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Birthday Party
Hee-Haw
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Mr Clarinet
2. Happy Birthday
3. Hats On Wrong
4. Guilt Parade
5. The Friend Catcher
6. Waving My Arms
7. Catman
8. Riddle House
9. A Catholic Skin
10. The Red Clock
11. Faint Heart
12. Death By Drowning
13. The Hair Shirt

CD Details

All Artists: Birthday Party
Title: Hee-Haw
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Release Date: 8/11/2000
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Indie & Lo-Fi, American Alternative, New Wave & Post-Punk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description

Reissue of 1989 compilation featuring early recordings by Nick Cave's Birthday Party. Contains their first two U.K. singles plus the entire 'Hee Haw' EP. 13 tracks, including 'Mr. Clarinet', 'Happy Birthday', 'Hats OnWrong', 'Guilt Parade', 'The Friend Catcher', 'Waving My Arms', 'Catman', 'Riddlehouse', 'A Catholic Skin', 'The Red Clock', 'Faintheart', 'Death By Drowning' & 'The Hair Shirt'

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CD Reviews

Chilling, stunning, immersive Gothic rock from Down Under.

07/27/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This consolidation of Nick Cave and Co.'s first two releases as The Birthday Party, the Hee-Haw EP and The Birthday Party LP, is a masterpiece of macabre, chilling dirges, with haunting vocals, and the songwriting- the notes- are sheer genius. The burning, profoundly eerie guitar openings and frantic, howled pleas haunt me in my sleep and play over and over again in my head. And I love it. This album displays less of the grimy, blues-rockabilly influence that came to characterize The Birthday Party's later releases, and it also lacks the thrashing feedback. Instead, they utilize tight, anxious guitar riffs and distinctly Arabian-influenced horn solos. It sounds much cleaner and more solemn; to me, it sounds as if they were focusing more on music-writing and instrumentation, and I see this as a good thing. This is, in my opinion, the best of all their releases. If it does not chill you and immerse you in its ubiquitous Edward Gorey-like eerieness, check your pulse. If you find yourself deceased, you might like it even more."