Head (The Jesus Lizard album)

Head is the first full album by The Jesus Lizard.[9] It was released on Touch and Go Records in 1990. It was their first album to feature a drummer, Mac McNeilly.

Head
Studio album by
Released1990
GenreNoise rock, post-hardcore
Length27:21
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerSteve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Pure
(1989)
Head
(1990)
Goat
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Beats Per Minute76%[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
OndaRock8/10[4]
Paste75/100[5]
Pitchfork Media8.1/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spectrum Culture4.5/5[8]

Track listing

  1. "One Evening" – 3:01
  2. "S.D.B.J." – 2:27
  3. "My Own Urine" – 3:08
  4. "If You Had Lips" – 3:13
  5. "7 vs. 8" – 3:35
  6. "Pastoral" – 3:29
  7. "Waxeater" – 2:09
  8. "Good Thing" – 1:44
  9. "Tight n' Shiny" – 2:11
  10. "Killer McHann" – 2:16

CD version includes the Pure EP (1989):

  1. "Blockbuster" – 3:29
  2. "Bloody Mary" – 1:59
  3. "Rabid Pigs" – 2:09
  4. "Starlet" – 2:42
  5. "Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do") – 3:54

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. "Head - The Jesus Lizard". Allmusic.
  2. Fitzgerald, Brian (November 18, 2009). "Album Review: The Jesus Lizard – Head / Goat / Liar / Down [Deluxe Editions]". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  4. Tommaso Franci. "Jesus Lizard". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  5. Ray, Austin L. (October 8, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Touch and Go Reissues". Paste. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  6. "The Jesus Lizard: Head". Pitchfork Media.
  7. Kot, Greg (2004). "The Jesus Lizard". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 430. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. Eric Dennis (November 15, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Head/Goat/Liar/Down (reissue)". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  9. Frere-Jones, Sasha (December 7, 2009). "Jesus Returns" via www.newyorker.com.


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