Show (The Jesus Lizard album)

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Show
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Live album by
ReleasedJune 14, 1994
Recorded19 December 1993
Genre Noise rock
Label Collision Arts, Giant Records
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Lash
(1993)
Show
(1994)
Down
(1994)
Professional ratings
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Entertainment Weekly (B-) [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

  1. Deming, Mark. "allmusic ((( Show > Review )))". Allmusic . Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  2. Brackett, Nathan. "The Jesus Lizard". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 430, cited April 25, 2010
  3. Huston, Johnny. "Show". Entertainment Weekly . December 1994, cited April 25, 2010