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

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)
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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.

  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.