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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = The Pope Smokes Dope
| name = The Pope Smokes Dope
| Type = album
| type = album
| Artist = [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]] & [[The Lower East Side Band|The Lower East Side]]
| artist = [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]] & [[The Lower East Side Band|The Lower East Side]]
| Cover = David Peel - The Pope Smokes Dope.jpeg
| cover = David Peel - The Pope Smokes Dope.jpeg
| Released = April 17, 1972
| alt =
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| released = April 17, 1972
| Recorded = 1972 at [[Record Plant Studios]], [[New York City]]
| Genre = [[Folk rock]]
| recorded = 1972
| venue =
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| Length = 42:01 ([[Gramophone record|vinyl]] edition)<br>56:04 ([[Compact disc|CD]] edition)
| Label = [[Apple Records|Apple]]
| studio = [[Record Plant Studios]], New York City
| Producer = [[John Lennon]], [[Yoko Ono]]
| genre = [[Folk rock]]
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| length = 42:01 ([[Gramophone record|vinyl]] edition)<br>56:04 (CD edition)
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| Chronology = [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]]
| label = [[Apple Records|Apple]]
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| Last album = ''[[The American Revolution (album)|The American Revolution]]''<br />(1970)
| producer = [[John Lennon]], [[Yoko Ono]]
| This album = '''''The Pope Smokes Dope'''''<br />(1972)
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| chronology = [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]]
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| Next album = ''[[Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie]]''<br />(1974)
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| prev_title = [[The American Revolution (album)|The American Revolution]]
| prev_year = 1970
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| next_title = [[Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie]]
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'''''The Pope Smokes Dope''''' is the second studio album by [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]] and [[The Lower East Side Band|The Lower East Side]], released on April 17, 1972 through [[Apple Records]].

==Background==
Peel, along with [[John Lennon]] and his wife [[Yoko Ono]], performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on ''[[The David Frost Show]]'', with Lennon playing [[tea-chest bass]].<ref name=Diary>{{cite book|editor=Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith |title=The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970-2001 |year=2001 |publisher=Music Sales Group |location=London |isbn=9780711983076 |edition=reprint}}</ref> The trio, now joined by [[The Lower East Side Band]], play several songs by Lennon and Ono.<ref name=Diary/> This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcasted on January 13, 1972.<ref name=Diary/>

==Release==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Eder |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r15000|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Pope Smokes Dope |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=October 31, 2012}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Eder |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15000|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Pope Smokes Dope |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = E<ref name="Christgau Review">{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2378 |title=David Peel and the Lower East Side |publisher=Robert Christgau.com |date= |accessdate=October 31, 2012}}</ref>
|rev2Score = E<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|access-date=March 10, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Piero Scaruffi]]
|rev3score = {{Rating|6.5|10}}<ref name="scaruffireview">{{cite web |first=Piero |last=Scaruffi |url=http://www.scaruffi.com/vol2/peel.html#title |title=David Peel |publisher=pieroscaruffi.com |date=1999 |accessdate=October 31, 2012}}</ref>
}}
}}
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'''''The Pope Smokes Dope''''' is the third album by [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]] and [[The Lower East Side Band|the Lower East Side]], released on April 17, 1972 through [[Apple Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/john-lennon-the-pope-smokes-dope-david-peel-sig-51-c-838b17ac75|title=John Lennon|website=invaluable.com}}</ref>
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The album was released on April 17, 1972.

==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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0554975/|title=Episode #4.84|date=13 January 1972|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6URjH8eWcU|title=David Peel THE BALLAD OF NEW YORK CITY / JOHN LENNON – YOKO ONO|last=PS109VanBurenHigh|date=11 May 2013|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2015/12/17/john-lennons-most-memorable-and-notorious-nyc-moments/|title=John Lennon's Most Memorable — and Notorious — NYC Moments|date=17 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hipquotient.com/david-peel-the-dope-smokin-pope-of-the-new-york-city-hippies/|title=David Peel: The Dope-Smokin' Pope of the New York City Hippies|first=Dana|last=Spiardi|date=1 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://musiccourtblog.com/2011/10/04/peel-the-lower-east-side-and-enjoy-pre-punk-punk/|title=Peel the Lower East Side and Enjoy Pre-Punk Punk|date=4 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Diary>{{cite book|editor1=Miles, Barry |editor2=Badman, Keith |title=The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970–2001 |year=2001 |publisher=Music Sales Group |location=London |isbn=9780711983076 |edition=reprint}}</ref> The trio, joined by [[The Lower East Side Band]], played several songs by Lennon and Ono.<ref name=Diary/> This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.<ref name=Diary/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/arts/music/david-peel-dead-composer-of-i-like-marijuana.html|title=David Peel, Downtown Singer and Marijuana Evangelist, Dies at 74|first=William|last=Grimes|work=The New York Times |date=9 April 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

The album was released on April 17, 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buttonmuseum.org/buttons/pope-smokes-dope|title=The Pope Smokes Dope – Busy Beaver Button Museum|website=www.buttonmuseum.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com/news/david_peel_the_lower_east_side_1972_the_pope_smokes_dope/2014-12-21-4138|title=David Peel & the Lower East Side ~ 1972 ~ The Pope Smokes Dope – Oldish Psych and Prog|website=oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hozacrecords.com/david-peel/|title=HoZac Records » David Peel|website=hozacrecords.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/east-village-icon-david-peel-in-critical-condition-after-heart-attack/|title=East Village icon David Peel in critical condition after heart attack|website=BrooklynVegan|date=2 April 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistcamp.com/david-peel-the-lower-east-side/the-pope-smokes-dope/8590442755023/index.html|title=The Pope Smokes Dope|first=Rebeat Digital – Guenter Loibl, Rico|last=Zschau|website=Rebeat-Artist-Camp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYP4pmHNFRw|title=David Peel on John Lennon and the FBI|last=Paul DeRienzo|date=23 May 2009|via=YouTube}}</ref>

The CD was released in 2005 by Orange Records International.


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]]
| all_writing = [[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]]
| title1 = I'm a Runway
| title1 = I'm a Runaway
| length1 = 3:39
| length1 = 3:39
| title2 = Everybody's Smoking Marijuana
| title2 = Everybody's Smoking Marijuana
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| title3 = F Is Not a Dirty Word
| title3 = F Is Not a Dirty Word
| length3 = 3:12
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = The Hippy from New York City
| title4 = The Hippie from New York City
| length4 = 3:01
| length4 = 3:01
| title5 = McDonalds Farm
| title5 = McDonald's Farm
| length5 = 3:13
| length5 = 3:13
| title6 = The Ballad of New York City/John Lennon • Yoko Ono
| title6 = The Ballad of New York City/John Lennon • Yoko Ono<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=552232|title=John Lennon The Ballad Of New York City US 7" vinyl single (7 inch record) (552232)|website=eil.com}}</ref>
| length6 = 3:19
| length6 = 3:19
}}
}}
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| title3 = The Hip Generation
| title3 = The Hip Generation
| length3 = 1:50
| length3 = 1:50
| title4 = I'm Gonna to Start Another Riot
| title4 = I'm Gonna Start Another Riot
| length4 = 2:37
| length4 = 2:37
| title5 = The Birth Control Blues
| title5 = The Birth Control Blues
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! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
|-
| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r15000/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Pope Smokes Dope - Awards |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=October 31, 2012}}</ref>
| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15000/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Pope Smokes Dope – Awards |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=October 31, 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|191
| style="text-align:center;"|191
|-
|-
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
*Bagtwo&nbsp;– [[design]]
*Bagtwo (Jeffery Levy)&nbsp;– design, artwork
*[[Roy Cicala]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*[[Roy Cicala]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*[[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*[[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*Bill Ferrara&nbsp;– [[photography]]
*Bill Ferrara&nbsp;– photography
*Robert L. Heimall&nbsp;– [[Art director|art direction]]
*Robert L. Heimall&nbsp;– [[Art director|art direction]]
*[[John Lennon]]&nbsp;– [[record producer|production]]
*Allan Steckler – production supervision
*[[Yoko Ono]]&nbsp;– production
*[[John Lennon]]&nbsp;– production, voice (tracks 6 & 12), backing vocals (12)
*[[Yoko Ono]]&nbsp;– production, percussions (track 1), voice (6)
*[[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|vocals]], [[guitar]]
*[[David Peel (musician)|David Peel]]&nbsp;– vocals, guitar
*Eddie Mottau&nbsp;– guitar
*Chris Osborne&nbsp;– guitar
*Charlie Wolff&nbsp;– guitar
*Eddie Ryan&nbsp;– drums
*The Lower East Side Friends&nbsp;– [[choir|chorus]]
*Tom Doyle&nbsp;– guitar, backing vocals
*Bruce Bierman&nbsp;– backing vocals
*John Robertson&nbsp;– guitar
*Billy Minelli&nbsp;– bass
*Frank Lanci&nbsp;– drums
*Lenny Mars&nbsp;– harp (tracks 4 & 7), flutes (1,4,6 & 8), piano (7), percussions (1, 8 & 10), banjo (1, 4 & 7), mandolin (7 & 10)


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master |master=314335 |name=The Pope Smokes Dope}}
* {{Discogs master |master=314335 |name=The Pope Smokes Dope}}

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Latest revision as of 01:36, 24 March 2024

The Pope Smokes Dope
Studio album by
David Peel & The Lower East Side
ReleasedApril 17, 1972
Recorded1972
StudioRecord Plant Studios, New York City
GenreFolk rock
Length42:01 (vinyl edition)
56:04 (CD edition)
LabelApple
ProducerJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono
David Peel chronology
The American Revolution
(1970) 		The Pope Smokes Dope
(1972) 		Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideE[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.[3]

History

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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.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono.[9] This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.[9][10]

The album was released on April 17, 1972.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

The CD was released in 2005 by Orange Records International.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by David Peel

Side one
No.TitleLength
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[17]"3:19
Side two
No.TitleLength
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
  2. "Amerika" (Edit) – 4:15
    • with Yoko Ono
  3. "How Did You Meet David Peel?" – 2:07
    • interview with John Lennon
  4. "Everybody's Smokin'" (Remix) – 7:41

Chart positions

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Charts (1972) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[18] 191

Personnel

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  • Bagtwo (Jeffery Levy) – design, artwork
  • Roy Cicala – engineering
  • Jack Douglas – engineering
  • Bill Ferrara – photography
  • Robert L. Heimall – art direction
  • Allan Steckler – production supervision
  • John Lennon – production, voice (tracks 6 & 12), backing vocals (12)
  • Yoko Ono – production, percussions (track 1), voice (6)
  • David Peel – vocals, guitar
  • Eddie Mottau – guitar
  • Chris Osborne – guitar
  • Charlie Wolff – guitar
  • Eddie Ryan – drums
  • The Lower East Side Friends – chorus
  • Tom Doyle – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bruce Bierman – backing 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

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  1. ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Pope Smokes Dope". Allmusic. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "John Lennon". invaluable.com.
  4. ^ "Episode #4.84". 13 January 1972 – via www.imdb.com.
  5. ^ PS109VanBurenHigh (11 May 2013). "David Peel THE BALLAD OF NEW YORK CITY / JOHN LENNON – YOKO ONO" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "John Lennon's Most Memorable — and Notorious — NYC Moments". 17 December 2015.
  7. ^ Spiardi, Dana (1 May 2017). "David Peel: The Dope-Smokin' Pope of the New York City Hippies".
  8. ^ "Peel the Lower East Side and Enjoy Pre-Punk Punk". 4 October 2011.
  9. ^ a b c Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, eds. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970–2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 9780711983076.
  10. ^ Grimes, William (9 April 2017). "David Peel, Downtown Singer and Marijuana Evangelist, Dies at 74". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "The Pope Smokes Dope – Busy Beaver Button Museum". www.buttonmuseum.org.
  12. ^ "David Peel & the Lower East Side ~ 1972 ~ The Pope Smokes Dope – Oldish Psych and Prog". oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com.
  13. ^ "HoZac Records » David Peel". hozacrecords.com.
  14. ^ "East Village icon David Peel in critical condition after heart attack". BrooklynVegan. 2 April 2017.
  15. ^ Zschau, Rebeat Digital – Guenter Loibl, Rico. "The Pope Smokes Dope". Rebeat-Artist-Camp.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Paul DeRienzo (23 May 2009). "David Peel on John Lennon and the FBI" – via YouTube.
  17. ^ "John Lennon The Ballad Of New York City US 7" vinyl single (7 inch record) (552232)". eil.com.
  18. ^ "The Pope Smokes Dope – Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
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