The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg

Infobox Album |
Name = The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg
Type = Compilation album
Artist = The Flaming Lips


Released = October 1 2002
Recorded = 1989-1991
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 139:46
Label = Restless Records
Producer = The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f95k8qxzbtx4 link]
Chronology = Flaming Lips compilation
Last album = "Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid"
(2002)
This album = ""'The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg"
(2002)
Next album = "Shambolic Birth and Early Life Of"
(2002) |

"The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg" (subtitled "The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos, and Outtakes, 1989-1991") is a 2xCD compilation of material by The Flaming Lips released by Restless Records in late 2002. It is the second of two reissues compiling the band's work with the record label, and follows "Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid".

The first disc contains the album "In a Priest Driven Ambulance", followed by related b-sides from that era. The second disc contains a much-bootlegged series of demos called "The Mushroom Tapes", featuring early versions and alternate mixes of "Ambulance" tracks.

The first disc of this set was released on vinyl as a limited-edition, pink-colored two-record set under the title of "In a Priest Driven Ambulance".

The compilation is named after a line from the Flaming Lips song "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain". It also includes new liner notes from band frontman Wayne Coyne.

Track listing

Disc one

In a Priest Driven Ambulance
# "Shine On Sweet Jesus - Jesus Song No.5" – 4:27
# "Unconsciously Screamin'" – 3:52
# "Rainin' Babies" – 4:28
# "Take Meta Mars" – 3:13
# "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain" – 6:19
# "Stand In Line" – 4:36
# "God Walks Among Us Now - Jesus Song No.6" – 4:53
# "There You Are - Jesus Song No.7" – 4:31
# "Mountain Side" – 6:36
# "(What A) Wonderful World" – 3:41Bonus tracks
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"Lucifer Rising" – 3:35
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"Ma, I Didn't Notice" – 8:10
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"Let Me Be It" – 5:32
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"Drug Machine" – 2:53
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"Strychnine/Peace, Love, & Understanding" – 3:59

Disc two

The Mushroom Tapes
# "Take Meta Mars" – 2:45
# "Mountain Side" – 3:14
# "There You Are - Jesus Song No.7" – 3:41
# "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain" – 3:05
# "Rainin' Babies" – 2:30
# "Unconsciously Screamin'" – 3:18
# "Stand In Line" – 4:13
# "God's a Wheeler Dealer" – 2:43
# "Agonizing" – 3:26
# "One Shot" – 2:52
# "Cold Day" – 2:44
# "Jam" – 1:07Bonus tracks
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"She's Gone Mad" – 9:15
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"Golden Hearse" – 3:55
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"Unconsciously Screamin' (Alternative Version)" – 3:53
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"Stand In Line (Alternative Version)" – 6:34
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"I Want to Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head" – 3:38
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"Five Stop Mother Superior Rain (Alternative Version)" – 6:05