Your Funeral… My Trial

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Your Funeral, My Trial
Studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Released	1986
Recorded	July - August 1986
Genre	Post-punk
Length	46:06
Label	Mute Records
Producer	Flood, Tony Cohen
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology
Kicking Against the Pricks (1986) Your Funeral... My Trial (1986) Tender Prey (1988)

Your Funeral... My Trial is the fourth album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and was released in 1986. The song "The Carny" is seen being played live by the band in the Wim Wenders film Der Himmel über Berlin, released one year later. During this period in his life, Cave was steeped in heroin addiction, perhaps evidenced by the melancholy, desperate mood of this album. Your Funeral... My Trial was originally released as a double EP. The title itself is probably taken from Sonny Boy Williamson's song 'Your Funeral and My Trial.'

Contents 1 Original tracklisting of the vinyl release 2 Tracklisting of the CD release 3 Personnel 4 The songs 5 Credits 5.1 Personnel

[edit] Original tracklisting of the vinyl release

Side A

1. "Sad Waters" - 5:02
2. "The Carny" - 8:02

Side B

1. "Your Funeral... My Trial" - 3:57
2. "Stranger Than Kindness" - 4:47 (Anita Lane, Bargeld)

Side C

1. "Jack's Shadow" - 5:43
2. "Hard On For Love" - 5:21

Side D

1. "She Fell Away" – 4:33
2. "Long Time Man" – 5:48 (Tim Rose)

[edit] Tracklisting of the CD release

1. "Your Funeral... My Trial" - 3:57
2. "Stranger Than Kindness" - 4:47
3. "Jack's Shadow" - 5:43
4. "The Carny" - 8:02
5. "She Fell Away" – 4:33
6. "Hard On For Love" - 5:21
7. "Sad Waters" - 5:02
8. "Long Time Man" – 5:48
9. "Scum" - 2:53

[edit] Personnel

1. "Your Funeral... My Trial" – 3:57
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Piano, Guitar, Drums
   • Thomas Wydler - Drums
   • Barry Adamson - Bass
2. "Stranger than Kindness" – 4:47
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Drums
3. "Jack's Shadow" – 5:43
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Piano
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Guitar
   • Thomas Wydler - Drums
   • Barry Adamson - Bass
4. "The Carny" – 8:02
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Harmonica
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar, Other Voice
   • Mick Harvey - Piano, Organ, Xylophone, Glockenspiel
   • Thomas Wydler - Drums
5. "She Fell Away" – 4:33
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Piano
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Bass, Guitar, Snare, Xylophone
   • Thomas Wydler - Drums, Fire Extinguisher
6. "Hard on for Love" – 5:21
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Backing Vocals
7. "Sad Waters" – 5:02
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond, Harmonica
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Drums
8. "Long Time Man" – 5:48
   • Nick Cave - Vocals, Piano
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Bass, Guitar, Drums
9. "Scum" – 2:53 (CD only)
   • Nick Cave - Vocals
   • Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
   • Mick Harvey - Bass
   • Thomas Wydler - Drums

[edit] The songs

• "Sad Waters" lyrics contain a quote from the song Green, Green Grass of Home, a country/pop hit for Tom Jones.
• "Scum" is reportedly a rant against UK journalists Matt Snow and Antonella Black (now Antonella Gambotto-Burke).
• "Long Time Man" is a cover version of the song by Tim Rose. The original was later issued on Original Seeds Vol. 1.

[edit] Credits

Recorded at Hansa Studios, Berlin; and The Strongroom, London through July and August, 1986.

[edit] Personnel

• Nick Cave – Vocals, Hammond, Piano, Harmonica
• Blixa Bargeld - Guitar, Other Voice
• Mick Harvey – Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Xylophone, Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Organ, Snare, Glockenspiel
• Thomas Wydler – Drums, Fire Extinguisher
• Barry Adamson – Bass

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