Jesus Wept
Studio album by
P.M. Dawn
ReleasedOctober 3, 1995
Genre
Length61:21
LabelGee Street
ProducerEric Kupper
P.M. Dawn chronology
The Bliss Album...?
(1993)		 Jesus Wept
(1995)		 Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[1]
The Guardian[5]
Houston Chronicle[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
Muzik4.5/5[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Select3/5[10]
Spin5/10[11]

Jesus Wept is the third album by American hip hop group P.M. Dawn. It was released in October 1995 via Gee Street Records, and was unable to attain the success of the group's first two albums, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience and The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence).

The album's highest charting single was "Downtown Venus", which contained a sample of Deep Purple's "Hush". The single reached number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and crossed over to alternative radio, resulting in the song peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[12]

Music samples

Noteworthy samples from this album include: "4 O'Clock in the Morning" by The Hassles in "My Own Personal Gravity", "Pacific" by 808 State in "I'll be Waiting for You", "Don't Interrupt the Sorrow" by Joni Mitchell in "Forever Damaged (The 96th)", "Nite and Day" by Al B. Sure! in "Sometimes I Miss You So Much" and "Mama Told Me Not to Come" by Three Dog Night in "Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto: 1999/Once in a Lifetime/Coconut". The track also contains a musical reference to The Beatles song, "Flying".

Track listing

Songwriting credit is given to Attrell Cordes on each song along with whoever is being sampled with the exception of "Silence...Recorded at the Gravesite of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.", which is, as the title suggests, 21 seconds of silence. It received no song writing credit.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro"
  • Attrell S. Cordes
1:39
2."Downtown Venus"
3:32
3."My Own Personal Gravity"
5:26
4."I'll Be Waiting for You"
4:26
5."Forever Damaged (The 96th)"
3:09
6."Apathy...Superstar! ?"
  • A. Cordes
4:28
7."The Puppet Show"
  • A. Cordes
4:04
8."Silence...Recorded at the Gravesite of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." 0:21
9."Why God Loves You"
  • A. Cordes
  • C. Greider
4:09
10."Miles from Anything"
  • A. Cordes
5:08
11."The 9:45 Wake-Up Dream"
  • A. Cordes
4:50
12."Sonchyenne"
  • A. Cordes
3:38
13."A Lifetime"
  • A. Cordes
3:34
14."Sometimes I Miss You So Much (Dedicated to the Christ Consciousness)"
4:42
15."Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto: 1999/Once in a Lifetime/Coconut"
8:15
Total length:61:21

Singles

  • "Downtown Venus", 1995 (various mixes)
  • "Sometimes I Miss You So Much", 1995 (various mixes)

Chart positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 119

References

  1. 1 2 Richardson, Susan (October 6, 1995). "Jesus Wept". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Gabriel, Lawrence (1998). "PM Dawn". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 879.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jesus Wept – P.M. Dawn". AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (October 13, 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept (Gee Street)". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ Marsh, Dave (October 8, 1995). "PM Dawn Puts a Lot Into Its Pop". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  7. ↑ Coker, Cheo H. (October 29, 1995). "Recycling Sounds on a Shifting Landscape". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  8. ↑ Barnes, Jake (October 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Muzik. No. 5. p. 79.
  9. ↑ Kemp, Mark (November 2, 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  10. ↑ Harrison, Ian (November 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Select. No. 65. p. 112.
  11. ↑ Powers, Ann (November 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 8. p. 128. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Album Search for "jesus wept"". AllMusic.
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