Peggy Suicide [2 CD Deluxe Edition]

Deluxe digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of the eccentric British rocker's 1991 album including a bonus disc that contains 11 bonus non album tracks. Peggy Suicide was the fifth official solo album from the former leader of The Teardrop Explodes. It was accompanied with extensive notes in which Cope explained the meaning of each song and stated that the entire album was a meditation on humanity's relationship to mother Earth. The album was written in the aftermath of the British anti-poll tax in 1990, to which several songs refer. Many songs are given very idiosyncratic interpretations, such as Cope's account of "You" which asserts that the Conscious Mind "acts like a cross between Tony Wilson and Bill Drummond but looks a lot like Lew Grade. The Unconscious mind...looks like Iggy Pop playing Syd Barrett." 30 tracks. Universal. 2009.