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. Three of the four Birthday Party tracks were included on their Live 1981-82 CD. Their version of the song "Loose" and the Lydia Lunch piece have never been officially reissued on CD. The Lydia Lunch side is a single track recorded up to the run-out groove, causing the song to play endlessly on manual turntables.
Track listing
Personnel Side one Phill Calvert – drums Nick Cave – vocals Mick Harvey – guitar Rowland S. Howard – guitar Tracy Pew – bass guitar
Side two Kristian Hoffman – drums Lydia Lunch – vocals Murray Mitchell – guitar Steven Severin – guitar
Charts Chart (1982) Peakposition UK Indie Chart2
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