EP · Beastie Boys
An Exciting Evening at Home With Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego by Beastie Boys
An Exciting Evening at Home With Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego is an EP by Beastie Boys, released in 1989. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Shadrach”, on 10 lists with a best position of #426.
An Exciting Evening at Home With Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, a Beastie Boys EP released on Capitol on October 30, 1989, arrived the same year as Paul's Boutique, the dense, sample-built album they made with the Dust Brothers, who co-produced this one with the band too. Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D are in full cut-and-paste mode.
The centerpiece is "Shadrach", named for the biblical story of the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel. The chanted names of the three men, though, come straight off Sly Stone's "Loose Booty", looped into a funky, rolling groove. Even the cover goes back to the source: a painting of the trio from the Catacomb of Priscilla in Rome. Paul's Boutique flopped commercially but won a cult following, and this makes a neat companion to it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from An Exciting Evening at Home With Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadrach | 10 | #426 | – | 2002–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.