Album: The Birthday Party by The Birthday Party (1980)
Format: Album

Description: The Birthday Party is a 1980 album by Australian rock band The Boys Next Door (later reissued under the band name The Birthday Party). The album was produced by The Boys Next Door, Tony Cohen, and Keith Glass; it was recorded with Cohen engineering at Richmond Recorders Studios in Melbourne from July 1979 to February 1980.

Artist Background: The Birthday Party were one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk 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. Under the direction of Cave and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, the band tore through reams of blues and rockabilly licks, spitting out hellacious feedback and noise at an unrelenting pace. As The Birthday Party's career prog... Part of the Melbourne, Victoria, AU music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement.

Related Artists: The Boys Next Door, These Immortal Souls, Rowland S. Howard, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Music Scene: Part of the Melbourne, Victoria, AU music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement.

Tags: 1980s, Album


The Birthday Party is a 1980 album by Australian rock band The Boys Next Door (later reissued under the band name The Birthday Party). The album was produced by The Boys Next Door, Tony Cohen, and Keith Glass; it was recorded with Cohen engineering at Richmond Recorders Studios in Melbourne from July 1979 to February 1980.

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