What Are You Listening To?

[SteveO]

looks interesting CH ! Worth a listen for me.

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY "junkyard" cd,1981

never heard f these guys, guys?...and i wouldnt blame you if you hadnt, but their lead vocalist and principle writer was none other than "the prince of Goth" himself....Nick Cave!
yes, this was Caves original band before The Bad Seeds...
this is the group's second album, i also have their debut set "prayers on fire"(which i like)...
this one is often regarded as their best album amongst Cave-ologists, but its not mine, i dont like it!(probably the only Cave album i own that i dont like!)
i find the sounds on this one to be somewhat grungy mixed with a pairing of Public Image Ltd and Marilyn Manson, only Cave has a real deep bass tone to his vocal style.
this album/style was so 'out there' when originally released that no-one took any notice of it, thus it didnt make the charts out here, but did manage to scrape into the lower reaches of the UK albums chart...it was after this album that Cave and Co relocated themselves to London where he has stayed ever since!
the album still has the dark overtones that you'd expect of him, it just took him a few albums to hone his skills into what we know him to be now, all up, not a very good album IMO, but still, an important stepping stone to all things Gothic in the mind of Nick Cave!

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: kiss me black
best track: blast off

tracks:

1. blast off **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GliB0Z2EM2I audio
2. she's hit *
3. dead joe I **
4. the dim locator *
5. hamlet **
6. several sins **
7. big jesus trash can **
8. kiss me black *
9. gold blade **
10.kewpie doll *
11.junkyard *
12.dead joe II **
13.release the bits **

3s=0
2s=8
1s=5

rating: 1.6