Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy
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| EP by The Birthday Party/Lydia Lunch | |||||
| Released | February 18, 1982 | ||||
| Recorded | November 26, 1981 at The Venue in London, England | ||||
| Genre | Post-punk | ||||
| Length | 34:47 | ||||
| Label | 4AD | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy is a split compilation EP by the post-punk acts The Birthday Party and Lydia Lunch, released on February 18, 1982 through 4AD. It contains live material from a show performed on November 26, 1981 at The Venue in London. Three of the four Birthday Party tracks were included on their "Live 1981-82" CD. The song "1970 (Loose)" and the Lydia Lunch piece have never been officially reissued on CD.[2]
Track listing
| Side one | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Pleasure Heads" | Nick Cave | 3:40 |
| 2. | "King Ink" | Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard | 6:02 |
| 3. | "Zoo-Music Girl" | Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Loose" | The Stooges | 5:33 |
| Side two | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "The Agony Is the Ecstacy" | Lydia Lunch | 16:31 |
Personnel
- Side one
- Phill Calvert – drums
- Nick Cave – vocals
- Mick Harvey – guitar
- Rowland S. Howard – guitar
- Tracy Pew – bass guitar
- Side two
- Christian Hoffman – drums
- Lydia Lunch – vocals
- Murray Mitchell – guitar
- Steven Severin – guitar
Charts
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| UK Indie Chart[3] | 2 |
References
- ↑ Dougan, John. "Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstasy [EP]". Allmusic. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ↑ Gimarc, George (July 11, 2005). Punk Diary. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 575. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
External links
- Drunk On The Pope's Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstacy at Discogs (list of releases)
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