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Junkyard is the third studio album by Australian post-punk group The Birthday Party. It was released on 10 May 1982 by Missing Link Records in Australia and by 4AD in the UK. It was the group's last full-length studio recording. It has received critical acclaim.

Junkyard
Studio album by The Birthday Party
Released	10 May 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Studio	A.A.V. Studio 2, Melbourne, Australia and Matrix Studios, London, England
Genre	Post-punk[1][2] punk blues[3]
Length	47:08
Label	Missing Link
Producer	Richard Mazda, Tony Cohen and Nick Launay
The Birthday Party chronology
Drunk on the Pope's Blood (1982) Junkyard (1982) Mutiny/The Bad Seed (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Austin Chronicle	[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
The Great Rock Discography	6/10[6]
MusicHound	4.5/5[6]
OndaRock	6.5/10[7]
Ox-Fanzine	[8]
Pitchfork	8.7/10[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Spin	9/10[6]

Background

Junkyard was inspired by American Southern Gothic imagery, dealing with extreme subjects like an evangelist's murdered daughter.[10] Anita Lane, then girlfriend of lead singer Nick Cave, co-wrote two songs for the album: "Dead Joe" and "Kiss Me Black".

The album was a transitional record for a variety of reasons. On 16 February 1982 in Melbourne, Tracy Pew (the band's bass player) was arrested for drunk driving. For this and several other outstanding offences he served 2.5 months in Pentridge Prison in Australia, and so Barry Adamson played bass on at least one track. In addition to his usual guitar, Mick Harvey played drums on a few songs, anticipating the upcoming termination of founding member Phill Calvert and the band's subsequent switch from quintet to quartet.

Recording and artwork

The album was recorded with Tony Cohen at Armstrong's Audio Visual (A.A.V.) Studios in Melbourne in December 1981 and January 1982. Additional tracks were recorded in London's Matrix Studios with producer Richard Mazda in March 1982. Mazda's previous work with ATV and The Fall had brought him to their attention.

The cover art is by Ed Roth and Dave Christensen.

Release

The album was released on 10 May 1982.

Later CD reissues added the "Release the Bats"/"Blast Off!" single recorded at London's Townhouse Studio with Nick Launay in April 1981. A second version of "Dead Joe" - originally featured on the MasterBAG August 1982 flexi-disc - also appears on the reissue.

Critical reception

Critic Ned Raggett called the album a "scuzzy masterpiece" that saw "Cave's now-demonic vocals in full roar while the rest of the players revamped rhythm & blues and funk into a blood-soaked exorcism."[11] Julian Marszalek of The Quietus writes that "Junkyard still sounds as if it’s waiting for rock music to catch up with it," calling it "a high example of uncompromised music and art [...] that exists purely on its own terms."[12]

In October 2010, Junkyard was listed at No. 17 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[13] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[14]

Track listing

Personnel

The Birthday Party

• Nick Cave – lead vocals
• Mick Harvey – guitar, percussion ("She's Hit"), drums ("Dead Joe", "Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)"), saxophone ("Big-Jesus-Trash-Can"), bass guitar ("Kewpie Doll"), organ ("Blast Off!"), bass drum ("Release the Bats")
• Rowland S. Howard – guitar, saxophone ("Blast Off!")
• Tracy Pew – bass guitar
• Phill Calvert – drums[15]

Additional personnel

• Barry Adamson – bass guitar ("Kiss Me Black")

Chart positions

Chart (1982)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[16]	73
UK Independent Albums Chart[17]	1

References

External links

• Junkyard (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)

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Junkyard — второй и последний студийный альбом австралийской постпанк-группы The Birthday Party, изданный в 1982 году.

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