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{{Infobox album
| name       = Everybody Wants to Shag... <br>The Teardrop Explodes
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Teardrop Explodes]]
| cover      = Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 1990
| recorded   = Spring–summer 1982; "Strange House in the Snow" - November 1980
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]]
| length     = 44:43
| label      = [[Fontana Records|Fontana]]
| producer   = [[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]]
| prev_title = [[Wilder (album)|Wilder]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = Piano
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = You Disappear from View
 | single1date = March 1983
 | single2     = Serious Danger
 | single2date = January 1990
 | single3     = Count to Ten and Run for Cover
 | single3date = April 1990
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1score =  {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19750}}</ref>
| noprose   = yes
}}

'''''Everybody Wants to Shag... The Teardrop Explodes''''' was the third and final studio album by neo-psychedelic [[Liverpool]] band [[The Teardrop Explodes]]. When the band reconvened to record their third album, they were reduced to the trio of Julian Cope, Gary Dwyer and a reinstated David Balfe.

Tensions were high – Cope wanted to write ballads and quirky pop songs, while Balfe was more interested in recording synth-based dance music. Cope eventually dissolved the band in the middle of the sessions. The material was later released in 1990. Cope re-recorded "Metranil Vavin" and "Pussyface" for his solo album ''[[World Shut Your Mouth (album)|World Shut Your Mouth]]''. After release in 1990, some journalists commented that the music, recorded in 1982, seemed to prefigure the [[acid house]] boom at the end of the 1980s, with quirky keyboards, sound effects and odd rhythm tracks.

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Julian Cope and David Balfe; except where indicated
# "Ouch Monkeys" - 5:31
# "Serious Danger" - 3:33
# "Metranil Vavin" (Cope) - 3:09
# "Count to Ten and Run for Cover" - 3:23
# "In-Psychlopaedia" (Cope, Gary Dwyer, Balfe) - 4:03
# "Soft Enough for You" - 3:32
# "You Disappear from View" (Cope) - 2:57
# "The Challenger" - 3:00
# "Not My Only Friend" (Cope) - 2:57
# "Sex (Pussyface)" (Cope) - 4:12
# "Terrorist" (Balfe) - 3:34
# "Strange House in the Snow" <small>(1981 B-side of "Reward")</small> - 4:43

==Personnel==
;The Teardrop Explodes
*[[Julian Cope]] - vocals, bass guitar, violin on "Strange House in the Snow", piano on "Sex" and "Not My Only Friend"
*[[David Balfe]] - organ, piano, synthesizer, arrangements
*[[Gary Dwyer]] - drums, drum machine
with:
*[[Troy Tate]] - guitar on "You Disappear From View"
*[[Alan Gill]] - guitar on "Strange House In The Snow"
*[[Ron François]] - bass guitar on "Ouch Monkeys", "Sex" and "You Disappear from View"
*Luke Tunney - trumpet on "You Disappear from View" and "Count to Ten and Run for Cover"
*Ted Emmet - trumpet on "You Disappear from View" and "Count to Ten and Run for Cover"
;Technical
*[[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]] - engineer
*[[Chris Hughes (record producer)|Chris Hughes]], Chris Sheldon, [[Clive Langer]], Hugh Jones, [[Ross Cullum]] - mixing
*Pointblanc Design - artwork

==References==
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