''The Birthday Party'' is a 1980 album by Australian rock band The Boys Next Door (later reissued under the band name The Birthday Party). The album was produced by The Boys Next Door,

Tony Cohen Anthony Lawrence Cohen (4 June 19572 August 2017) was an Australian music record producer and sound engineer. He worked with Nick Cave's groups the Birthday Party, and then the Bad Seeds from 1979 to 2001. In mid-1986 he had followed Cave to ...

, and

Keith Glass Keith Robert Glass (born 17 September 1946) is an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, musical theatre actor, record label owner, producer and journalist. In April 1967 he formed a soul music group, Cam-Pact, which released fou ...

; it was recorded with Cohen engineering at Richmond Recorders Studios in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

from July 1979 to February 1980. The album was vastly different from the new-wave pop-punk style of their debut ''

Door, Door ''Door, Door'' is the debut album by Australian rock band The Boys Next Door. The album was recorded before the band left Australia for London in 1980, at which point they changed their name to The Birthday Party and created the body of work ...

'' (released the year earlier), moving towards the dark and chaotic post punk style they would later become known for (as The Birthday Party). This album was both the final album by The Boys Next Door and the first full-length release by The Birthday Party. In its original release, it was credited to both, but on its first reissue, it was credited to The Birthday Party. The album in its entirety has been reissued on CD as part of the ''Hee Haw'' compilation along with the '' Hee Haw EP''. Tracy Pew was absent from the recording session for "Mr. Clarinet", so he recorded the bass later. Two of the album's songs, "The Red Clock" and "The Hair Shirt" were originally included on the '' Hee Haw'' EP, released in 1979.

Track listing

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The Birthday Party (band) albums 1980 albums Albums produced by Tony Cohen 4AD albums CBS Records albums {{1980s-punk-album-stub