Live 1981-82

by The Birthday Party

Live 1981-82 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 July 1999
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 1:14:01
  • Community rating: 4.46/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Anita Lane, Barry Adamson, Phill Calvert, Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard, Harry Howard, Tracy Pew, Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembled from shows in London, Bremen, and Athens, this posthumous release captures the Australian post-punk pioneers at their most terrifyingly visceral. Driven by Rowland S. Howard's screeching guitar feedback and Nick Cave's unhinged, violent vocal performances, the album serves as a definitive document of the band's chaotic, blues-infected noise rock phase.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, violence, live, confrontational, uncompromising, abrasive, distorted, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Junkyard (6:26)
  2. A Dead Song (2:41)
  3. The Dim Locator (3:09)
  4. Zoo‐Music‐Girl (3:05)
  5. Nick the Stripper (4:08)
  6. Blast Off! (2:39)
  7. Release the Bats (3:05)
  8. Bully Bones (3:04)
  9. King Ink (5:53)
  10. (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (2:47)
  11. Big‐Jesus‐Trash‐Can (3:33)
  12. Dead Joe (3:47)
  13. The Friend Catcher (5:02)
  14. 6″ Gold Blade (3:41)
  15. Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) (5:11)
  16. She’s Hit (7:11)
  17. Funhouse (8:29)

Credits

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