Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ

Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ
Studio album by
Christian Death
Released18 October 1988
Recorded1988
Genre
Label
ProducerValor
Christian Death chronology
The Scriptures
(1987) 		Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ
(1988) 		All The Love
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Metal Storm8.6/10[2]
Trouser Pressunfavourable[3]

Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ is the sixth album by American deathrock band Christian Death. It was released on 18 October 1988.

Content

Album cover

The cover artwork for Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ has incited controversy.[4] It depicts an image of Jesus Christ in a self-made tourniquet, injecting heroin.

According to Jungle Records' website, the artwork affected the band, leading to a cancellation of shows in Boston.[5] The website claims the artwork was censored in NME and Melody Maker magazine, with the NME rating it a 1 out of 10, saying "may the good lord strike them down."[5]

Release

Released on 18 October 1988, Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ is reportedly Christian Death's highest selling album from the 1980s.[5][citation needed]

Reception

Trouser Press described the record as "awful", "rudimentary" and "barely musical".[3]

Track listing

  1. "This Is Heresy" - 4:21
  2. "Jesus Where's the Sugar" - 3:14
  3. "Wretched Mankind" - 4:24
  4. "Tragedy" - 04:09
  5. "Third Antichrist" - 10:21
  6. "Erection" - 5:23
  7. "Ten Thousand Hundred Times" - 4:42
  8. "Incendiary Lover" - 3:01
  9. "Window Pain" - 9:15

CD version contains the additional song "Tragedy" as track 4.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ – Christian Death | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Christian Death – Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ Review – Metal Storm". Metal Storm. May 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Fasolino, Greg; Yeske, Katherine; Ferguson, Scott. "TrouserPres.com :: Christian Death". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ Smyers, Darryl (5 September 2013). "Valor Kand of Christian Death: "I Have an Issue with People Assuming What Jesus Looked Like" | Dallas Observer". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Christian Death 'Sex & Drugs & Jesus Christ'". Jungle Records. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2019.