- post-punk, rock
- 35 min
- EP
- 5 tracks
- 4AD
Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy is a split compilation EP by the post-punk acts The Birthday Party and Lydia Lunch, released on February 18, 1982, through 4AD. It contains live material from a show performed on November 26, 1981, at The Venue in London.
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Bleak, character-led, grave and spare.
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- A1Pleasure Heads3:40
- A2King Ink6:01
- A3Zoo‐Music Girl3:00
- A4Loose5:27
- BThe Agony Is the Ecstacy16:30
5 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Birthday Party, Lydia Lunch
- Label
- 4AD
- Released
- 1982-02
- Type
- EP
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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