Prayers on Fire

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Prayers on Fire
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Length
13 tracks, 40:57
Release Date
5 April 1981
Prayers on Fire is the second 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 second studio album by Australian rock group The Birthday Party, which was released on 6 April 1981 on the Missing Link label … read more
Prayers on Fire is the second 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 4… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Zoo Music Girl
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 2:24 38,404 listeners
2 Play track Cry
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 2:56 43,759 listeners
3 Play track Capers
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 2:38 32,563 listeners
4 Play track Nick the Stripper
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 3:56 76,930 listeners
5 Play track Ho-Ho
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 3:08 17,775 listeners
6 Play track Figure of Fun
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 2:15 31,963 listeners
7 Play track King Ink
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 4:27 44,865 listeners
8 Play track A Dead Song
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9 Play track Yard
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 4:32 27,698 listeners
10 Play track Dull Day
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 3:03 25,714 listeners
11 Play track Just You and Me
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 2:01 25,436 listeners
12 Play track Blundertown
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 3:10 22,463 listeners
13 Play track Kathy's Kisses
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 4:06 15,938 listeners

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The Birthday Party was 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 was 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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