Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy

Drunk on the Pope's Blood/The Agony Is the Ecstacy is a split compilation EP by the post-punk acts The Birthday Party and Lydia Lunch, released on February 18, 1982, through 4AD. It contains live material from a show performed on November 26, 1981, at The Venue in London. Three of the four Birthday Party tracks were included on their Live 1981-82 CD. Their version of the song "Loose" and the Lydia Lunch piece have never been officially reissued on CD. The Lydia Lunch side is a single track recorded up to the run-out groove, causing the song to play endlessly on manual turntables.

Personnel

 * Side one
 * Phill Calvert – drums
 * Nick Cave – vocals
 * Mick Harvey – guitar
 * Rowland S. Howard – guitar
 * Tracy Pew – bass guitar


 * Side two
 * Kristian Hoffman – drums
 * Lydia Lunch – vocals
 * Murray Mitchell – guitar
 * Steven Severin – guitar