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“Poppies In the Field” by The Teardrop Explodes
From the album Kilimanjaro (1980)
“Poppies In the Field” by The Teardrop Explodes appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the album Kilimanjaro. Its best result is #541 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,645 alternative song of all time.
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The Teardrop Explodes tucked "Poppies in the Field" onto Kilimanjaro, the debut album they released on 10 October 1980, when the Liverpool band were deep in neo-psychedelia. Julian Cope sings it and plays bass, with Alan Gill on guitar, Gary Dwyer on drums and Dave Balfe on organ, piano and synthesizer; Cope and Dwyer share the writing credit with Michael Finkler. Balfe also produced it alongside Bill Drummond, with Hugh Jones engineering.
The album first came in a sleeve with a shadowy photo of the band, swapped in 1981 for zebras in front of Mount Kilimanjaro, and in 2000 Q ranked it 95th among the greatest British albums ever.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 541 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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