Bigger Than Jesus Akasic Record Release date 11 November 1989 | Artist Kalahari Surfers Label Shifty Records | |
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Released 11 November 1989 (11 November 1989) People also search for Living in the Heart of the Beast | ||
Bigger Than Jesus was, in 1989, the fourth full-length album by the Kalahari Surfers, the recording identity of South African musician Warrick Sony.
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The South African censorship authorities banned Bigger Than Jesus, due to concerns about the title and song "Gutted With The Glory"'s use of the Lord's Prayer, which they deemed "abhorrent and hurtful". A shopper, Mevrou Mulder of Cape Town, was so offended by seeing the record on sale that she organised a petition to the Directorate of Publications. She complained: "The name alone is enough to make any Christian furious, not to mention the words. We as reborn Christians object to the publication of this record and also the distribution of it." Sony successfully appealed, and the record was unbanned on condition that the name was changed to Beachbomb. Personality magazine said the album "alternates between sheer poetic brilliance and intellectual nonsense."
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Track listing
- "Plan For Peace" 03:45
- "Good Advice" 02:35
- "Running Out Of Time" 03:37
- "Limpet Mine" 02:54
- "Interrupted Service" 00:17
- "Tongaat" 03:06
- "Let's Go Shopping" 02:35
- "The Last Kick (One Verwoerd in the Grave)" 05:04
- "Goldreef City" 02:19
- "Reconnaissance" 03:56
- "Bigger Than Jesus" 04:18
- "Gutted With the Glory" 02:19
- "National Party" 01:49
- "Meet the New Boss (he's the same as the old Boss)" 05:12
Songs
1Plan for Peace
2Good Advice for the Eighties
3Running Out of Time