- post-punk
- 32 min
- 10 tracks
- Missing Link
The Birthday Party is a 1980 album credited to Australian rock band the Boys Next Door / the Birthday Party under both names as they were in transition between the names. 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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Grave, character-led, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Mr. Clarinet3:44
- A2Hats on Wrong2:48
- A3The Hair Shirt4:05
- A4Guilt Parade2:49
- A5Riddle House2:48
- B1The Friend Catcher4:21
- B2Waving My Arms2:17
- B3The Red Clock2:50
- B4Cat Man2:29
- B5Happy Birthday4:01
10 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Boys Next Door
- Label
- Missing Link
- Released
- 1980-11
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- AU
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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