Down (The Jesus Lizard album)
1994 studio album by the Jesus Lizard
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Down is an album by the Chicago band the Jesus Lizard. It was their last album for Touch and Go records and the last to be produced by Steve Albini.
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| Released | August 30, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | Early–mid 1994 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock | |||
| Length | 40:40 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go Records | |||
| Producer | Steve Albini | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Beats Per Minute | 65%[2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| NME | [4] |
| OndaRock | 7/10[5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [9] |
| Spectrum Culture | 4.5/5[10] |
The song "Horse" was labeled as "Pony Beat" on set lists for live shows. David Wm. Sims plays an organ on the album version.
A video was created for the song "Destroy Before Reading," featuring David Yow as simply a head in a laboratory.
The painting on the cover is "Falling Dog" by Malcolm Bucknall, for which Bucknall asked no pay and offers no explanation.[11] Bucknall also did the cover art for the Puss/Oh, the Guilt split single with Nirvana and the Jesus Lizard's Liar album.[12]
Track listing
All tracks are written by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fly on the Wall" | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Mistletoe" | 1:53 |
| 3. | "Countless Backs of Sad Losers" | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Queen for a Day" | 2:26 |
| 5. | "The Associate" | 5:00 |
| 6. | "Destroy Before Reading" (Lyrics by Whitney O'Keeffe) | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Low Rider" | 3:36 |
| 8. | "50 Cents" | 2:49 |
| 9. | "American BB" | 2:18 |
| 10. | "Horse" | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Din" | 3:19 |
| 12. | "Elegy" | 3:48 |
| 13. | "The Best Parts" (Lyrics by Mark Todd) | 2:55 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "blank track" | 0:09 |
| 15. | "White Hole" | 3:21 |
| 16. | "Glamorous" | 3:06 |
| 17. | "Deaf as a Bat" | 1:39 |
| 18. | "Panic in Cicero" | 3:28 |
