Your Funeral... My Trial

Your Funeral... My Trial
Studio album by
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Released3 November 1986 (1986-11-03)
RecordedJuly–August 1986
StudioHansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Germany and Strongroom in London, United Kingdom
Genre
Length42:49
LabelMute
ProducerFlood, Tony Cohen
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology
Kicking Against the Pricks
(1986) 		Your Funeral... My Trial
(1986) 		Tender Prey
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Mojo[3]
Pitchfork9.4/10[4]
Q[5]
Record Collector[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Sounds[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[9]
Uncut[10]

Your Funeral... My Trial is the fourth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 3 November 1986 by Mute Records. The album was originally released as a double EP, while also issued on CD with a different running order and the additional track "Scum". During this period in his life, Cave was steeped in heroin addiction, perhaps evidenced by the melancholy, desperate mood of this album.[11][12] This was the final Bad Seeds album to feature Barry Adamson until he returned for Push the Sky Away (2013).

Cave later said, "That particular record, which is my favourite of the records we've done, is very special to me and a lot of amazing things happened, musically, in the studio. There are some songs on that record that as far as I'm concerned are just about perfect as we can get really- songs like "The Carny", "Your Funeral, My Trial", and "Stranger Than Kindness", I think are really quite brilliant."[13] Your Funeral... My Trial was the band's first album to reach the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart, where it peaked at number 98, and also reached number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart.

The album was remastered and reissued on 27 April 2009 as a collector's edition CD/DVD set. The CD features the original 8-song vinyl double EP's track listing and track order, while "Scum" is featured as a bonus audio track on the accompanying DVD.

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  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Your Funeral... My Trial – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Nick Cave". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ Perry, Andrew (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial". Mojo. No. 186.
  4. ^ Berman, Stuart (6 May 2009). "Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The First Born Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  5. ^ Fyfe, Andy (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Q. No. 274.
  6. ^ Staunton, Terry (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Record Collector. No. 362. p. 79.
  7. ^ Sisario, Ben (2004). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Roberts, Chris (8 November 1986). "The Living Dead". Sounds. p. 26.
  9. ^ Reynolds, Simon (1995). "Birthday Party". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  10. ^ Cavanagh, David (26 March 2009). "Album reissues: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds". Uncut. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ Long, Chris (8 May 2009). "BBC – Music – Review of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral... My Trial". BBC Music. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  12. ^ Denning, Adrian (19 September 2010). "Nick Cave – album reviews". Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  13. ^ Tracee Hutchison (1992). Your Name's On The Door. Sydney: ABC Enterprises. p. 117. ISBN 0-7333-0115-0.