said (Live At Hulme Playhouse 1983) | 2:31 |
| CD2-11 | The Scarlet Snow | 3:40 |
Side B
| Position | Track Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CD2-12 | Never Seen A Nipple In The Daily Express (Live At Hulme Playhouse 1983) | 0:43 |
| CD2-13 | Conditional Discharge (Alternative Mix) | 2:53 |
| CD3-1 | Midnight Shift (John Peel Session 15th March 1982) | 6:25 |
| CD3-2 | Gaberdine Angus (Live At Rafters Manchester) | 1:01 |
| CD3-3 | Majorca (Live At Rafters Manchester) | 2:12 |
| CD3-4 | The Day My Pad Went Mad (Live At Rafters Manchester) | 3:09 |
| CD3-5 | Film Extra's Extra (Live At Rafters Manchester) | 2:53 |
| CD3-6 | I Don't Wanna Be Nice (Alternative Take) | 3:54 |
| CD3-7 | Nothing | 0:31 |
| CD3-8 | Limbo (Baby Limbo) (Live At Rafters Manchester) | 4:20 |
| CD3-9 | Night People (John Peel Session 15th March 1982) | 4:00 |
| CD3-10 | Intro And Salome Maloney (Live At Manchester Ritz 1978) | 3:31 |
| CD3-11 | The Pest (Live At Manchester Ritz 1978) | 1:57 |
| CD3-12 | Sperm Test (Live At Manchester Ritz 1978) | 1:21 |
| CD3-13 | (I Married A) Monster From Outer Space (Live At Manchester Ritz 1978) | 1:55 |
| CD3-14 | He Doesn't Try | 3:32 |
| DVD-1 | See The World (The Early Life Of John Cooper Clarke) | — |
| DVD-2 | I Don't Want To Be Nice (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978) | — |
| DVD-3 | Kung Fu International (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978) | — |
| DVD-4 | Reader's Wives (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978) | — |
| DVD-5 | Glasgow Apollo (BBC Documentary) | — |
| DVD-6 | Beasley Street (Old Grey Whistle Test 1980) | — |
| DVD-7 | Post-War Glamour Girl (Old Grey Whistle Test 1981) | — |
| DVD-8 | Poetry & Punk (Culture Fix) | — |
| DVD-9 | The List Of Things That Don't Exist (The Early Life Of John Cooper Clarke) | — |
| DVD-10 | I Wanna Be Yours (Live At The Palace Theatre Manchester 2014) | — |
| DVD-11 | Evidently Chickentown (Live At The Palace Theatre Manchester 2014) | — |
| DVD-12 | Twat (Live At The Palace Theatre Manchester 2014) | — |
| DVD-13 | Beasley Street (Live At The Palace Theatre Manchester 2014) | — |
