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Prayers on Fire

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Prayers on Fire
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Length
13 tracks, 41:23
Release Date
5 April 1981
Prayers on Fire is the debut studio album by Australian rock group The Birthday Party, which was released on 6 April 1981 on the Missing Link label in Australia, later licensed to the 4AD label. This was the band's first full-length release on an international record label and the first after changing the group's name from Boys Next Door to The Birthday Party. It was recorded at Armstrong's Audio Visual Studios in Melbourne and Richmond Recorders in the nearby suburb of Richmond, between December 1980 and January 1981. In February 1980 Melbourne-based new wave group, … read more
Prayers on Fire is the debut studio album by Australian rock group The Birthday Party, which was released on 6 April 1981 on the Missing Link label i… read more
Prayers on Fire is the debut studio album by Australian rock group The Birthday Party, which was released on 6 April 1981 on the Missing Link label in Australia, later licensed to the 4A… read more

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Tracklist

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1 Play track Zoo Music Girl
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 3:05 35,293 listeners
2 Play track Cry
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 2:56 38,562 listeners
3 Play track Capers
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 2:38 29,062 listeners
4 Play track Nick the Stripper
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 3:50 67,677 listeners
5 Play track Ho-Ho
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 3:08 16,465 listeners
6 Play track Figure of Fun
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 2:15 28,831 listeners
7 Play track King Ink
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 4:27 40,979 listeners
8 Play track A Dead Song
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 2:12 29,176 listeners
9 Play track Yard
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 4:32 24,633 listeners
10 Play track Dull Day
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 3:03 22,979 listeners
11 Play track Just You and Me
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 2:01 22,814 listeners
12 Play track Blundertown
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 3:10 22,085 listeners
13 Play track Kathy's Kisses
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 4:06 17,465 listeners

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The Birthday Party were an Australian band, from 1977 to 1983. Formed in Melbourne, the band were one of the darkest and most challenging groups to emerge in the early '80s, creating bleak and noisy soundscapes that provided the perfect setting for vocalist Nick Cave's difficult, disturbing stories of religion, violence, and perversity. Their sound drew upon , , and the rawest , but transcended concise categorization. Under the direction of Cave and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, the band tore through reams of blues and rockab… read more
The Birthday Party were an Australian band, from 1977 to 1983. Formed in Melbourne, the band were one of the darkest and most challenging groups to emerge in the early &… read more
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