Birthday Party, The - Prayers On Fire

Label:

4AD

Catalog#:

CAD 104 CD

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

25 Apr 1988

Genre:

Rock

Style:

New Wave, Art Rock, Punk

Tracklist

1	Zoo-Music Girl	2:34
	Organ - Mick Harvey Trumpet - Phillip Jackson*
2	Cry	2:39
	Backing Vocals - Mick* , Pierre , Rowland*
3	Capers	2:38
	Backing Vocals - Rowland Howard* Lyrics By - Genevieve McGuckin
4	Nick The Stripper	3:50
	Brass - Mick Hunter , Phillip Jackson* , Stephen Ewart
5	Ho-Ho	3:06
	Music By - Genevieve McGuckin Vocals - Rowland Howard*
6	Figure Of Fun	2:47
	Organ - Mick Harvey
7	King Ink	4:39
	Drums [Snare] - Mick Harvey Piano - Nick Cave
8	A Dead Song	2:12
	Clarinet - Tracy Pew Lyrics By - Anita Lane
9	Yard	5:02
	Bass [Double Bass] - Tracy Pew Saxophone - Nick Cave
10	Dull Day	3:03
11	Just You And Me	2:01
	Drums - Nick Cave Music By - Mick Harvey Saxophone - Rowland Howard*
12	Blundertown	3:07
13	Kathy's Kisses	4:06

Credits

Bass - Tracy Pew (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 13)
Drums - Phil Calvert*
Engineer - Tony Cohen
Guitar - Mick Harvey (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9) , Rowland Howard* (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Lyrics By - Nick Cave (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13) , Rowland Howard* (tracks: 5, 10, 12)
Music By - Nick Cave (tracks: 2, 4, 6 to 9, 13) , Rowland Howard* (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12)
Photography [Cover Photo] - Jenny, Poly & Evan
Piano - Mick Harvey (tracks: 3, 8, 10, 11, 13)
Producer - Birthday Party, The
Vocals - Nick Cave (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 13)

Notes

This is the CD release with two extra tracks on it, taken from the Australian 'Nick The Stripper' 12". These were outtakes from the 'Prayers On Fire' sessions.
Recorded Dec. '80 and Jan. '81 at A.A.V. Studio 2, Melbourne and at Richmond Recorders.
Mixed at A.A.V., Jan. '81.

Brass credits for track 4 are wrongfully credited as Bass.