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Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy
EP by
The Birthday Party/Lydia Lunch
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1982
RecordedNovember 26, 1981
VenueThe Venue, London, England
GenrePost-punk
Length34:47
Label4AD
The Birthday Party chronology
Prayers on Fire
(1981) 		Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy
(1982) 		Junkyard
(1982)
Lydia Lunch chronology
Queen of Siam
(1980) 		The Agony Is the Ecstacy
(1982) 		13.13
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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. 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.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pleasure Heads"Nick Cave3:40
2."King Ink"Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard6:02
3."Zoo-Music Girl"Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard3:00
4."Loose"The Stooges5:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Agony Is the Ecstacy"Lydia Lunch16:31

Personnel

Side one
Side two

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[3] 2

References

  1. ^ Dougan, John. "Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstasy [EP]". Allmusic. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Gimarc, George (July 11, 2005). Punk Diary. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 575. ISBN 9780879308483. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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