Jesus Wept

Jesus Wept
Jesus Wept
Studio album by P.M. Dawn
Released	October 3, 1995
Genre	Hip hop; psychedelic rap;
Length	61:21
Label	Gee Street
Producer	Eric Kupper
P.M. Dawn chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[1]
The Guardian	^[5]
Houston Chronicle	^[6]
Los Angeles Times	^[7]
Muzik	4.5/5^[8]
NME	5/10^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[10]
Select	3/5^[11]
Spin	5/10^[12]

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.^[13]

Music samples[edit]

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[edit]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Attrell S. Cordes	1:39
2.	"Downtown Venus"	A. Cordes Joe South	3:32
3.	"My Own Personal Gravity"	A. Cordes W. Joel	5:26
4.	"I'll Be Waiting for You"	A. Cordes G. Massey M. Price G. Simpson	4:26
5.	"Forever Damaged (The 96th)"	A. Cordes J. Mitchell	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)"	A. Cordes K. West A. Brown III	4:42
15.	"Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto: 1999/Once in a Lifetime/Coconut"	D. Byrne Chris Frantz L. Fulsom Jerry Harrison J. McCraklin Prince Randy Newman Harry Nilsson Tina Weymouth	8:15
Total length:			61:21

Singles[edit]

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

Chart positions[edit]

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	119

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Richardson, Susan (October 6, 1995). "Jesus Wept". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ Gabriel, Lawrence (1998). "PM Dawn". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 879.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jesus Wept – P.M. Dawn". AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ 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.
^ Sullivan, Caroline (October 13, 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept (Gee Street)". The Guardian.
^ Marsh, Dave (October 8, 1995). "PM Dawn Puts a Lot Into Its Pop". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ Coker, Cheo H. (October 29, 1995). "Recycling Sounds on a Shifting Landscape". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ Barnes, Jake (October 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Muzik. No. 5. p. 79.
^ Sutherland, Mark (September 30, 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 54. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
^ Kemp, Mark (November 2, 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ Harrison, Ian (November 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Select. No. 65. p. 112.
^ Powers, Ann (November 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 8. p. 128. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ "Album Search for "jesus wept"". AllMusic.

[EW-1] Richardson, Susan (October 6, 1995). "Jesus Wept". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

[Gabriel_1998-2] 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.

[Christgau_review-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] Sutherland, Mark (September 30, 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 54. Retrieved March 13, 2024.

[10] Kemp, Mark (November 2, 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

[11] Harrison, Ian (November 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Select. No. 65. p. 112.

[12] Powers, Ann (November 1995). "P.M. Dawn: Jesus Wept". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 8. p. 128. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

[13] "Album Search for "jesus wept"". AllMusic.

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v t e P.M. Dawn
Doc. G K-R.O.K. Attrell Cordes (Prince Be) DJ Minutemix
Studio albums	Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience (1991) The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) (1993) Jesus Wept (1995) Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad (1998)
Compilation albums	The Best of P.M. Dawn (2000)
Singles	"A Watcher's Point of View (Don't 'Cha Think)" "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" "Paper Doll" "I'd Die Without You" "Looking Through Patient Eyes" "You Got Me Floatin'" "Downtown Venus"