Pick Up Heaven Explained

Pick Up Heaven
Type:	studio
Artist:	Drain
Cover:	Drain - Pick Up Heaven.jpg
Released:	March 1992
Recorded:	Ben Blank Audio, Austin, Texas
Genre:	Noise rock, psychedelic rock
Length:	35:31
Label:	Trance Syndicate
Producer:	Drain
Next Title:	Offspeed and In There
Next Year:	1996

Pick Up Heaven is the debut album of Drain, released in March 1992 through Trance Syndicate.^[1] The vocals on "Martyr's Road" were taken from an Islamic chant record that was in Coffey's possession.^[2]

Personnel

Drain

• King Coffey – drums, keyboards, vocals
• David McCreath – guitar, vocals
• Owen McMahon – bass guitar, vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Ben Blank – engineering, mixing, recording
• Drain – production
• Butch Vig – recording on "Crawfish" and "Instant Hippie"

Notes and References

1. John . Leland . Ira . Robbins . Butthole Surfers . . 2007 . March 19, 2013.
2. Joseph . Mitchell . Idiocy Begins at Home . Puncture . 25 . 9–10 . 1992 . March 19, 2013.