The Birthday Party (Birthday Party album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Birthday Party
Type = Album
Artist = The Boys Next Door / The Birthday Party


Released = November 1980
Recorded = Richmond Recorders, Melbourne July 1979-February 1980
Genre = Post punk
Length = ??:??
Label = Missing Link Records
CBS Records
4AD
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Door, Door"
(1978)
This album = "Prayers On Fire"
(1982)
Next album = "Junkyard"
(1982) |

"The Birthday Party" is a 1980 album by The Boys Next Door (but later reissued under the name The Birthday Party). The album was recorded with engineer Tony Cohen at Richmond Recorders Studios in Melbourne from July 1979 to February 1980.

The album was a vast difference from the new-wave pop-punk stylings of their debut Door, Door (released the year earlier), moving towards the dark and chaotic post punk style they would later become known for (as The Birthday Party). This album was both the final album by The Boys Next Door and the first full-length release by The Birthday Party. In its original release, it was credited to both, but on its first reissue, it was credited to The Birthday Party.

The album in its entirety has been reissued on CD as part of the Hee-Haw compilation.

Track listing

#"Mr. Clarinet"
#"Hats On Wrong"
#"The Hair Shirt"
#"Guilt Parade"
#"Riddle House"
#"The Friend Catcher"
#"Waving My Arms"
#"The Red Clock"
#"Cat Man"
#"Happy Birthday"