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This is the Birthday Party's second official album (their first, Australian-only, release was put out under both the Birthday Party moniker and their old name Boys Next Door). The unbridled fury of JUNKYARD's predecessor PRAYERS ON FIRE is subdued here, but the guitars' sinister scrape and whine and Nick Cave's demon-possessed, beat-poet vocals create a deliciously unnerving din nevertheless.
"Big Jesus Trash-Can" comes off like an amphetamine-crazed, post-punk version of the Doors' "W.A.S.P. (Texas Radio & the Big Beat)," while Cave's ranting on the almost jazzy "Release the Bats" suggests an unholy confluence of Count Dracula, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Rotten. Throughout the album, the Birthday Party grinds no-wave guitar, free-jazz craziness, and punk-processed Captain Beefheart angularity in their own twisted blender. Evolution is hinted at by the presence of several less chaotic tracks that exploit the kind of horror-movie swamp-blues that would typify the group's final recordings, and Cave's early solo efforts.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Plus 2 Bonus Tracks
Recorded at A.A.V., Melbourne, Australia and Matrix, London, England.
Personnel: Nick Cave (vocals); Mick Harvey (guitar, saxophone, organ, drums, bass drum, percussion); Phill Calvert (drums).
Recording information: A.A.V. Melbourne (1981-1982); Matrix London (1981-1982).
Photographers: Bleddyn Butcher; Jenny ?.
The Birthday Party: Nick Cave (vocals); Roland S. Howard (guitar, saxophone); Mick Harvey (guitar, organ, percussion); Tracy Pew (bass); Phil Calvert (drums).
Additional personnel: Barry Adamson (bass).
Q (7/01, p.86) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Cave vomits his lyrics over pummelling, screeching music as The Birthday Party expel collective demons that have roosted in rock's darker belfries ever since..."
Alternative Press (12/00, p.106) - "...One of the few rock groups to extend the Stooges' hell-raising legacy....[They] remain harrowing listening nearly 20 years after their demise..."
NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #82 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.' Purchase Junkyard CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Birthday Party Prayers On Fire CD (1981) Remastered
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Contains early recordings by The Birthday Party, including the HEE-HAW EP.
Digitally remastered by Phil Klum (Master Cutting Room, New York, New York).
HEE HAW compiles the Birthday Party's work between 1979's DOOR DOOR album (released under the band name the Boys Next Door) and their first "proper" album, 1981's PRAYERS ON FIRE. The earliest ...
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| | Birthday Party Live 1981-82 CD (1999)
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The Birthday Party's LIVE 1981-82 is a vicious and incendiary assault on the nature of traditional both rock music and its various offspring. Words like "intense" are consistently overused when describing rock bands, but the Birthday Party worked overtime to make sure that they fully deserved them.
Digitally remastered by Dave Macquarie (1999, Studios 301).
Recorded at three European concerts-- in London, in Bremen, and in Athens--this album displays a rock ...
| | Elliott Smith Xo CD (1998)
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The Cinderella-esque climb from lo-fi indie cult artist to Grammy nominee/major label darling must have been a perilous one for Smith, who makes the leap to the big time here after three well-regarded albums on small labels. He's lost none of his bite, though. The production values on ...
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| | Scott Kelly Spirit Bound Flesh CD (2001)
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| | Golden Earring N.E.W.S. CD (1984) (Import) Netherlands
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| | Arthur Nasson Life After Telescopes CD (2009)
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