The Jesus Lizard

Customer reviews
Press release

· Each album is reissued on CD and heavyweight vinyl (with the exception of the
‘Pure’ EP, which is re-released individually on vinyl but included on the CD format of
‘Head’). The CDs are packaged in a deluxe digipack with a 14”x20” double sided
colour folder including never before seen photos and extensive liner notes by the band and
by journalists who were there when it was all happening. The CD also includes bonus
tracks. The LPs are packaged in deluxe gatefold album jackets with 12”x24” double
sided colour inserts. The vinyl formats include a digital download coupon for the
entire LP and the bonus tracks (the bonus tracks themselves DO NOT appear on the vinyl).
· ‘Down’: ‘Down’ was the last of the Touch and Go era Jesus Lizard albums - classic Jesus
Lizard in many ways, captured when the band were playing at their absolute tightest, filled
with odd, unpredictable turns and nuances. ‘Down’ reveals one of the band’s greatest
strengths: their skill at inventive arrangements.
· ‘Liar’: ‘Liar’ is the best selling of all The Jesus Lizard’s albums.
· ‘Goat’: ‘Goat’ is the second best selling of all the Jesus Lizard albums. ‘Goat’ delivers on the
Jesus Lizard promise in ways almost too numerous to mention: it was noisy yet controlled,
dark but humorous.
· ‘Head’: ‘Head’ was the first full length album by The Jesus Lizard. The band was by now a
very direct, laser guided unwavering bolt of light. The guitars are bracing, bass bruising,
drums galloping and vocals sounding as if sung from inside a leather mask.
· ‘Pure’: The ‘Pure’ EP was the first ever record by The Jesus Lizard. ‘Pure’ reveals an
opening bone-crushing trifecta - ‘Blockbuster’, ‘Bloody Mary’ and ‘Rabid Pigs’, which became
classics in The Jesus Lizard’s cannon, featuring some of the band’s most endearing
characteristics: Duane Denison’s guitar frenzy, David Yow’s garbled vocal hysterics and
David Wm. Sims’ uncanny precision on bass.
· The best live band of the ‘90s are performing together in 2009 for the first time
in a decade, and with their original line-up too, touring select major European cities in
September.
· “The Jesus Lizard always had the trajectory of a band that was always going to matter” -
Steve Albini, “Every generation has its exciting band, and the Jesus Lizard are it. They
make Elvis Presley look like a kewpie doll” - Timothy Leary.

4...according to Wingwalker77.

Bob Weston and Steve did a great job with all of the reissued Jesus Lizard records. Basically, they just gave all the recordings a 10dB boost. That said, if you're not happy with how the original recordings sound then you won't be happy with these either. It's basically just more in your face. I was never a huge fan of Down and I'm still not but Wm. Sims does do some awesome bass licks and IMHO that's always worth owning.

3...according to Jakob.

This remaster was a disappointment to me. Albini and Weston did clear up the sound here and there, but my overall impression is that it lacks the depth and nerve of the original LP. The sound on this one shows a more laid back, heavy metal-ish Jesus Lizard. And really, who wants that?

Rating: 3 out of 5

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