Down (The Jesus Lizard album)

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Down
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 1994
RecordedEarly-mid 1994
Genre Noise rock
Length40:40
Label Touch and Go Records
Producer Steve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Show
(1994)
Down
(1994)
Shot
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Beats Per Minute 65% [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
OndaRock 7/10 [5]
Pitchfork Media 7.9/10 [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spectrum Culture4.5/5 [10]

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.

Contents

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

A video was created for the song "Destroy Before Reading," featuring David Yow as simply a head in laboratory.

The painting on the cover is "Falling Dog" by Malcolm Bucknall, for which Bucknall asked no pay and offers no explanation. [11] Bucknall also did the cover art for the Puss/Oh, the Guilt split single with Nirvana and the Jesus Lizard's Liar album. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted

No.TitleLength
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" (Lyrics by Whitney O'Keeffe)3:13
7."Low Rider"3:36
8."50 Cents"2:49
9."American BB"2:18
10."Horse"3:10
11."Din"3:19
12."Elegy"3:48
13."The Best Parts" (Lyrics by Mark Todd)2:55
Deluxe Remastered Reissue
No.TitleLength
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 (1994)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 97
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 64

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