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Drunk on the Pope's Blood The Agony Is the Ecstacy

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Released
  
February 18, 1982

Length
  
34:47

Drunk on the Pope's Blood (1982)
  
Junkyard (1982)

Genre
  
Post-punk

Label
  
4AD

Recorded
  
November 26, 1981 at The Venue in London, England

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.

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

    • References

    Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy Wikipedia
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