Hits The Birthday Party

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CD - Reissue

  • Release Date: 07/07/1998
  • Original Release: 1992
  • Sales Rank: 66,882
  • Label: 4AD / ADA
  • UPC: 652637201628

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Track List
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Hits

1LISTENThe Friend Catcher 4:20
2LISTENHappy Birthday 3:59
3LISTENMr. Clarinet 3:42
4LISTENNick the Stripper 3:50
5LISTENZoo Music Girl 2:36
6LISTENKing Ink 4:39
7LISTENRelease the Bats 2:30
8LISTENBlast Off! 2:17
9LISTENShe's Hit 6:05
10LISTENGold Blade 3:35
11LISTENHamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) 5:33
12LISTENDead Joe 3:08
13LISTENJunkyard 5:48
14LISTENBig Jesus Trash Can 3:00
15LISTENWildworld 3:24
16LISTENSonny's Burning 3:17
17LISTENDeep in the Woods 4:46
18LISTENSwampland 3:28
19LISTENJennifer's Veil 4:55
20LISTENMutiny in Heaven 4:19

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As an album title, Hits is an intentionally ironic misnomer for one of Australia's most influential rock bands of the late '70s and early '80s. Having "hits" was the furthest thing from the Birthday Party's collective mind over the course of five tumultuous years that followed the group's move to England from Down Under; the members reviled anything that hinted at mainstream acceptance. Ten years on, the intensity of this music is still frightening. It's a dense, mutant hybrid that evolved from punk, progressive rock, funk, and improvisational jazz, without directly owning up to any of these base materials. Vocalist Nick Cave (who has gone on to an equally creative solo career) didn't just sing about society's dark, depraved underbelly, he lived the experience right there on disc and on stage. Roch Parisien, All Music Guide

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May 02, 2000: this is the album that defines all of the other work. without this, your nick cave, bad seeds, einsturzende neubauten, blixa bargeld and birthday party collection is NOT complete.