Name: Prayers On Fire
Brand: Birthday Party

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GAD104CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2004-04-05

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PIAS

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Standard:20

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5014436104022

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Birthday Party

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New Wave / Post Punk

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The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1978 to 1983. Originally known as Boys Next Door, they changed their name and gained recognition for their unique sound and intense live performances.
Formed in Melbourne, the band consisted of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard, Tracy Pew, and Phill Calvert. Their music blended elements of punk rock with dark lyrics and experimental sounds.
The Birthday Party's discography includes influential albums such as "Prayers on Fire" and "Junkyard." Their raw energy and chaotic stage presence left a lasting impact on the post-punk genre.

an album full of hectic anxiety from opener 'zoo-music girl' with nick cave in a catatonic dialogue with himself and accompanied by a jarring guitar and an inappropriately enthusiastic trumpet to the collapsing meaning of the unnaturally deep voice-monologue in 'capers' and the climactic 'nick the stripper' where all of cave's bizarre voices (whispering, talk-singing, screaming) blend perfectly with the bass line and guitar noises. an immense album.

Prayers On Fire

Music GB

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