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The Teardrop ExplodesWilder

Label:Mercury – 6359 056, Zoo Records – 6359 056
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:UK
Released:
Genre:Rock
Style:New Wave

Tracklist

A1Bent Out Of Shape
A2Colours Fly Away
A3Seven Views Of Jerusalem
A4Pure Joy
A5Falling Down Around Me
A6The Culture Bunker
B1Passionate Friend
B2Tiny Children
B3Like Leila Khaled Said
B4...And The Fighting Takes Over
B5The Great Dominions
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Notes

First issue released with lyrics printed in gold on a white glossy liner.

Tracks are listed in a different order on the back cover compared to the labels and in a different order again on the inner sleeve. Track A4 is titled 'Pure Joy (Wins Out Again)' on the inner sleeve.

[Back cover]:
"Running And Jumping Wins The Race" - J. Wentworth Crazy.
© 1981 Phonogram Ltd.
℗ 1981 Phonogram Ltd.

[Inner sleeve]:
© 1981 Zoo Music/Warner Bros. Music Ltd. Except 'Butcher's Tale' By Chris White © 1967

All information in the runouts is stamped except for 'ARUN' which is etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 6 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 1 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 6359056 A//1▽EM 1 1 1 6 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 2 0 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 2 2 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 5 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 6359056 A//1▽EM 1 1 2 0 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 2 3 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 1 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 1 1 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 2 3 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): 6359056 B//2▽EM 1 1 2 9 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 1 4 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): 6359056 B//2▽EM ARUN 1 1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 6359056 A//2▽EM 1 5 ARUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): 6359056 B//1▽EM 1 5 ARUN

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Wilder (LP, Album)Mercury6359 056Netherlands1981
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Wilder (LP, Album)Vertigo, Zoo RecordsVOG-1-3310Canada1981
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Wilder (LP, Album, Stereo, Compton Pressing)Mercury, MercurySRM-1-4035, 6359 056US1981
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Wilder (LP, Album, Stereo)Mercury6359 056Portugal1981
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Wilder (LP, Album, Stereo)Mercury6359 056Germany1981

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  • lewisfoulds's avatar
    lewisfoulds
    Great album. Not as good as their first but still good. Hate how the tracklisting is in the wrong order on the back and on the lyric insert. Always annoyed me. Makes reading the lyrics a pain

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