Down (The Jesus Lizard album)

For the album by Sentenced, see Down (Sentenced album).
Down
Studio album by The Jesus Lizard
Released August 26, 1994
Recorded "Sometime during the first half of 1994"
Genre Noise rock
Length 40:40
Label Touch and Go Records
Producer Steve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Show
(1994)		 Down
(1994)		 Shot
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Q [3]
NME [4]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10)[5]
Piero Scaruffi [6]

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.

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

The painting on the cover is "Falling Dog" by Malcolm Bucknall, who also did the cover art for the Puss/Oh, the Guilt split single with Nirvana and the Jesus Lizard's Liar album.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
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" (Whitney O'Keeffe) 3:13
7. "Low Rider"   3:36
8. "50 Cents"   2:49
9. "American BB"   2:49
10. "Horse"   3:10
11. "Din"   3:19
12. "Elegy"   3:48
13. "The Best Parts" (Mark Todd) 2:55
Deluxe Remastered Reissue
No. Title Length
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

Chart Peak
UK Albums Chart 64 [7]

References

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "allmusic ((( Down > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r203388. Retrieved April 25, 2010. 
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "The Jesus Lizard". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 430, cited April 25, 2010
  3. ^ Columnist. "Down". Q. October 1994. pg. 116, cited April 25, 2010
  4. ^ Columnist. "Down". NME. August 1994. pg. 36, cited April 25, 2010
  5. ^ Crock, Jason. " The Jesus Lizard: Down". pitchfork.com. October 2009, Retrieved on April 25, 2010.
  6. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Jesus Lizard". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on April 25, 2010.
  7. ^ [1], UK charts page for The Jesus Lizard
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References

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "allmusic ((( Down > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r203388. Retrieved April 25, 2010. 
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "The Jesus Lizard". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 430, cited April 25, 2010
  3. ^ Columnist. "Down". Q. October 1994. pg. 116, cited April 25, 2010
  4. ^ Columnist. "Down". NME. August 1994. pg. 36, cited April 25, 2010
  5. ^ Crock, Jason. " The Jesus Lizard: Down". pitchfork.com. October 2009, Retrieved on April 25, 2010.
  6. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Jesus Lizard". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on April 25, 2010.
  7. ^ [1], UK charts page for The Jesus Lizard

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