Blue (The Jesus Lizard album)

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Blue
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 1998
RecordedSummer 1997 [1]
StudioChicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Noise rock
Length42:05
Label Capitol
Producer Andy Gill
The Jesus Lizard chronology
The Jesus Lizard (EP)
(1998)
Blue
(1998)
Bang
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
Pitchfork Media 7.3/10 [5]
Spin 2/10 [6]

Blue is the sixth and final full-length album by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1998. Produced by Andy Gill, it is something of a departure for The Jesus Lizard, exploring some of the more experimental instincts hinted at on earlier songs like "Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along" on Pure . It is one of only two releases by the band to feature new drummer Jim Kimball, the other being the self-titled EP released two months prior. A limited edition vinyl pressing was released on Jetset Records on April 21, 1998. The album was released in Canada only by Sonic Unyon Records under license from Capitol Records in the USA after EMI Canada passed on releasing the album.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by the Jesus Lizard

  1. "I Can Learn" – 3:10
  2. "Horse Doctor Man" – 3:58
  3. "Eucalyptus" – 5:59
  4. "A Tale of Two Women" – 3:28
  5. "Cold Water" – 2:45
  6. "And Then the Rain" – 3:13
  7. "Postcoital Glow" – 3:31
  8. "Until It Stopped to Die" – 3:56
  9. "Soft Damage" – 4:05
  10. "Happy Snakes" – 3:00
  11. "Needles for Teeth (Version)" – 3:40
  12. "Terremoto" – 1:20

Personnel

The Jesus Lizard
Technical

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