Rite Now
2002 studio album by Julian Cope
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Rite Now is the eighteenth solo album by Julian Cope, released in 2002. It is also the third album in the Rite series following the earlier albums Rite (1992) and Rite² (1997).
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Ambient, funk, krautrock | |||
| Length | 72:25 | |||
| Label | Head Heritage | |||
| Producer | Julian Cope | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [1] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 6/10[2] |
Mostly instrumental, the album features four "meditational funk-a-thons", as Cope's website describes them, combining funky grooves and krautrock rhythms with wah-wah guitars and "cosmic" synthesizers.[3][4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Julian Cope.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Twilight of the Motherfuckers" | 21:25 |
| 2. | "Give the Poet Some" | 14:22 |
| 3. | "Supernatural Agencies" | 16:29 |
| 4. | "Ephaedra" | 20:09 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]
Musicians
- Julian Cope – bass, guitar, Mellotron 400, percussion, vocals
- Anthony "Doggen" Foster – guitar (also performs pseudonymously as "Terry Dobbin" playing guitar and percussion)[6]
- Thighpaulsandra – ARP 2600, Korg organ, Faerial 5 (also performs pseudonymously as "Cliff Cheerio" playing Hammond organ, percussion and Roland 77)[7]
- Donald Ross Skinner – percussion, harmonica, organ, bass on "Ephaedra"
- Kevin "Kevlar" Bales – drums
- Adam Whittaker – digital, cassettes
- John-Paul Braddock – digital, crystal machine
Technical
- Julian Cope – producer, directed by, photography, design
- Flora Cocktail – design