Door, Door

Door, Door was the debut album by Australian rock band The Birthday Party, released under the name "The Boys Next Door" in 1979. The Album was recorded before the band left Australia for London in 1980, at which point they changed their name to The Birthday Party and created the body of work for which they are most recognized. Likewise, the album is different stylistically from their later work, being less dark and slightly more poppy. Guest saxophonist Chris Coyne had played in the band in its pre-Punk days. The band recorded a full album in June 1978 as a four-piece. After Rowland S. Howard joined (shortly after June 1978), and they rapidly developed new material, they recorded five new songs in January 1979 which became side two of the released LP (tracks 6-10 of the CD release). Of the "missing" half-album, only a demo of the song "Sex Crimes" has ever been released (in 2005).^[2]

The album includes the single "Shivers" which became their best known song of this period. Written by Rowland S. Howard, "Shivers" was later covered by Marie Hoy, The Screaming Jets, and others. "Shivers" was also in the soundtrack of the 1980s film Dogs in Space.

Track listing

1. "The Nightwatchman" – 2:07
2. "Brave Exhibitions" – 2:27
3. "Friends of my World" – 2:46
4. "The Voice" – 2:55
5. "Roman Roman" – 1:35
6. "Somebody's Watching" – 2:39
7. "After a Fashion" – 4:36
8. "Dive Position" – 2:47
9. "I Mistake Myself" – 4:31
10. "Shivers" – 4:34

All songs credited to The Boys Next Door.

Band personnel

• Phill Calvert - drums
• Nick Cave - vocals
• Mick Harvey - guitar, piano
• Rowland S. Howard - guitar (tracks 6-10 only)
• Tracy Pew - bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Tony Cohen - engineer
• Chris Coyne - tenor sax
• Andrew Duffield - electronics
• Henry Vyhnal - violin

References

External links

• The Birthday Party lyrics from Nick Cave Online