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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 4349910000127
Label: Bdp
Manufacturer: Bdp
Publisher: Bdp
Release Date: November 12, 1996
Studio: Bdp
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Album Description:
Australian reissue of their second album (1981) plus two outtakes from the sessions for the album. 13 tracksin all.
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Who ever imagined that something like the Birthday Party would crawl out of Australia? Like an Alfred Jarry version of Iggy Pop raging over some hitherto inconceivable fusion of Joy Division and the Magic Band, Prayers on Fire is a feast of grotesque imagery and lurching, convulsive riffs--rock as psychotic theater. The Party line was savage jazz punk, jabbed along by Tracy Pew's angular bass lines and the incomparable Nick Cave's regurgitative howling. Especially great: the frantic stampede of "Zoo-Music Girl," the menacing grind of "King Ink,"" and the freak-show horror-wallowing of "Nick the Stripper."" --Barney Hoskyns
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It's hard to imagine the now older, more focused Nick Cave ever ran this machine that is The Birthday Party. It's nearly schizophrenic to think this was the same man that shells out dark ballads in his sleep. But as exceptional as some of the Bad Seeds music may be, The Birthday Party make them sound like music for librarians. They were absolutely brilliant and Prayers on Fire shows Nick Cave at the top of his powers.
While the first 2 tracks were hints of things to come on the follow ... Read More
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I dunno. It's really hard to impress the uninformed with the power and energy of this band. This epitomises the fervour and feeling (sometimes I think naieve when put into the context of modern writing and recording - though not a bad thing) of the post punk era, NOT Britney Spears, thats for sure. Even though the Birthday Party's last releases (Mutiny in Heaven et al) and the following album (Junkyard) are, to me, better in their fullfilment as albums, Prayers On Fire is a baptism by fire - brave, ... Read More
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The first full length album by the Birthday Party already shows them in all their glory. You either love 'em or hate 'em for their blues oriented anarchy. This howling and raging beast creates a danceable jungle. Not as abstract as it's follower probably the best introduction to their dark but exciting world.
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Easy to see how Nick Cave got his start doing the fatuous, self-important crud he does today. It's a real shame that drek like this is still in print while you can't even find used vinyl for the Scientists, a superb Australian band from the same era.
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I have owned this album since it was first released in 1981. The purchase was a result of being a "Boys Next Door" fan. What a shock!! I was lucky enough to get a chance to see the Birthday Party perform most of these songs in London. This was a band to see live and gave me greater appreciation of this recording. I think their finest work and gives insite to the later work of Nick Cave. No track is as good as Release the Bats however King Ink, Nick the Stripper and Cry stand out. Certainly ... Read More
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