Down (The Jesus Lizard album)

Down is an album by the Chicago band The Jesus Lizard. It was their last album for Touch and Go records and the last to be produced by Steve Albini.

Down
Studio album by The Jesus Lizard
Released	August 30, 1994
Recorded	Early–mid 1994
Genre	Noise rock
Length	40:40
Label	Touch and Go Records
Producer	Steve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Show (1994) Down (1994) Shot (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Beats Per Minute	65%[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
NME	[4]
OndaRock	7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	7.9/10[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Spectrum Culture	4.5/5[10]

The song "Horse" was labeled as "Pony Beat" on set lists for live shows. David Wm. Sims plays an organ on the album version.

A video was created for the song "Destroy Before Reading," featuring David Yow as simply a head in a laboratory.

The painting on the cover is "Falling Dog" by Malcolm Bucknall, for which Bucknall asked no pay and offers no explanation.^[11] Bucknall also did the cover art for the Puss/Oh, the Guilt split single with Nirvana and the Jesus Lizard's Liar album.^[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fly on the Wall"	3:06
2.	"Mistletoe"	1:53
3.	"Countless Backs of Sad Losers"	3:00
4.	"Queen for a Day"	2:26
5.	"The Associate"	5:00
6.	"Destroy Before Reading" (Lyrics by Whitney O'Keeffe)	3:13
7.	"Low Rider"	3:36
8.	"50 Cents"	2:49
9.	"American BB"	2:18
10.	"Horse"	3:10
11.	"Din"	3:19
12.	"Elegy"	3:48
13.	"The Best Parts" (Lyrics by Mark Todd)	2:55

Deluxe Remastered Reissue

No.	Title	Length
14.	"blank track"	0:09
15.	"White Hole"	3:21
16.	"Glamorous"	3:06
17.	"Deaf as a Bat"	1:39
18.	"Panic in Cicero"	3:28

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13]	97
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	64