Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1981 Ratings: #74 / 236
User Score
Based on 35 ratings
1981 Ratings: #152
November 25, 1981 / Release Date
LP / Format
Fontana / Label
Julian CopeWriter
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ocrakraut
90

One of the strangest 8o´s synth-pop records.
Cope is en route to become a mad genius (or archdruid as he might prefer).
Wonderful songs of psychoactive quality.

dustymoth
78

sadly only Passionate Friend hits the heights of the debut album

MFC4AFoS
60

I heard this album twice while working at the record store. I found it, with an alternate cover from this one BTW, in the 3 euro records bin. I'd only heard the band's debut at the time, so i decided to give this a listen and expecting stuff like Treason, i was a bit disappointed i must say. Wilder shows a band trying a lot of things to sound interesting, but ending up sounding very confused and the album isn't very cohesive in the end.

I remember only snippets from this. I know i didn't mind ... read more

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