Kicking Against the Pricks

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Kicking Against the Pricks cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 August 1986
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:33
  • Community rating: 3.48/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: Dawn Cave, Frank Farian, Marijohn Wilkin, Cook-Greenaway, Lou Reed, Charlie Daniels, Cash/Daniels, Tracy Pew, Thomas Wydler, Jimmy Webb, Nick Cave, Danny Del/Marjohn Wilkins, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Cash, Alex Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Billy Roberts, Hugo Race, Dan Folger, Rowland S. Howard, Phil Rosenthal, Newbury/Folger, Danny Dill, Mickey Newbury, Tom Springfield

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Paying homage to their formative influences, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released this eclectic, thoroughly reimagined collection of cover songs. The band transforms classic delta blues, gospel, and country tracks into dark, funereal dirges steeped in their signature post-punk aesthetic. It is a deeply sombre, romantic, and crucial stepping stone in Cave's evolution as a gothic storyteller.

Genres

Descriptors: crime, funereal, vocal, guitars, ballad, atmospheric, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Muddy Water (5:17)
  2. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (3:44)
  3. Sleeping Annaleah (3:18)
  4. Long Black Veil (3:46)
  5. Hey Joe (3:56)
  6. The Singer (3:08)
  7. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:52)
  8. By the Time I Get to Phoenix (3:39)
  9. The Hammer Song (3:50)
  10. Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (3:44)
  11. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (2:00)
  12. The Carnival Is Over (3:14)

Credits

  • Nick Cave - primary artist, producer, sleeve, mixed by [with], vocals, organ, piano [interior], lead vocals
  • Mick Harvey - arranged by [string arrangements], backing vocals [back. vocal], drums, mixed by [with], piano, bass, acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, snare, guitar [guitars], organ, snare [extra], vibraphone [vibes], guitar, vocals
  • Barry Adamson - backing vocals [back. vocal], bass
  • Thomas Wydler - drums, mixed by [with], percussion
  • Tony Cohen - engineer [all backing tracks]
  • Blixa Bargeld - guitar, mixed by [with], slide guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals, guitar [harmonics]
  • Hugo Race - guitar
  • Tim Young - lacquer cut by
  • Sven Taits - mixed by [assistant]
  • Tom Frederikse - mixed by [assistant]
  • Flood - mixed by [engineer]
  • Petra Gall - photography by [blixa & thomas, inner sleeve photo]
  • Peter Milne - photography by [front cover photo]
  • Chris Nash - photography by [mick & barry]
  • Assorted iMaGes - sleeve
  • Berliner Kaffeehausmusik Ensemble - strings [string arrangements played by]
  • Dawn Cave - violin
  • Phil Rosenthal - written-by
  • John Lee Hooker - written-by
  • Newbury/Folger - written by
  • Dan Folger - written-by
  • Mickey Newbury - written-by
  • Danny Del/Marjohn Wilkins - written by
  • Danny Dill - written-by
  • Marijohn Wilkin - written-by
  • Tracy Pew - bass
  • Billy Roberts - written-by
  • Cash/Daniels - written by
  • Charlie Daniels - written-by
  • Johnny Cash - written-by
  • Rowland S. Howard - vocals, organ, guitar
  • Lou Reed - written-by
  • Jimmy Webb - written-by
  • Alex Harvey - written-by
  • Cook-Greenaway - written-by
  • The Alabama Singers - arranged by [arr.]
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Frank Farian - written-by
  • Tom Springfield - written-by

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