Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible

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Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible
Studio album by The Residents
Released	1998
Genre	Avant-Garde, Electronic, Rock

Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible is a concept album released in 1998 by avant-garde musicians The Residents. The album's purpose is to retell some of the more "curious" stories in the Bible, not to condemn or condone, but to give people a greater understanding, although the liner notes do sometimes give a sarcastic and almost mocking sense.

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1. "In the Beginning" - (2:57) is about the creation of the Earth and is entirely instrumental.
2. "Fire Fall" - (3:34) is about Lot escaping from Sodom and watching his wife turn to salt.
3. "They Are The Meat" - (2:40) is about Ezekiel's visions whilst he is forced to eat only bread and sleep on his side.
4. "Melancholy Clumps" - (1:48) is about Noah building the Ark.
5. "How To Get A Head" - (4:05) tells us the tale of Salome requesting the head of John the Baptist.
6. "Cain And Abel" - (3:34) tells us the story of the jealous Cain killing his brother.
7. "Mr. Misery" - (2:19) is about Jeremiah and his suffering.
8. "Tent Peg In the Temple" - (2:54) is about the killing of Sisera.
9. "God's Magic Finger" - (2:41) is about the story of King Belshazzar.
10. "Spilling The Seed" - (2:44) is about the story of Onan.
11. "Dinah and the Unclean Skin" - (2:52) is about the story of Dinah.
12. "Bathsheba Bathes" - (2:52) is about King David and Bathsheba.
13. "Bridegroom of Blood" - (4:57) is about Moses being attacked by God and the wife of Moses intervening by performing circumcision on their baby.
14. "Hanging by His Hair" - (2:33) tells us the story of Absalom and his death.
15. "The Seven Ugly Cows" - (2:34) is about Joseph and his visions.
16. "Burn Baby Burn" - (2:59) tells us the story of Jephthah sacrificing his daughter.
17. "KILL HIM!" - (2:39) is the story of God telling Abraham to sacrifice his son and gives us an insight into his possible thoughts.
18. "I Hate Heaven" - (2:50) is based on the Song of Solomon.
19. "Judas Saves" - (3:55) is told from the point of view of Judas Iscariot. This song proposes that Judas's betrayal of Jesus was necessary so that people could have their sins forgiven. It also proposes that Judas had been told by God to do so.
20. "Revelation" - (5:38) is an instrumental about the passages Revelations of John 4-22.

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