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Your Funeral... My Trial is the fourth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 3 November 1986 by Mute Records. Your Funeral... My Trial was originally released as a double EP. The album was 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.[8][9] This was the final Bad Seeds album to feature Barry Adamson until he returned for Push the Sky Away (2013).

Your Funeral... My Trial
Studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Released	3 November 1986 (1986-11-03)
Recorded	July–August 1986
Studio	Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Germany and Strongroom in London, United Kingdom
Genre	Gothic rock[1] art rock[1]
Length	42:47
Label	Mute
Producer	Flood, Tony Cohen
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology
Kicking Against the Pricks (1986) Your Funeral... My Trial (1986) Tender Prey (1988)
Singles from Your Funeral... My Trial
"Scum" Released: 12 October 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	9.4/10[3]
Record Collector	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[6]
Uncut	[7]

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."[10] 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.

Recording

Producer Flood said, "I remember Mick Harvey arrived in the studio with the guts of an old grand piano, that was the basis of the sound. It was just the strings, attached to a metal frame. He tuned certain notes, and used a guitar plectrum to pick the notes. It then ended up as "The Carny". That was the first day of recording Your Funeral… My Trial, and that kind of set the tone for the whole record."[11]

Reflecting on the album in 2020, guitarist Mick Harvey noted: "[The album] gave us the template to go forward with. It was organised rather than rambling. It all felt complete even though it was a disparate set of sounds and styles. It felt like it belonged to us. It sounded like The Bad Seeds."[12]

Movies

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appeared in the 1987 Wim Wenders film Der Himmel über Berlin, performing "The Carny" (which is heard once before the performance scene) and "From Her to Eternity". "The Carny" also inspired the 2003 animated short film Jo Jo in the Stars, which won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Short Film. The film was created and directed by Marc Craste, who said about "The Carny": "The lyrics read like a short story, it seemed to suggest a film – a straight visual interpretation of the text ..."[13]

Track listing

Personnel

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

• Nick Cave – vocals (1–9), piano (5, 7, 8), hammond (1, 3, 4, 6), harmonica (1, 2)
• Mick Harvey – bass guitar (1, 6–9), guitar (1, 3, 5–8), drums (1, 3, 4, 8), snare drum (7), piano (2, 3), organ (2), glockenspiel (2), xylophone (2, 7), backing vocals (6)
• Blixa Bargeld – guitar (1–9), co-lead vocals (2)
• Barry Adamson – bass (3, 5)
• Thomas Wydler – drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 9), fire extinguisher (7)

Technical personnel

• Flood – producer, engineer, mixing
• Tony Cohen – producer, engineer

Design personnel

• Nick Cave – art direction
• Paul White – art direction
• Christoph Dreher – photography

Personnel for Your Funeral... My Trial adapted from the album's liner notes.[14]

Chart positions

Chart (1986)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums Chart[15]	1

References

External links

• Your Funeral... My Trial on the band's official web site
• Your Funeral... My Trial at Discogs
• Your Funeral... My Trial at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

На других языках

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[es] Your Funeral... My Trial

Your Funeral… My Trial es el cuarto álbum de estudio del grupo australiano Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, publicado por la compañía discográfica Mute Records en noviembre de 1986. El álbum, programado en un inicio como un doble EP, fue publicado en CD con una lista de canciones diferente y un tema extra, «Scum». La publicación del álbum coincidió con un periodo en el que Cave sufrió dependencia de la heroína.[2]

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[it] Your Funeral... My Trial

Your Funeral... My Trial è il quarto album del gruppo Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, pubblicato nel 1986.[1]

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[ru] Your Funeral… My Trial

Your Funeral… My Trial — четвёртый студийный альбом группы Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, изданный в 1986 году.

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