| Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy | |
| Type: | ep |
| Artist: | The Birthday Party/Lydia Lunch |
| Cover: | The Birthday Party and Lydia Lunch - 1982 split EP.jpeg |
| Released: | February 18, 1982 |
| Recorded: | November 26, 1981 |
| Venue: | The Venue, London, England |
| Genre: | Post-punk |
| Length: | 34:47 |
| Label: | 4AD |
| Chronology: | The Birthday Party |
| Prev Title: | Prayers on Fire |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Junkyard |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
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.[1] The Lydia Lunch side is a single track recorded up to the run-out groove, causing the song to play endlessly on manual turntables.