Jesus Egg That Wept

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Jesus Egg That Wept
Danielle Dax - Jesus Egg That Wept.jpg
Studio album by
Released1984
Recorded Fortress Dax & IPS Studio
Genre Art rock
Label Awesome Records
Producer Danielle Dax
Danielle Dax chronology
Pop-Eyes
(1982)
Jesus Egg That Wept
(1984)
Inky Bloaters
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Jesus Egg That Wept is the second solo album by Danielle Dax, an English experimental musician and former member of the Lemon Kittens. It was originally recorded and released in 1984 on the Awesome Records label. The album was re-released in 1993 on the Biter Of Thorpe label (BOT131-02CD) and distributed through World Serpent Distribution.

Contents

Dax wrote and produced all the songs on the album as well as playing the guitar, honky-tonk piano, drums, bass, flute, keyboards, tenor saxophone, tapes, TR-808, synths, metal kalimba and providing the vocals. Additional instruments were played by David Knight on Evil-Honky Stomp and Fortune Cheats; Karl Blake, another former member of the Lemon Kittens, provided additional sounds on Ostrich. Cover artwork was again created by Holly Warburton. Warburton's artwork can be found on most of Dax's early work.

The album originally contained the song "Here Come the Harvest Buns", which had previously appeared on her debut LP Pop-Eyes. The song was removed from the track list when the album was issued on CD for the first time in 1993.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Danielle Dax.

No.TitleLength
1."Evil-Honky Stomp"4:42
2."Pariah"3:46
3."Fortune Cheats"4:35
4."Hammerheads"3:36
5."Here Come the Harvest Buns" (Not included on the 1993 CD reissue)3:04
6."Ostrich"4:01
7."The Spoil Factor"4:00
2012 Japanese CD Bonus Tracks (from the Timber Tongue EP, originally released in 1995) [2]
No.TitleLength
8."Toygit"3:52
9."E.V.I.L. T."2:24
10."Timber Tongue"5:22
11."Uru Eu Wau Wau"6:57

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart 10 [3]

Release History

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog
United KingdomOctober 1984LPAwesome RecordsAOR 01 [4]
1993CDBiter of ThorpeBOT 131-02 CD [5]
Japan27 June 2012Hayabusa LandingsHYCA-2058 [2]

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