God in Three Persons

by The Residents

God in Three Persons cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 March 1988
  • Label: Ryko
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:26:20
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Bill Lightner, Richard Marriott

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'God in Three Persons' is an unsettling, avant-garde rock opera delivered entirely through a rhythmic, spoken-word talking blues format. Driven by minimalist synthesizer sequences and dark conceptual narratives, the album explores deeply disturbing themes of exploitation, sexuality, and ritualistic healing.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, conceptual, lgbtq, ritualistic, narrative, experimental, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Main Titles (God In Three Persons) (3:49)
  2. Hard And Tenderly (4:34)
  3. Devotion' (3:18)
  4. The Thing About Them (4:17)
  5. Their Early Years (4:37)
  6. Loss of a Loved One (4:47)
  7. The Touch (3:29)
  8. The Service (4:58)
  9. Confused (By What I Felt Inside) (4:33)
  10. Fine Fat Flies (4:24)
  11. Time (1:15)
  12. Silver, Sharp And Could Not Care (3:02)
  13. Kiss of Flesh (9:32)
  14. Pain And Pleasure (4:43)
  15. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) (3:54)
  16. G3P Over (9:56)
  17. Main Titles (God In Three Persons) (Instr) (3:38)
  18. Hard & Tenderly (Instr) (3:45)
  19. The Thing About Them (Instr) (3:21)
  20. Their Early Years (Instr) (2:42)
  21. Loss Of A Loved One (Instr) (3:09)
  22. The Touch (Instr) (2:11)
  23. The Service (Part 1) (Instr) (2:56)
  24. The Service (Part 2) (Instr) (1:32)
  25. Confused By What I Felt Inside (Instr) (4:35)
  26. Kiss Of Flesh (Instr) (9:22)
  27. Pain And Pleasure (Instr) (2:08)
  28. Knot In A Million Years (Previously Unreleased) (22:58)
  29. Main Titles (Demo) (3:19)
  30. Devotion' (Demo) (2:50)
  31. The Thing About Them (Demo) (4:10)
  32. Loss Of A Loved One (Demo) (3:30)
  33. The Touch (Demo) (2:03)
  34. The Service (Demo) (3:54)
  35. Confused (By What I Felt Inside) (Demo) (3:19)
  36. Loss Of A Loved One (Extended) (5:42)
  37. Holy Kiss Of Flesh (Single Mix) (16:05)
  38. Land Of 1000 Dances/Double Shot (13:13)
  39. Their Early Years (Live) (5:18)
  40. Hard And Tenderly (Live) (5:13)

Credits

  • The Residents - primary artist, composed by, arranged by, performer
  • Richard Marriott - brass, woodwind
  • Pore No Graphics - design [package]
  • Bill Lightner - direct metal mastering by
  • Henrik Kam - photography by [cover photograph]
  • Laurie Amat - vocals [song stylist]

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