I haven't heard it in years, but I seem to remember that Telekon was a bit overproduced in general... very muddy sounding. Maybe just a US pressing issue?
I used to snort crushed up amphetamine tabs off that album cover.
Was the Bunnymen's Crocodiles for a long time. Used to go out of my way to find it before skinning up!
These days it's an old 50's LP of Vaughan-Williams...my how times change.