''Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric'' is a concept album by the band

Rudimentary Peni Rudimentary Peni are a British anarcho-punk band formed in 1980, emerging from the London anarcho-punk scene. Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty, macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on a ...

. It was recorded in 1992 and released in 1995. The majority of the album was written while lead singer/guitarist

Nick Blinko Nicholas John Blinko (born 4 September 1961) is a British musician and artist, best known as the lead singer, lyricist, and guitar player for the anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni. He is also known for being an "outsider" artist, whose pen-an ...

was being detained in a psychiatric hospital under Section 3 of the 1983 Mental Health Act. The subject matter of the album relates to the delusions Blinko was experiencing at the time, particularly the idea that he was "Pope Adrian 37th" — a reference to Pope Adrian IV. Adding to the album's unique sound, the

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ized phrase "Papas Adrianus" (Pope Adrian) is looped and can be heard in the background through the entire album. Blinko provided the artwork for the album.

Track listing

# "Pogo Pope" # "The Pope with No Name" # "Hadrianich Relique" # "Il Papus Puss" # "Muse Sick (Sic)" # "Vatican't City Hearse" # "I'm a Dream" # "We're Gonna Destroy Life the World Gets Higher and Higher" # "Pills, Popes And Potions" # "Ireland Sun" # "Regicide Chaz III" # "Iron Lung"

References

{{Authority control Concept albums 1995 albums Rudimentary Peni albums