Blue Corpse

Blue Corpse
Studio album by Jandek
Released	1987
Genre	Folk, blues, outsider
Length	43:27
Label	Corwood Industries
Producer	Corwood Industries
Jandek chronology
Modern Dances (1987)Modern Dances1987 Blue Corpse (1987) You Walk Alone (1988)You Walk Alone1988

Blue Corpse is the fifteenth album by Jandek, and his second for 1987. Essentially a duet album with "Eddie," it addresses heartbreak and is considered by many to be the easiest point of entry into the Corwood catalog.

Track listing

1. "I Passed by the Building" – 3:44
2. "C F" – 2:13
3. "Variant" – 1:52
4. "Part II" – 1:54
5. "Your Other Man" – 5:26
6. "Long Way" – 1:01
7. "Down at the Ball Park" – 2:31
8. "Harmonica" – 5:32
9. "House of the Rising Sun" – 4:34
10. "Only Lover" – 10:25
11. "Quinn Boys" – 2:03
12. "One Minute" – 1:15

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Reflex 4/1988 link
Away From The Pulsebeat, 1988 link	(favorable)
Option April 1988 link	(favorable)
AllMusic link

This newer album contains more folk sounds and less of the dissonance Jandek is so well known for... Jandek’s angst-ridden vocals... filled with trials and tribulations... -- Art Black Away From the Pulsebeat

External links

• Seth Tisue's Blue Corpse review