Birthday Party ORIG ITA LP Prayers on fire EX ’81 EX9 Post Punk Nick Cave
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Birthday Party ORIG ITA LP Prayers on fire EX ’81 EX9 Post Punk Nick Cave
Original Italian LP released in 1981 on Expanded Music Records. Cat: EX9. Comes with printed lyric inner bag which is in Near Mint condition.It should come as no surprise that there is an album in Nick Cave's oeuvre called Prayers on Fire; a fascination with the dark, (self-)destructive side of religion is more than evident in his later work with the Bad Seeds. While there might not be any of the explicit Biblical imagery on Prayers on Fire that Cave would later ejaculate, the title of the album is apt, and its aptness is revealed almost immediately. Over the tribal thud of floor toms, shards of trebly guitar, the throb of an organ, and even a creepily out-of-place trumpet come the possessed, chant-like vocals -- not an incantation to any god, but to "Zoo-Music Girl." It's the religion of depraved sexuality, bestial urges, and sadomasochism. "We spend our lives in a box full of dirt/I murder her dress till it hurts/I murder her dress and she loves it," howls Cave, echoing Leonard Cohen and finally concluding with the berserk plea, "Oh! God! Please let me die beneath her fists." Meanwhile, Cave sounds like he's actually being assaulted by the music, emitting horrific gasps and primitive grunts.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has a few light scuff marks that cause a few lightc rackles and is in Excellent condition. Cover has a few light marks and a few very tiny surface tears around edges and is in Excellent condition.
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856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))
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