Jesus I Was Evil is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by New Zealand

New Zealand

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 musician Darcy Clay

Darcy Clay

Darcy Clay was an Auckland, New Zealand singer/songwriter, who was made famous in 1997 for his minor hit "Jesus I Was Evil", in which he recorded all instruments in his bedroom on a 4-track recorder...

. It was released on Antenna Records in 1997. All songs except for "In The Middle" were recorded on a 4-Track. "Jolene" is a cover of the Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 song

Jolene (song)

"Jolene" is a song written and performed by Dolly Parton from her album Jolene , produced by Bob Ferguson. It is ranked #217 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".-History:...

. Many people interpreted the name of the album as "Jesus the First Was Evil". However, it was known that Clay was an atheist. A publicized statement regarding the title read "I'm sorry if I offended anyone by this comment".

Track listing

1. "Jesus I Was Evil"
2. "What About It"
3. "Jolene"
4. "All I Gotta Do"
5. "And It Was Easy"
6. "In The Middle"

Personnel

• All songs executed by Darcy Clay
• All songs written by Clay-Bolton except Jolene by Dolly Parton
• Mixed & Engineered by Darcy Clay & Cameron Fisher
• Mastered by Chris Sinclair