Pure (The Jesus Lizard album)

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Pure
Pure EP.jpg
EP by
Released1989
RecordedDecember 1988 and January 1989
StudioKitty Empire, Chicago; and Studio Media, Evanston
Genre
Length14:19
Label Touch and Go [1]
Producer Steve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Pure
(1989)
Head
(1990)
Professional ratings
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Pure is the debut EP by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1989. [3] The cover artwork was by bassist David Wm. Sims. This is the only record by the Jesus Lizard recorded with a drum machine. [4] Drummer Mac McNeilly was added to the group soon after it was recorded. [5]

Contents

The song "Blockbuster" was sung by bassist David Wm. Sims and was covered by the Melvins, with David Yow on vocals, on their album The Crybaby .

Track listing

  1. "Blockbuster" (3:30)
  2. "Bloody Mary" (1:59)
  3. "Rabid Pigs" (2:09)
  4. "Starlet" (2:42)
  5. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" or "Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along" - 3:52

Personnel

The Jesus Lizard

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