Live 1981-1982 - The Birthday Party

Description: Genre: Indie Rock & Punk - New Wave & Post-punk / Artist: Birthday Party / Live / Audio CD released 1999-07-05 at 4ad / ... more

Live 1981-1982 - The Birthday Party ... Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Junkyard
2 Dead Song
3 Dim Locator
4 Zoo Music Girl
5 Nick The Stripper
6 Blast Off
7 Release The Bats
8 Bully Bones
9 King Ink
10 Pleasure Heads Must Burn
11 Big Jesus Trash Can
12 Dead Joe
13 Friend Catcher
14 6" Inch Gold Blade
15 Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow)
16 She's Hit
17 Funhouse

Newest Review: ... guitar howl. The song stops and starts like a game of pass the parcel and its aural ferocity is relentless. Nick growls ... more

... "My life is a box full of dirt" as the audience all sing along with the chorus chants. Once again it's quite close to the studio recording though the guitars are slightly quieter on this version (which is odd as the remix was by guitarist Rowland and he must have broken the usual guitarist studio trait of turning everything up to 11!). The band first hit (said in a very loose way) is up next. "Nick the stripper" which is a template for the Birthday Party sound; deep driving bass, tribal drums, howling...more

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Live 1981-1982
Release Date: 1999 - 07 - 05, Audio CD, 4ad

Last Update 26.11.2009 05:50

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Live 1981-1982 - The Birthday Party: Bread and butter in the gutter (1732 words)
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Introduction --------------- The Birthday Party Live 81 - 82 is a compilation CD of live recordings by the post punk band The Birthday Party. The CD is a selection of songs that spans the bands short career and features live recordings taken from three concerts; London 1981, Bremen 1982 and Greece 1982. The album features the following line up - Nick Cave - Vocals Mick Harvey - Guitars and Drums Rowland S Howard - Guitar Phill Calvert - Drums The only addition to this line up is Jim Thirwell who plays Saxophone on the albums closing track. The songs ------------ There are 17 tracks ... Read the complete review