The Birthday Party - Hits

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A1	The Friend Catcher Written-By – Cave*	4:20
A2	Happy Birthday Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*, Howard*	3:59
A3	Mr. Clarinet Written-By – Cave*	3:42
A4	Nick The Stripper Written-By – Cave*	3:50
A5	Zoo Music Girl Written-By – Cave*, Howard*	2:36
A6	King Ink Written-By – Cave*, Howard*	4:39
A7	Release The Bats Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*	2:30
A8	Blast Off Written-By – Howard*	2:17
A9	She's Hit Written-By – Cave*, Pew*	6:05
A10	6" Gold Blade Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*	3:35
B1	Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) Written-By – Cave*, Howard*	5:33
B2	Dead Joe Written-By – Anita Lane, Cave*	3:08
B3	Junkyard Written-By – Cave*, Howard*	5:48
B4	Big-Jesus-Trash-Can Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*	3:00
B5	Wild World Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*	3:24
B6	Sonnys Burning Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*, Howard*, Pew*	3:17
B7	Deep In The Woods Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*	4:46
B8	Swampland Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*, Howard*, Pew*	3:28
B9	Jennifers Veil Written-By – Cave*, Howard*	4:55
B10	Mutiny In Heaven Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*	4:17

Credits

• Bass – Tracy Pew
• Brass – Mick Hunter (tracks: A4, A5), Philip Jackson (tracks: A4, A5), Stephen Ewart (tracks: A4, A5)
• Design – Paul McMenamin
• Drums – Phill Calvert
• Guitar – Rowland S. Howard
• Guitar, Drums – Mick Harvey (tracks: B1, B2, B5 to B10)
• Photography By – Kevin Cummins, Peter Anderson , Tom Sheehan
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Bleddyn Butcher, Joe Stevens
• Producer – The Birthday Party, Nick Launay (tracks: A7, A8), Tony Cohen (tracks: A1 to A6, A9 to B10)
• Recorded By – Tony Cohen
• Vocals – Nick Cave

Notes

A1 taken from The Friend Catcher 7" (AD 12) produced 1980 in Melbourne, Australia.
A2, A3 taken from Mr. Clarinet 7" (AD 114) produced 1981 in Melbourne, Australia.
A4 to A6 taken from Prayers On Fire LP (CAD 104) produced 1981 in Melbourne, Australia.
A7, A8 taken from Release The Bats 7" (AD 111) produced Apr. 1981 in London, UK.
A9 to B4 taken from Junkyard LP (CAD 207) produced 1982 in Melbourne, Australia.
B5 to B7 taken from The Bad Seed 12" (BAD 301) recorded Oct. 1982 in Hansa Studios, Berlin, Germany.
B8 to B10 taken from Mutiny 12" (12 MUTE 29) recorded Apr. 1983 in Hansa Studios, Berlin, Germany.

A1 to B7 (P) 1980-83 4AD, B8 to B10 (P) 1983 Mute Records
All (C) 1992 4AD

Design by Paul McMenamin at v23.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

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Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DAD 2016	The Birthday Party	Hits ‎(2xLP, Comp)	4AD	DAD 2016	UK	1992
none	The Birthday Party	Hits ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	4AD	none	US	Unknown
GAD 2016 CD	The Birthday Party	Hits ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Союз, 4AD	GAD 2016 CD	Russia	2007
none	The Birthday Party	Hits ‎(CD, Comp)	4AD	none	US	Unknown
GAD 2016 CD	The Birthday Party	Hits ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	4AD	GAD 2016 CD	UK	2007