| Prayers on Fire | ||||
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| Released | 6 April 1981 | |||
| Recorded | December 1980 – January 1981 | |||
| Studio | A.A.V. Studio 2 and Richmond Recorders, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 36:06 | |||
| Label | Missing Link | |||
| Producer | Tony Cohen, the Birthday Party | |||
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Prayers on Fire is the debut studio album by Australian rock group the Birthday Party, released on 6 April 1981 on the Missing Link label in Australia, later licensed to the 4AD label. This was the band's first full-length release on an international record label and the first after changing the group's name from the Boys Next Door to the Birthday Party. It was recorded at Armstrong's Audio Visual Studios in Melbourne and Richmond Recorders in the nearby suburb of Richmond, between December 1980 and January 1981.