Whose The Man?

Bill Drummond - The Man

There can be no doubt as to Mr. Drummond's contribution to British music. This South African born Scotsman and honorary Scouser has been a band manager, a label owner, a producer, a singer-songwriter, a rapper (and hip-hop guru), an acid house disco king, and more recently a book writer. Forget ye all not that he also famously burnt a million quid in the Scottish Highlands, all for the sake of irony and 'publicity'.

The Man was released in the early days of Creation in 1986 and was championed by John Peel regularly on his late night radio show, most famously for the amusing Julian Cope Is Dead. If you haven't heard the album before, expect a witty mix of jingly Scottish guitar pop, tongue in cheek murder ballads, obtuse acoustic folk, gospel and a Burns recital. 

This album has been very much forgotten since Drummond's exploits as one half of the JAMS and KLF, but it really is a very entertaining listen. Some may struggle with Drummond's Ivor Cutler-style vocals, but you will laugh your pants off during Julian Cope Is Dead, you'll rejoice in the pop triumphs, The King Of Joy (a single) and I Want That Girl, and the poetic twang of I Believe In Rock & Roll. Musos will appreciate the guitar and violin contributions of the late Robert McComb. 

Ripped from a CD version of an album released on Creation Records (CRECD 014) in 1986 to high quality lossless FLAC audio.

1. True To The Trail
2. Ballad For A Sex God
3. Julian Cope Is Dead
4. I Want That Girl
5. Going Back
6. Queen Of The South
7. I Believe In Rock & Roll
8. Married Man
9. Son A Preacher Man
10. Such a Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation