Album · The Teardrop Explodes
Wilder by The Teardrop Explodes
Wilder is an album by The Teardrop Explodes, released in 1981. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Passionate Friend”, on 1 list with a best position of #994.
Wilder, the Teardrop Explodes' second album, came out on Fontana in 1981, and it's the sound of Liverpool's neo-psychedelic hope getting stranger by the minute. Clive Langer produced, and where the debut Kilimanjaro dealt in bright, bubblegum-trance guitar pop, this one heads off into more electronic, experimental territory, with frontman and main songwriter Julian Cope leading the charge into the unknown.
It was the last album the band finished. The band had a reputation for eccentric, sometimes self-destructive behavior, Cope's above all, and it broke the group up in 1982, leaving a third album to surface posthumously as Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes. "Passionate Friend" is the track that reached the countdowns. In 2000, Cope gave his blessing to a reissue with B-sides, the original artwork, remastered sound, lyrics and essays.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wilder on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passionate Friend | 1 | #994 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.