Wilder is The Teardrop Explodes second and best album. They had broken up before their final album was released and Julian Cope went on to a successful if not idiosyncratic career of music, writing and the study of antiquities. Wilder is a significant progression from the debut Kilimanjaro which only hinted at what they could do with Cope's ideas. It was this album that made me stick with Cope through his later period.
Highlights include Passionate Friend, Bent out of Shape, The Culture Bunker and The Great Dominions.
Unfortunately my copy is sitting in my own culture bunker at the moment so I will have to retrieve it on one of my next trips to Christchurch.
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