The Pope Smokes Dope is the third album by David Peel and the Lower East Side, released on April 17, 1972 through Apple Records.

[3] Peel, along with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, performed Peel's "The Ballad of New York", on The David Frost Show, with Lennon playing tea-chest bass.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] The trio, joined by The Lower East Side Band, played several songs by Lennon and Ono.

[9] This episode was recorded on December 16, 1971 and broadcast on January 13, 1972.

[11][12][13][14][15][16] The CD was released in 2005 by Orange Records International.