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{{Infobox album
| name       = Rite²
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Julian Cope]]
| cover      = Julian Cope - Rite 2.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 1997
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Nolatone<br />Harveytron Foundation
| genre      = [[Ambient music|Ambient]], [[krautrock]]
| length     = 55:14
| label      = Head Heritage
| producer   = Julian Cope
| prev_title = [[Interpreter (album)|Interpreter]]
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [[Odin (Julian Cope album)|Odin]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r346427 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Rite² |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Great Rock Discography]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref name="Strong">{{cite web|last1=Strong|first1=Martin C.|title=Julian Cope Biography|url=http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/julian-cope-biography/|website=The Great Rock Bible|accessdate=28 May 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613135830/http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/julian-cope-biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
'''''Rite²''''' is an [[ambient music]] [[album]] by [[Julian Cope]], released in 1997. It is technically Cope's fourteenth solo album, but is also the follow-up to the earlier album ''[[Rite (album)|Rite]]'' (released in 1992 and credited to "Julian Cope & [[Donald Ross Skinner]]")  and is the second in the ''Rite'' series.
For ''Rite²'', Cope collaborated extensively with synthesizer player [[Thighpaulsandra]] ([[Coil (band)|Coil]], [[Spiritualized]]) although the album was credited to Cope alone. The album has been described as a tribute of sorts to [[Krautrock]] bands such as [[Amon Düül II]] and [[Tangerine Dream]] and is based on the sound of the [[Mellotron]] and the [[wah-wah pedal|wah-wah]] guitar, although it also employs miscellaneous tone generators the [[ARP 2600]] synthesizer and the [[Hammond organ|Hammond B3 organ]], as well as vocal chants.<ref name=auspacerocker>[http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue23/jcope02.html "The S.P.A.C.E.R.O.C.K.E.R.’s Guide to Julian Cope"] (Aural Innovations magazine #23, April 2003)</ref><ref>[http://www.headheritage.co.uk/julian_cope/discography/rite2/ Discography entry for ''Rite²'' on Julian Cope homepage]</ref><ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/rite-r346427 Allmusic review of ''Rite²''] by John Bush</ref>
''Rite²'' was the debut release on Cope's Head Heritage label, which would be the home of almost all of his future recordings.
== Critical reception ==
John Bush of [[Allmusic]] called  ''Rite²'' "one of Julian Cope's most consistent works" and commented: "Instead of leaping to and fro between undeniably catchy [[synth-pop]] and fractured end-of-the-century [[Progressive rock|prog]], Cope sticks to the prog and comes out better for it."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r346427 |pure_url=yes}}|title=Rite² |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{tracklist
| all_writing     =
| title1          = Ver
| writer1         = [[Julian Cope]], [[Thighpaulsandra]]
| length1         = 10:47
| title2          = Hill of Odin
| writer2         = Cope, [[Donald Ross Skinner]]
| length2         = 15:37
| title3          = D-c.o.m.p.o.s.e.r.
| writer3         = Cope, Thighpaulsandra
| length3         = 19:15
| title4          = The Ringed Hills Of Ver
| writer4         = Cope, Mark Cosby, Skinner
| length4         = 9:35
}}
==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>Julian Cope - Rite² (CD liner notes). [[Head Heritage]]. 1997. HH1</ref>
'''Musicians'''
*[[Julian Cope]] – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Mellotron 400 and Mark 2
*[[Thighpaulsandra]] – grand piano, ARP 2600, Mellotron 400, Faerial 5
*Mark "Rooster" Cosby – crystal machine, tone generator, accordion
*[[Donald Ross Skinner]] – Hammond B3 organ, crystal machine and alto stylophone
*Jody Evans – kraut/stereo presence and un-rec. percussions
'''Technical'''
*Julian Cope – producer, directed by
*Thighpaulsandra – recorded by, computed by
*Shaun Harvey – recorded by
*Adam Fullerton – Mr. Sandra's modifications
*Martin Smith – all Mellotronic maintenance
*John Bradley – all Mellotronic maintenance
*Get Carter/Copix – design
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.discogs.com/Julian-Cope-Rite%C2%B2/release/594184 ''Rite²'' on Discogs.com]. Retrieved on 23 April 2018.
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