Your Funeral... My Trial

Your Funeral... My Trial
Your Funeral... My Trial
Studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Released	3 November 1986
Recorded	July–August 1986
Studio	Hansa Tonstudio (Berlin); Strongroom (London);
Genre	Gothic rock; art rock;
Length	42:49
Label	Mute
Producer	Flood; Tony Cohen;
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Mojo	^[3]
Pitchfork	9.4/10^[4]
Q	^[5]
Record Collector	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]
Sounds	^[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10^[9]
Uncut	^[10]

Your Funeral... My Trial is the fourth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 3 November 1986 by Mute Records. The album was originally released as a double extended play (EP), while also 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.^[11]^[12] This was the final Bad Seeds album to feature bassist Barry Adamson until he returned for the band's fifteenth studio album Push the Sky Away (2013).

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."^[13] 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

Record 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."^[14]

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."^[15]

Films

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appeared in the Wim Wenders film Der Himmel über Berlin (1987), performing "The Carny" (which is heard once before the performance scene) and "From Her to Eternity". "The Carny" also inspired the animated twelve-minute film Jo Jo in the Stars (2003), 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 ..."^[16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nick Cave, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sad Waters"		5:00
2.	"The Carny"		8:01
3.	"Your Funeral My Trial"		3:56
4.	"Stranger Than Kindness"	Anita Lane Blixa Bargeld	4:47

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Jack's Shadow"	Cave, Mick Harvey	5:41
6.	"Hard On For Love"		5:19
7.	"She Fell Away"		4:30
8.	"Long Time Man"	Tim Rose	5:35

CD version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Your Funeral My Trial"		3:57
2.	"Stranger Than Kindness"	Anita Lane Blixa Bargeld	4:47
3.	"Jack's Shadow"	Cave Mick Harvey	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"	Tim Rose	5:48
9.	"Scum"	Cave Mick Harvey	2:53
Total length:			46:06

Personnel

Personnel for Your Funeral... My Trial adapted from the album's liner notes.^[17]

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

Chart positions

Chart (1986)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums Chart^[18]	1

References

^ ^a ^b "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Let Love in is a nimble balance between menace and elegance". treblezine.com. 18 April 2019.
^ Raggett, Ned. "Your Funeral... My Trial – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Nick Cave". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ Perry, Andrew (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial". Mojo. No. 186.
^ Berman, Stuart (6 May 2009). "Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The First Born Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ Fyfe, Andy (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Q. No. 274.
^ Staunton, Terry (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Record Collector. No. 362. p. 79.
^ Sisario, Ben (2004). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Roberts, Chris (8 November 1986). "The Living Dead". Sounds. p. 26.
^ Reynolds, Simon (1995). "Birthday Party". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^ Cavanagh, David (26 March 2009). "Album reissues: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds". Uncut. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ Long, Chris (8 May 2009). "BBC – Music – Review of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral... My Trial". BBC Music. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ Denning, Adrian (19 September 2010). "Nick Cave – album reviews". adriandenning.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
^ Tracee Hutchison (1992). Your Name's On The Door. Sydney: ABC Enterprises. p. 117. ISBN 0-7333-0115-0.
^ "Nick Cave 20 Best Songs". Uncut. 18 February 2015.
^ Male, Andrew (April 2020). "Nick Cave's 50 Greatest Songs: 'Something Monstrous Was Taking Shape'". Mojo.
^ Inspirations (XHTML). In depth, Interviews. Computer Arts. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ Your Funeral... My Trial (CD). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Mute Records. 1986. LC 05834.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Lazell, Barry. "Indie Hits: "C"". Cherry Red. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

External links

Your Funeral... My Trial on the band's official web site Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Your Funeral... My Trial at Discogs (list of releases)
Your Funeral... My Trial at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

[TZ-1] "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Let Love in is a nimble balance between menace and elegance". treblezine.com. 18 April 2019.

[2] Raggett, Ned. "Your Funeral... My Trial – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Nick Cave". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[3] Perry, Andrew (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial". Mojo. No. 186.

[4] Berman, Stuart (6 May 2009). "Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The First Born Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[5] Fyfe, Andy (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Q. No. 274.

[6] Staunton, Terry (May 2009). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial". Record Collector. No. 362. p. 79.

[7] Sisario, Ben (2004). "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[8] Roberts, Chris (8 November 1986). "The Living Dead". Sounds. p. 26.

[9] Reynolds, Simon (1995). "Birthday Party". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

[10] Cavanagh, David (26 March 2009). "Album reissues: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds". Uncut. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[BBC-11] Long, Chris (8 May 2009). "BBC – Music – Review of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral... My Trial". BBC Music. Retrieved 22 December 2010.

[12] Denning, Adrian (19 September 2010). "Nick Cave – album reviews". adriandenning.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2010.

[13] Tracee Hutchison (1992). Your Name's On The Door. Sydney: ABC Enterprises. p. 117. ISBN 0-7333-0115-0.

[14] "Nick Cave 20 Best Songs". Uncut. 18 February 2015.

[Mojo-15] Male, Andrew (April 2020). "Nick Cave's 50 Greatest Songs: 'Something Monstrous Was Taking Shape'". Mojo.

[16] Inspirations (XHTML). In depth, Interviews. Computer Arts. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.

[17] Your Funeral... My Trial (CD). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Mute Records. 1986. LC 05834.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[18] Lazell, Barry. "Indie Hits: "C"". Cherry Red. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

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v t e Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Martyn P. Casey Nick Cave Warren Ellis Jim Sclavunos George Vjestica Thomas Wydler Barry Adamson Blixa Bargeld Mick Harvey James Johnston Anita Lane Kid Congo Powers Hugo Race Conway Savage Roland Wolf
Studio albums	From Her to Eternity The Firstborn Is Dead Kicking Against the Pricks Your Funeral... My Trial Tender Prey The Good Son Henry's Dream Let Love In Murder Ballads The Boatman's Call No More Shall We Part Nocturama Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Push the Sky Away Skeleton Tree Ghosteen Wild God
Live albums	Live Seeds Abattoir Blues Tour Live at the Royal Albert Hall Live from KCRW Idiot Prayer
Compilations	The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities Part II
Extended plays	Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen
Singles	"In the Ghetto" "Tupelo" "The Singer" "The Mercy Seat" "Deanna" "The Ship Song" "The Weeping Song" "Straight to You" "I Had a Dream, Joe" "What a Wonderful World" "Do You Love Me?" "Loverman" "Red Right Hand" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Henry Lee" "Into My Arms" "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For" "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" "Love Letter" "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" "More News from Nowhere" "We No Who U R" "Jubilee Street"
Other songs	"From Her to Eternity" "The Carny"
Cave and Ellis	The Proposition The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Road West of Memphis Lawless Far from Men Hell or High Water Wind River Carnage
Grinderman	Grinderman Grinderman 2 "Get It On" "No Pussy Blues" "(I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free" "Heathen Child" "Worm Tamer" "Palaces of Montezuma" Grinderman discography
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