Prayers on Fire
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| Prayers on Fire | ||
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| Studio album by The Birthday Party | ||
| Released | April 1981 | |
| Recorded | A.A.V. Studio 2, Melbourne 1980 & 1981 | |
| Genre | Post punk | |
| Length | 42:06 | |
| Label | 4AD | |
| Producer(s) | Tony Cohen and The Birthday Party | |
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| The Birthday Party chronology | ||
| The Birthday Party (1980) |
Prayers on Fire (1981) |
Junkyard (1982) |
Prayers on Fire, by The Birthday Party, was released in April 1981 on the 4AD label. This was the band's first full length release on an international record label. After leaving Australia to broaden horizons in England, the band returned to Melbourne to record this album. It was recorded at Armstrong's Audio Visual Studios in Melbourne and Richmond Recorders in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, between December 1980 and January 1981. Members of Melbourne band Equal Local contributed the brass section to "Nick the Stripper" (Tenor Sax player Mick Hauser was mis-credited as "Mick Hunter").
[edit] Track listing
- "Zoo-Music Girl" (Rowland S. Howard, Nick Cave) – 2:38
- "Cry" (Cave) – 2:42
- "Capers" (Howard, Genevieve McGuckin) – 2:39
- "Nick the Stripper" (Cave) – 3:52
- "Ho-Ho" (McGuckin, Howard) – 3:07
- "Figure of Fun" (Cave, Howard) – 2:48
- "King Ink" (Cave, Howard) – 4:41
- "A Dead Song" (Cave, Anita Lane) – 2:13
- "Yard" (Cave) – 5:04
- "Dull Day" (Howard) – 3:04
- "Just You and Me" (Cave, Mick Harvey) – 2:03
- "Blundertown" (Howard) – 3:10 (CD Only)
- "Kathy's Kisses" (Cave) – 4:05 (CD Only)
[edit] Personnel
- Nick Cave - Vocals, saxophone, drums
- Rowland S. Howard - Guitar, vocals, saxophone
- Mick Harvey - Organ, piano, guitar, vocals
- Tracy Pew - Bass, clarinet, double bass
- Phil Calvert - Drums
- Phillip Jackson - Trumpet
- Mick Hauser - Tenor Saxophone
- Stephen Ewart - Trumpet
