Disguise in Love

Disguise in Love
Studio album by John Cooper Clarke
Released	1978
Recorded	1978
Venue	Ritz Ballroom, Manchester
Studio	Arrow Studios, Manchester
Genre	Spoken word
Length	39:29
Label	CBS
Producer	Martin "Zero" Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Où est la maison de fromage? (1978) Disguise in Love (1978) Walking Back to Happiness (1979)

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Disguise in Love is the second studio album by John Cooper Clarke, 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, except "Psycle Sluts 1&2" and "Salome Maloney" — both live recordings from the Ritz Ballroom in Manchester on 8 May 1978, delivered in his trademark a cappella style.

Track listing

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

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

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	100

Personnel

• John Cooper Clarke – vocals

The Invisible Girls

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

with:

• Lyn Oakey – guitar (tracks 4, 5, 6, 10)
• Bill Nelson – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 9)
• John Scott – guitar (track 3)
• Pete Shelley – 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

External links

• Lyrics and liner notes