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Music: Melhor de Arlindo Cruz & Sombrinha: Ao Vivo [Live
We'll Never Stop Living This Way [Limited Edition]
Topography: The Yes Anthology [Limited Edition]
The Spirits of England and France, Vol. 1: Music of the Later Middle Ages for Court and Church
Thirty Three [CD-single] [EP] [Import]
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On their second outing, the Birthday Party completely forgoes traditional song structure in favor of noisy and confrontational deconstruction of pop and rock forms. Prayers on Fire sounds like an exorcism gone horribly wrong with leader Nick Cave's demons clawing their way out of his soul and having the run of the place. Simple compositions, fleshed out with feedback, distortion, and random horn blasts, frame these horrific tales of degradation, twisted sex, and murder. "Figure of Fun" is anything but--a violent, howling rant with cheesy organ fills. "King Ink" is a lumbering beast accented by Cave's unrelentingly demented freeform growl. Interesting stuff, but definitely not for the faint of heart. --Mike Corrigan
Album Description
Australian reissue of their second album (1981) plus two outtakes from the sessions for the album. 13 tracksin all. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.