Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ explained

Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ

Type:

studio

Artist:

Christian Death

Cover:

Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ.jpg

Released:

18 October 1988

Recorded:

1988

Genre:

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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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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."

Release

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

Reception

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

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

• Valor Kand - vocals, guitar, violin, piano
• Gitane Demone - vocals, keyboards
• Kota - bass
• Webz - drums

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Valor Kand of Christian Death: "I Have an Issue with People Assuming What Jesus Looked Like" . Smyers . Darryl . 5 September 2013 . . 17 February 2019.
2. Web site: Christian Death Sex & Drugs & Jesus Christ . Jungle Records . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722025100/http://www.jungle-records.net/index.php/releases/junglereleases/21-christiandeathsexadrugs . 22 July 2011 . 17 February 2019.