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Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy 
Summary
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. Their version of the song "Loose" and the Lydia Lunch piece have never been officially reissued on CD.[2] The Lydia Lunch side is a single track recorded up to the run-out groove, causing the song to play endlessly on manual turntables.
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| Released | February 18, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | November 26, 1981 | |||
| Venue | The Venue, London, England | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 34:47 | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing edit
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Agony Is the Ecstacy" | Lydia Lunch | 16:31 |
Personnel edit
- Side one
- Phill Calvert – drums
- Nick Cave – vocals
- Mick Harvey – guitar
- Rowland S. Howard – guitar
- Tracy Pew – bass guitar
- Side two
- Kristian Hoffman – drums
- Lydia Lunch – vocals
- Murray Mitchell – guitar
- Steven Severin – guitar
Charts edit
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| UK Indie Chart[3] | 2 |
References edit
- ^ 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. ISBN 9780879308483. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
External links edit
- Drunk on the Pope's Blood / The Agony Is The Ecstacy at Discogs (list of releases)