THE INFAMOUS 'WORMWOOD' PROJECT pREServed ACROSS 9CDS - OVER 40 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS

As the second Millennium AD drew to a close, The Residents began to take stock on a couple of thousand years of reasonably fruitful human endeavour. One text, they felt, had inescapably set the tone and dominated the narrative throughout the Western world for most of that period, often clouding the view as they looked back. Sure enough, The Bible, Testaments Old and New, seemed like fertile ground for a confused, anonymous band approaching their fourth decade.

Throughout 1998 and 1999, The Residents set about writing, recording and extensively touring a set of songs based around some of the more curious, unsettling and downright messed up stories they found upon revisiting their old Sunday School Bibles, and present here the results of those industrious years. Complete with demos and sketches, two full live recordings, a live-in-the-studio reworking and the usual assorted ephemera plus later live recordings, 'The Wormwood Box' showcases a project the band still think of very fondly, and have often revisited. Join us and marvel as the Eyeball Oddballs somehow cram murder, rape, incest, vengeance, slaughter and,
erm, circumcision into a radio friendly pop format! Spread across an inescapably unwieldy 9CDs at the group's insistence, 'The Wormwood Box' is the final, definitive word on The Residents' Millennially-challenged adventures and explorations within The Good Book. Or so it says here.

Remastered, expanded, and pREServed for future generations, this is the latest in a series of archival Residents' re-issues that will continue throughout 2022 as the band celebrate their 50th Anniversary. Look out for forthcoming deluxe vinyl re-issues of the classic 1970s albums, a brand new OST recording for a forthcoming film and further pREServed releases as the year unfolds. The Residents will also be touring extensively - why not go keep them company one evening.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• In The Beginning
• Fire Fall
• They Are The Meat
• Melancholy Clumps
• How To Get A Head
• Cain And Abel
• Mr. Misery
• Tent Peg In The Temple
• God's Magic Finger
• Spilling The Seed
• Dinah And The Unclean Skin
• Bathsheba Bathes
• Bridegroom Of Blood
• Hanging By His Hair
• The Seven Ugly Cows
• Burn Baby Burn
• KILL HIM!
• I Hate Heaven
• Judas Saves
• Revelation

Disc 2:

• Waterfall
• Squid
• Sleepy Time
• SilverShield
• Sausage City
• Sassy Bassy
• Racking
• Possum
• Pickle
• NutraSweet
• Movie
• Michael
• Log Dam
• Indo
• Humer
• France
• Earth Man
• Dooky Town
• Choppy
• Chihuahua
• Cabbage
• Beta
• Beach
• Anything
• All Flash
• Adeniods

Disc 3:

• In The Beginning Sketch
• Skull2 Un-American Band
• SkullBiz Sketch
• Just A Whore (SkullBiz)
• Headsketch
• Job Meets The Monsters
• Abe Medley Sketch
• King Of Kings Sketch
• King Of Kings (Francis)
• Jesus Saves
• Jesus Saves

Disc 4:

• Mr Skull Superstar
• In The Beginning
• KILL HIM!
• How To Get A Head
• Hanging By His Hair
• Mr. Misery
• Tent Peg In The Temple
• God's Magic Finger
• Dinah And The Unclean Skin
• Cain And Abel
• Burn Baby Burn
• Fire Fall

Disc 5:

• The Seven Ugly Cows
• Melancholy Clumps
• Bathsheba Bathes
• Bridegroom Of Blood
• They Are The Meat
• I Hate Heaven
• Judas Saves
• Revelation
• Smelly Tongues
• Moisture
• Picnic Boy
• Water Westinghouse

Disc 6:

• Un-American Band
• How To Get A Head (Road)
• Hanging By His Hair (Road)
• God's Magic Finger (Road)
• Tent Peg In The Temple (Road)
• Fire Fall (Road)
• Cain And Abel (Road)
• Dinah And The Unclean Skin (Road)
• Abraham (Road)
• Burn Baby Burn (Road)
• Judas Saves (Road)

Disc 7:

• In The Beginning
• Welcome To Wormwood
• Mr. Skull's Rave #1
• How To Get A Head
• Mr. Misery
• Tent Pig In The Temple
• Mr. Skull's Rave #2
• God's Magic Finger
• Dinah And The Unclean Skin
• Cain And Abel
• Mr. Skull's Rave #3
• Burn Baby Burn
• Fire Fall

Disc 8:

• King Of Kings
• Skull Prayer
• Mr. Skull's Rave #4
• Abraham
• Bridegroom Of Blood
• Mr. Skull's Rave #5
• David
• Judas Saves
• Old Time Religion
• Jesus Loves Me

Disc 9:

• In Between Screams
• Nober
• Bridegroom Of Blood
• Burn Baby Burn
• They Are The Meat/Mr. Misery
• Burn Baby Burn
• They Are The Meat
• Hanging By His Hair
• Bathsheba Bathes
• They Are The Meat
• Judas Saves

Additional Details

Label: CRYPTIC CORP

Genre: Alternative/Punk

Language: English

Run Time: 360 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/11/22

UPC: 5013929361935