Drunk on the Pope’s Blood

~ Release by The Birthday Party (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

The album track listing incorrectly credits The Birthday Party for all tracks

Tracks 1-4: recorded live at The Venue, London, 1981-11-26. Mixed at AAV Studio II, Melbourne, Australia, January 1982.
Track 5: Alternate version with Nick Cave on lead vocals, recorded during the "Prayers on Fire" sessions.
Track 6: from the Boys Next Door "Hee Haw" sessions
Track 7: was a Boys Next Door gig giveaway 7" single
Track 8: Boys Next Door, from the "The Friend Catcher" sessions
Track 9: 2nd version. Recorded at the UK "Junkyard" sessions. Released as a flexi single by Masterbag.
Tracks 10-11: Recorded at AAV Studios, Melbourne, Australia, February 1982.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (live)
live recording of:
(Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn
composer:
Nick Cave
The Birthday Party3:41
2King Ink (live)
recording of:
King Ink
lyricist:
Nick Cave
composer:
Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard
live recording of:
King Ink
lyricist:
Nick Cave
composer:
Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard
The Birthday Party6:02
3Zoo Music Girl (live)
live recording of:
Zoo‐Music Girl
lyricist:
Nick Cave
composer:
Rowland S. Howard
recording of:
Zoo‐Music Girl
lyricist:
Nick Cave
composer:
Rowland S. Howard
The Birthday Party3:00
4Loose (live)
live cover recording of:
Loose
writer:
Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton and Iggy Pop
recording of:
Loose
writer:
Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton and Iggy Pop
The Birthday Party5:33
5Ho Ho (Nick Cave vocal version)
lead vocals:
Nick Cave
recording of:
Ho‐Ho
lyricist:
Rowland S. Howard
composer:
Genevieve McGuckin
The Birthday Party3:12
6The Plague
recording of:
The Plague
composer:
Tracy Pew
The Boys Next Door3:40
7Scatterbrain (demo)
recording of:
Scatterbrain
composer:
Rowland S. Howard
The Boys Next Door3:42
8The Friend Catcher (demo)
recording of:
The Friend Catcher
composer:
Nick Cave
The Boys Next Door2:21
9Dead Joe (2nd version)
engineer:
Richard Mazda
bass:
Barry Adamson and Tracy Pew
drums (drum set):
Phillip Calvert
electric guitar:
Rowland S. Howard
guitar and percussion:
Mick Harvey
vocals:
Nick Cave
recorded at:
Matrix Studios in Soho, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1982-03)
recording of:
Dead Joe
lyricist:
Nick Cave and Anita Lane
composer:
Nick Cave
The Birthday Party3:15
10After the Fireworks
engineer and producer:
Tony Cohen
drums (drum set):
Lindy Morrison (in 1982-05)
guitar:
Robert Forster (in 1982-05), Rowland S. Howard (in 1982-05) and Grant McLennan (in 1982-05)
piano:
Mick Harvey (in 1982-05)
lead vocals:
Nick Cave (in 1982-05)
recorded at:
AAV Studios in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (in 1982-05)
recording of:
After the Fireworks (in 1982-05)
writer:
Nick Cave, Robert Forster, Grant McLennan and Lindy Morrison
Tuff Monks4:33
11After, After the Fireworks
remixer:
Mark Nuttney
Tuff Monks4:33

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