Hysterie

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Hysterie
Lydia Lunch - Hysterie.jpeg
Compilation album by
Released1986
Recorded1976 (1976)–1986 (1986)
Genre No wave
Label Widowspeak
Lydia Lunch chronology
The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton
(1985)
Hysterie
(1986)
Honeymoon in Red
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [2]
Trouser Press favorable [3]

Hysterie is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Lydia Lunch, released in 1986 by record label Widowspeak.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleArtist (date)Length
1."Red Alert" Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (Live at C.B.G.B.'s 1978)0:21
2."Orphans"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (1977)2:24
3."The Closet"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (1977)3:47
4."Burning Rubber"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (Live at C.B.G.B.'s 1978)1:38
5."I Woke Up Dreaming"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (1977)3:02
6."Freud in Flop"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (Live at C.B.G.B.'s 1978)0:42
7."Baby Doll"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (Live at C.B.G.B.'s 1978)1:32
8."Race Mixing"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (Live at C.B.G.B.'s 1978)1:01
9."Crown of Thorns"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (1980)0:42
10."Red Alert"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (1981)0:24
11."Try Me"Beirut Slump (1981)1:58
12."Staircase"Beirut Slump (1981)2:38
13."I Am the Lord Jesus"Beirut Slump (1981)0:53
14."Case No. 14"Beirut Slump (1993)2:25
15."See Pretty"Beirut Slump (1993)2:44
16."G-I Blue"Beirut Slump (1994)0:56
17."Tornado Warnings"Beirut Slump (1994)1:16
18."Sidewalk"Beirut Slump (1996)2:54
19."Swamp" 8-Eyed Spy (1996)0:51
20."Run Thru the Jungle"8-Eyed Spy (1999)5:29
21."Motor Oil Shanty"8-Eyed Spy (2002)2:30
22."Love Split With Blood"8-Eyed Spy (1999)2:04
23."Ran Away Dark"8-Eyed Spy (2002)1:51
24."Diddy Wah Diddy"8-Eyed Spy (1999)2:18
25."Lazy in Love"8-Eyed Spy (2002)2:53
26."Dead Me You Beside"8-Eyed Spy (1999)3:40
27."I Fell in Love With a Ghost"w/Rowland S. Howard (2002)6:59
28."As She Weeps"w/Sort Sol (1999)5:31
29."Der Karibische Western"w/Die Haut (2002)7:57

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart 12 [4]

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References

  1. Ankeny, Jason. "Hysterie". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  2. Press, Joy (1995). "Lydia Lunch". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 232–234. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
  3. Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Lydia Lunch". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)