Down (The Jesus Lizard album)

Down is an album by the Chicago band The Jesus Lizard. It was their last album for Touch and Go records and the last to be produced by Steve Albini.

Down
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 1994
RecordedEarly-mid 1994
GenreNoise rock
Length40:40
LabelTouch and Go Records
ProducerSteve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Show
(1994)
Down
(1994)
Shot
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Beats Per Minute65%[9]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
NME[3]
OndaRock7/10[8]
Pitchfork Media7.9/10[4]
Q[2]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spectrum Culture4.5/5[6]

The song "Horse" was labeled as "Pony Beat" on set lists for live shows. David Wm. Sims plays an organ on the album version.

A video was created for the song "Destroy Before Reading," featuring David Yow as simply a head in a laboratory.

The painting on the cover is "Falling Dog" by Malcolm Bucknall, for which Bucknall asked no pay and offers no explanation.[11] Bucknall also did the cover art for the Puss/Oh, the Guilt split single with Nirvana and the Jesus Lizard's Liar album.[12]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Fly on the Wall"3:06
2."Mistletoe"1:53
3."Countless Backs of Sad Losers"3:00
4."Queen for a Day"2:26
5."The Associate"5:00
6."Destroy Before Reading" (Lyrics by Whitney O'Keeffe)3:13
7."Low Rider"3:36
8."50 Cents"2:49
9."American BB"2:18
10."Horse"3:10
11."Din"3:19
12."Elegy"3:48
13."The Best Parts" (Lyrics by Mark Todd)2:55
Deluxe Remastered Reissue
No.TitleLength
14."blank track"0:09
15."White Hole"3:21
16."Glamorous"3:06
17."Deaf as a Bat"1:39
18."Panic in Cicero"3:28

Chart performance

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 97
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 64

References

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  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Down - The Jesus Lizard". AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  2. ^ Columnist. "Down". Q. October 1994. pg. 116, cited April 25, 2010
  3. ^ Columnist. "Down". NME. August 1994. pg. 36, cited April 25, 2010
  4. ^ Crock, Jason. " The Jesus Lizard: Down". pitchfork.com. October 2009, Retrieved on April 25, 2010.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  6. ^ Eric Dennis (November 15, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Head/Goat/Liar/Down (reissue)". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Jesus Lizard". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Tommaso Franci. "Jesus Lizard". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  9. ^ Fitzgerald, Brian (November 18, 2009). "Album Review: The Jesus Lizard – Head / Goat / Liar / Down [Deluxe Editions]". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  10. ^ Lorraine Ali (December 15, 1994). "The Jesus Lizard". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "David Yow interview on Outsight Radio Hours". Archive.org. 30 March 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  12. ^ "Dberman gallery". Archived from the original on 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. ^ "Jesus Lizard | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
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