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Released
  
1990

Release date
  
26 September 1990

Artist
  
Lard

Label
  
Alternative Tentacles

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Recorded
  
May 1990 at Chicago Trax Studios

The Last Temptation of Reid (1990)
  
Pure Chewing Satisfaction (1997)

Genres
  
Hardcore punk, Industrial rock

Producers
  
Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Jello Biafra

Similar
  
Pure Chewing Satisfaction, Last Scream of the Missi, The Sky Is Falling and I Want My, High Priest of Harmful Matter: Ta, Prairie Home Invasion

Lard the last temptation of reid full album 1990


The Last Temptation of Reid is an album by Lard, released in 1990.

Contents

The CD includes a cover of "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", originally performed by Napoleon XIV, with the addition of a guitar part and an extra verse (written by Jello Biafra) to the original song's setup. The album also includes the song Forkboy which was used on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack and covered by Flotsam and Jetsam (on their album, High) and industrial rock act Black Light Burns.

The vinyl LP version of the album did not include the track "I Am Your Clock" which was instead released as a separate EP.

The title is a reference to the Martin Scorsese film, The Last Temptation of Christ. A movie poster for the film is included in the liner notes of the album, only with the name "Reid" pasted over "Christ" in the title. "Reid" refers to Reid Hyams, who recorded the group's first EP, The Power of Lard, and co-owned Chicago Trax. A photo of Hyams can be seen on the back cover of the vinyl issue of the album and in the booklet of the CD.

Track listing

All songs written by Biafra/Jourgensen/Barker/Ward, except when noted.

  1. "Forkboy" (Biafra, Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, Ward) – 3:53
  2. "Pineapple Face" – 6:37
  3. "Mate Spawn & Die" (Biafra, Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, Ward) – 4:55
  4. "Drug Raid At 4 AM" – 5:01
  5. "Can God Fill Teeth?" – 4:20
  6. "Bozo Skeleton" – 4:30
  7. "Sylvestre Matuschka" – 3:54
  8. "They're Coming to Take Me Away" – 8:28 (N. Bonaparte)
  9. "I Am Your Clock" – 15:29

Lard

  • Jello Biafra – lead vocals (all but 4), deprogramming, sleeve concept, back cover photo
  • Alien Jourgensen – guitars, programming, production
  • Paul Barker – bass, programming, production
  • Jeff Ward – drums (2, 4–9), backing and lead (4) vocals
  • Additional Personnel

  • William Rieflin – drums (1, 3)
  • Jeff Newell – engineer
  • Winston Smith – front cover artwork & "Ant People"
  • John Yates – sleeve design
  • Songs

    1Forkboy3:54
    2Pineapple Face6:37
    3Mate Spawn & Die4:55

    References

    The Last Temptation of Reid Wikipedia