release date: Nov. 3, 1986
format: cd (1992 Japan reissue)
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,22]
producer: Flood, Tony Cohen
label: Mute Records - nationality: Australia
Track highlights: 1. "Your Funeral My Trial" - 2. "Stranger Than Kindness" - 3. "Jacks Shadow" - 4. "The Carny" - 5. "She Fell Away" - 7. "Sad Waters"
4th studio album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is the band's second album to be released in '86, although, this is the only album with the band's own original songs. Kicking Against the Pricks (Aug. '86) is in that respect more of a playground with material stretching back over time, and Your Funeral... is the mirror of the band's actual condition with Cave sort of finding his way to a sound and style the band would progress from. This is the band's so far best album with a style that would become alt. rock and which draws on blues rock, art rock and post-punk. On top of that, one might add singer / songwriter to the band's repertoire for the first time, with due thanks to Cave's personal writings, although, he may be deep into heroin drug addiction at the time. Without copying, I find that there's a certain amount of inspiration from Tom Waits on this particular album.
The original vinyl release was a double ep album with only 2-3 tracks on each side and with a completely different running order.
[ allmusic.com, Uncut 4 / 5, Rolling Stone Album Guide 3,5 / 5 stars ]
