The Craig Machine is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by comedian Stephen Lynch released on October 4, 2005 on What Are Records?. The CD was recorded live at Symphony Space

Symphony Space

Symphony Space is a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization at 2537 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Performances take place in the 760-seat Peter Jay Sharp Theatre or the 160-seat Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater. Programs include music, dance, theater, film, and literary readings...

 in New York City

New York City

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 on May 9 and 16, 2005. The Craig Machine debuted at #2 on Billboard Magazines Comedy Charts.

The title is lifted from a lyric from the fifth track on the album, which is from the point of view of Jesus Christ's brother, Craig. The quoted lyric asks of the listener "not 'What Would Jesus Do?

What would Jesus do?

The phrase "What would Jesus do?" became popular in the United States in the 1990s and as a personal motto for adherents of Evangelical Christianity who used the phrase as a reminder of their belief in a moral imperative to act in a manner that would demonstrate the love of Jesus through the...

' but 'Where will you be when the Craig Machine comes partyin' through?'"

Track listing

All tracks composed and performed by Stephen Lynch.

1. "Vanilla Ice Cream" - 3:10
2. "Baby" - 3:30
3. "Halloween" - 2:46
4. "Love Song" - 1:23
5. "Craig" - 3:30
6. "Beelz" - 2:54
7. "Albino" - 1:52
8. "Mixer at Delta Chi" - 2:06
9. "Little Tiny Moustache" - 3:40
10. "Pierre" - 2:01
11. "Whittlin' Man" - 2:51
12. "Classic Rock Song" - 2:12
13. "Not Home" - 1:14
14. "Voices in My Head" - 4:09

1. Bonus Track: "D&D" (2005 Bonus Version)
2. Bonus Track: "Lullaby" (Live in NYC, May 2005)

Personnel

• Stephen Lynch
  Stephen Lynch (musician)
  Stephen Andrew Lynch , is an American stand-up comedian, musician and Tony Award-nominated actor who is known for his songs mocking daily life and popular culture. Lynch has released two studio albums and two live albums along with a live DVD...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , vocals, production
  Record producer
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• Rod Cone – vocals on "Pierre", "Whittlin' Man", "Voices in My Head", and "D&D"
• Mark Teich – 'fake harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  ', vocals on "Pierre", "Classic Rock Song" and "D&D"
• Ivan Bodley – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals on "Voices in My Head"
• Rich Campbell – piano
  Piano
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  , vocals on "Voices in My Head"

• Marc Stedman – production, engineering
  Audio engineering
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• Joe Lambert – mastering
  Audio mastering
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• Cara Waugaman – photography
  Photography
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