''Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ'' is the sixth album by American

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band

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. It was released on 18 October 1988.

Content

Album cover

The cover artwork for ''Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ'' has incited controversy. It depicts an image of

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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. The website claims the artwork was censored in ''

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'' 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

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

Track listing

#"This Is Heresy" - 4:21 #"Jesus Where's the Sugar" - 3:14 #"Wretched Mankind" - 4:24 #"Tragedy" - 04:09 #"Third Antichrist" - 10:21 #"Erection" - 5:23 #"Ten Thousand Hundred Times" - 4:42 #"Incendiary Lover" - 3:01 #"Window Pain" - 9:15 CD version contains the additional song "Tragedy" as track 4.

Personnel

* Valor Kand -

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* Gitane Demone - vocals, keyboards * Kota - bass * Webz - drums

References

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