Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric

Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric
Studio album by Rudimentary Peni
Released 1995
Genre Deathrock, art punk, anarcho-punk
Label Outer Himalayan
Rudimentary Peni chronology

Cacophony
(1988)
Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric
(1995)
Echoes of Anguish (EP)
(1998)

Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric is a concept album by the band Rudimentary Peni, released in 1995. The majority of the album was written while lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko was being detained in a psychiatric hospital under Section 3 of the 1983 Mental Health Act. The subject matter of the album relates to the delusions Blinko was experiencing at the time, particularly the idea that he was "Pope Adrian 37th" — a reference to Pope Adrian IV.

Adding to the album's unique sound, the pseudo-latinized phrase "Papus Adrianas" is looped and can be heard in the background through the entire album.

Track listing

  1. "Pogo Pope"
  2. "The Pope with No Name"
  3. "Hadrianich Relique"
  4. "Il Papus Puss"
  5. "Muse Sick (Sic)"
  6. "Vatican't City Hearse"
  7. "I'm a Dream"
  8. "We're Gonna Destroy Life the World Gets Higher and Higher"
  9. "Pills, Popes And Potions"
  10. "Ireland Sun"
  11. "Regicide Chaz III"
  12. "Iron Lung"