The Pope Smokes Dope
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| Studio album by David Peel & The Lower East Side | ||||
| Released | April 17, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 at Record Plant Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 42:01 (vinyl edition) 56:04 (CD edition) |
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| Label | Apple | |||
| Producer | John Lennon, Yoko Ono | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | E[2] |
The Pope Smokes Dope is the third album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records.
History
Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on The David Frost Show, with Lennon playing tea-chest bass.[3] The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono.[3] This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.[3]
The album was released on April 17, 1972. The CD was released in 2005 (by Orange Records International).
Track listing
All songs written and composed by David Peel.
| Side one | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "I'm a Runaway" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Everybody's Smoking Marijuana" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "F Is Not a Dirty Word" | 3:12 |
| 4. | "The Hippie from New York City" | 3:01 |
| 5. | "McDonald's Farm" | 3:13 |
| 6. | "The Ballad of New York City/John Lennon • Yoko Ono" | 3:19 |
| Side two | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "The Ballad of Bob Dylan" | 4:12 |
| 2. | "The Chicago Conspiracy" | 3:47 |
| 3. | "The Hip Generation" | 1:50 |
| 4. | "I'm Gonna Start Another Riot" | 2:37 |
| 5. | "The Birth Control Blues" | 4:48 |
| 6. | "The Pope Smokes Dope" | 2:15 |
- Bonus tracks on CD edition
- "Amerika" (Edit) – 4:15
- with Yoko Ono
- "How Did You Meet David Peel?" – 2:07
- interview with John Lennon
- "Everybody's Smokin'" (Remix) – 7:41
Chart positions
| Charts (1972) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[4] | 191 |
Personnel
- Bagtwo – design
- Roy Cicala – engineering
- Jack Douglas – engineering
- Bill Ferrara – photography
- Robert L. Heimall – art direction
- John Lennon – production, voice (tracks 6 & 12), b.vocals (12)
- Yoko Ono – production, percussions (track 1), voice (6)
- David Peel – vocals, guitar
- Eddie Mottau – guitar
- Chris Osborne – guitar
- Eddie Ryan – drums
- The Lower East Side Friends – chorus
- Tom Doyle – guitar, b.vocals
- BruceBierman – b.vocals
- John Robertson – guitar
- Billy Minelli – bass
- Frank Lanci – drums
- Lenny Mars – harp (tracks 4 & 7), flutes (1,4,6 & 8), piano (7), percussions (1, 8 & 10), banjo (1, 4 & 7), mandolin (7 & 10)
References
External links
- The Pope Smokes Dope at Discogs (list of releases)
