Pick Up Heaven

Pick Up Heaven
Pick Up Heaven
Studio album by Drain
Released	March 1992
Recorded	Ben Blank Audio, Austin, Texas
Genre	Noise rock, psychedelic rock
Length	35:31
Label	Trance Syndicate
Producer	Drain
Drain chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Pick Up Heaven is the debut album of Drain, released in March 1992 through Trance Syndicate.^[2] The vocals on "Martyr's Road" were taken from an Islamic chant record that was in Coffey's possession.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Drain.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"National Anthem"	1:46
2.	"Crawfish"	4:33
3.	"Martyr's Road"	2:40
4.	"Non Compis Mentis"	3:09
5.	"Funeral Pyre"	4:08
6.	"Ozark Monkey Chant"	4:35
7.	"Instant Hippie"	3:34
8.	"Flower Mound"	5:33
9.	"Every Secret Thing"	4:33
10.	"The Ballad of Miss Toni Fisher"	1:00

Personnel

Drain

King Coffey – drums, keyboards, vocals
David McCreath – guitar, vocals
Owen McMahon – bass guitar, vocals

Production and additional personnel

Ben Blank – engineering, mixing, recording
Drain – production
Butch Vig – recording on "Crawfish" and "Instant Hippie"

References

^ Mason, Stewart. "Pick Up Heaven". Allmusic. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
^ Leland, John; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Butthole Surfers". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
^ Mitchell, Joseph (1992). "Idiocy Begins at Home" (PDF) (25). Puncture: 9–10. Retrieved March 19, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Pick Up Heaven at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Mason, Stewart. "Pick Up Heaven". Allmusic. Retrieved March 19, 2013.

[trouserpress-2] Leland, John; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Butthole Surfers". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 19, 2013.

[magint-3] Mitchell, Joseph (1992). "Idiocy Begins at Home" (PDF) (25). Puncture: 9–10. Retrieved March 19, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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