The Birthday Party | Live 1981-82 | Album
The Birthday Party "Live 1981-82"
LP (NEW) - Vinyl, 4AD, Europe, 2013, CAD 9005, 652637900514, 2xLP, Bonus CD, Reissue, Gatefold Sleeve
The Birthday Party's Live 1981-82 is a classic post-punk document, serving as the only officially band-approved full-length live album from the legendary Australian noise-rock pioneers. While studio efforts like Junkyard cemented their reputation for grotesque swamp-blues, this compilation captures the terrifying, unhinged velocity that front-man Nick Cave and his cohorts unleashed on stage. For anyone looking to understand the bridge between raw 1970s punk and the dark theater of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, this album is a direct, exhausting, and essential slap to the face.
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