The Pope Smokes Dope

The Pope Smokes Dope is the second studio album by David Peel and 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.^[1]

The album was released on April 17, 1972.

All tracks are written by David Peel

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm a Runway"	3:39
2.	"Everybody's Smoking Marijuana"	4:06
3.	"F Is Not a Dirty Word"	3:12
4.	"The Hippy From New York City"	3:01
5.	"McDonalds Farm"	3:13
6.	"The Ballad of New York City/John Lennon • Yoko Ono"	3:19

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ballad of Bob Dylan"	4:12
2.	"The Chicago Conspiracy"	3:47
3.	"The Hip Generation"	1:50
4.	"I'm Gonna to Start Another Riot"	2:37
5.	"The Birth Control Blues"	4:48
6.	"The Pope Smokes Dope"	2:15

Charts (1972)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[5]	191

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