Head (The Jesus Lizard album)

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Head
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Studio album by
the Jesus Lizard
Released1990
Genre Indie rock [1]
Length27:21
Label Touch and Go
Producer Steve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Pure
(1989)		Head
(1990)		 Goat
(1991)

Head is the debut studio album by the American band the Jesus Lizard. [2] [3] It was released on Touch and Go Records in 1990. It was their first album to feature a drummer, Mac McNeilly.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Beats Per Minute 76% [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
OndaRock 8/10 [6]
Paste 75/100 [7]
Pitchfork Media 8.1/10 [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spectrum Culture4.5/5 [10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 5/10 [11]

The Windsor Star determined that "the droning vocals and sound effects produce some mesmerizing results." [12] Trouser Press noted that McNeilly's "self-possessed demeanor is reminiscent of Charlie Watts at his most implacable." [13]

Track listing

  1. "One Evening" – 3:01
  2. "S.D.B.J." – 2:27
  3. "My Own Urine" – 3:08
  4. "If You Had Lips" – 3:13
  5. "7 vs. 8" – 3:35
  6. "Pastoral" – 3:29
  7. "Waxeater" – 2:09
  8. "Good Thing" – 1:44
  9. "Tight n' Shiny" – 2:11
  10. "Killer McHann" – 2:16

CD version includes the Pure EP (1989):

  2. "Blockbuster" – 3:29
  3. "Bloody Mary" – 1:59
  4. "Rabid Pigs" – 2:09
  5. "Starlet" – 2:42
  6. "Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do") – 3:54

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Head The Jesus Lizard". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ Frere-Jones, Sasha (December 7, 2009). "Jesus Returns". The New Yorker.
  3. ↑ Caro, Mark (April 13, 1990). "Leapin' Lizard". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. Q.
  4. ↑ Fitzgerald, Brian (November 18, 2009). "Album Review: The Jesus Lizard – Head / Goat / Liar / Down [Deluxe Editions]". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   0-85712-595-8.
  6. ↑ Tommaso Franci. "Jesus Lizard". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ Ray, Austin L. (October 8, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Touch and Go Reissues". Paste . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Jesus Lizard: Head". Pitchfork Media.
  9. ↑ Kot, Greg (2004). "The Jesus Lizard". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p.  430. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ↑ Eric Dennis (November 15, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Head/Goat/Liar/Down (reissue)". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 196–197.
  12. ↑ Shaw, Ted (May 12, 1990). "Lizard's appeal limited". The Windsor Star. p. C8.
  13. ↑ Sprague, Deborah. "Jesus Lizard". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 26, 2024.


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