Show (The Jesus Lizard album)

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Show
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Live album by
Released1994
RecordedDecember 19, 1993
Genre Noise rock
Label Collision Arts, Giant
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Lash
(1993)
Show
(1994)
Down
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B− [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Show is a live album by the Chicago noise rock band the Jesus Lizard. It was recorded at CBGB's in New York City. It was a joint release by Collision Arts and Warner Bros. subsidiary label Giant Records. A video was released for the song "Glamorous" and was featured in an episode of Beavis and Butthead, where the teenage duo liked it.

Track listing

  1. "Glamorous" - 3:19
  2. "Deaf as a Bat" - 1:42
  3. "Seasick" - 3:14
  4. "Bloody Mary" - 2:11
  5. "Mistletoe" - 1:57
  6. "Nub" - 2:58
  7. "Elegy" - 4:01
  8. "Killer McHann" - 2:59
  9. "Dancing Naked Ladies" - 2:59
  10. "Fly on the Wall" - 3:00
  11. "Boilermaker" - 2:15
  12. "Puss" - 3:08
  13. "Gladiator" - 3:50
  14. "Wheelchair Epidemic" - 2:10 (The Dicks)
  15. "Monkey Trick" - 4:12

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References

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  2. Huston, Johnny. "Show". Entertainment Weekly . December 1994, cited April 25, 2010
  3. Brackett, Nathan. "The Jesus Lizard". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 430, cited April 25, 2010