The Birthday Party

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Location:Australia, MelbourneBandcamp
Years active: 1977 — 1983Discogs
Genres: Positive Punk (1981 — 1983), Post-Punk (1983)YouTube
Lyrical themes: Record labels: 4AD

Discography

1980
Mr. Clarinet
Single

Release date: January 1, 1980

Tracklist:

  1. Mr. Clarinet (3:42)
  2. Happy Birthday (3:50)
1980
The Friend Catcher
Single

Label: 4AD

Release date: October 11, 1980

Tracklist:

  1. The Friend Catcher (4:21)
  2. Waving My Arms (2:17)
  3. Cat Man (2:29)
1981
Nick The Stripper
Single

Release date: January 1, 1981

Tracklist:

  1. Nick The Stripper (3:47)
  2. Blundertown (2:50)
  3. Kathy's Kisses (4:04)
1981
Prayers On Fire
Full-length
Positive Punk

Release date: April 6, 1981

Tracklist:

  1. Zoo-Music Girl (2:36)
  2. Cry (2:39)
  3. Capers (2:38)
  4. Nick The Stripper (3:47)
  5. Ho-Ho (3:04)
  6. Figure Of Fun (2:46)
  7. King Ink (4:38)
  8. A Dead Song (2:12)
  9. Yard (5:02)
  10. Dull Day (2:59)
  11. Just You And Me (2:00)
1981
Release The Bats
Single
Positive Punk

Label: 4AD

Release date: July 31, 1981

Tracklist:

  1. Release The Bats (2:32)
  2. Blast Off (2:19)
1982
Dead Joe
Single

Release date: January 1, 1982

Tracklist:

  1. Dead Joe (3:08)
1982
The Birthday Party
Full-length
Positive Punk

Release date: January 1, 1982

Tracklist:

  1. Mr. Clarinet (3:42)
  2. Hats On Wrong (2:40)
  3. The Hair Shirt (4:05)
  4. Guilt Parade (2:52)
  5. Riddle House (2:43)
  6. The Friend Catcher (4:22)
  7. Waving My Arms (2:15)
  8. The Red Clock (2:47)
  9. Cat Man (2:27)
  10. Happy Birthday (3:50)
1982
Junkyard
Full-length
Positive Punk

Release date: May 10, 1982

Tracklist:

  1. She's Hit (6:06)
  2. Dead Joe (3:09)
  3. The Dim Locator (2:50)
  4. Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) (5:33)
  5. Several Sins (2:56)
  6. Big-Jesus-Trash-Can (3:00)
  7. Kiss Me Black (2:48)
  8. 6" Gold Blade (3:35)
  9. Kewpie Doll (3:32)
  10. Junkyard (5:49)
1983
Pleasure Heads Must Burn
Live album

Release date: January 1, 1983

Tracklist:

  1. Dead Joe
  2. A Dead Song
  3. Junkyard
  4. Release The Bats
  5. Pleasure Heads
  6. Big Jesus Trashcan
  7. Nick The Stripper
  8. Hamlet
  9. Pleasure Avalanche
  10. Six Inch Gold Blade
  11. Wild World
  12. Six Strings
  13. Sonny's Burning
  14. She's Hit
1983
Mutiny!
EP
Positive PunkPost-Punk

Release date: January 1, 1983

Tracklist:

  1. Jennifer's Veil (4:57)
  2. Mutiny In Heaven (4:15)
  3. Swampland (3:30)
  4. Say A Spell (3:41)
1983
The Bad Seed
EP
Positive PunkPost-Punk

Label: 4AD

Release date: March 1, 1983

Tracklist:

  1. Sonny's Burning (3:19)
  2. Wild World (3:27)
  3. Fears Of Gun (3:54)
  4. Deep In The Woods (4:49)
1983
The Friend Catcher
Compilation

Label: 4AD

Release date: July 1, 1983

Tracklist:

  1. Release The Bats (2:32)
  2. Blast Off (2:19)
  3. The Friend Catcher (4:22)
  4. Mr. Clarinet (3:44)
  5. Happy Birthday (4:01)
1985
A Collection...
Compilation

Release date: January 1, 1985

Tracklist:

  1. Blast Off (2:17)
  2. The Hair Shirt (4:02)
  3. King Ink (4:39)
  4. Junkyard (5:48)
  5. Big Jesus Trash Can (3:00)
  6. Release The Bats (2:18)
  7. Blundertown (2:55)
  8. Kathy's Kisses (4:04)
  9. Ho Ho (3:55)
  10. Friendcatcher (2:16)
  11. Scatterbrain (3:36)
  12. The Plague (3:36)
1985
It's Still Living
Live album

Release date: March 1, 1985

Tracklist:

  1. King Ink (5:06)
  2. Zoo Music Girl (2:40)
  3. The Dim Locator (2:45)
  4. She's Hit (5:47)
  5. A Dead Song (2:22)
  6. Pleasure Heads (2:32)
  7. Junkyard (5:48)
  8. Blast Off (2:05)
  9. Release The Bats (2:35)
  10. Nick The Stripper (3:50)
  11. Big Jesus Trash Can (3:10)
  12. Dead Joe (3:07)
1987
The Peel Session (21st April 1981)
Live album

Release date: January 1, 1987

Tracklist:

  1. Release The Bats (2:32)
  2. Rowland Around In That Stuff (3:26)
  3. (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (2:33)
  4. Loose (3:33)
1988
The Peel Session II (2nd December 1981)
Live album

Release date: January 1, 1988

Tracklist:

  1. Big Jesus Trash Can (3:05)
  2. She's Hit (5:35)
  3. Bully Bones (2:45)
  4. Six Inch Gold Blade (3:35)
1989
Mutiny / The Bad Seed E.P.
Compilation
Positive PunkPost-Punk

Label: 4AD

Release date: August 7, 1989

Tracklist:

  1. Sonny's Burning (3:20)
  2. Wildworld (3:27)
  3. Fears Of Gun (3:54)
  4. Deep In The Woods (4:50)
  5. Jennifers Veil (4:58)
  6. Six Strings That Drew Blood (3:32)
  7. Say A Spell (3:41)
  8. Swampland (3:31)
  9. Pleasure Avalanche (4:23)
  10. Mutiny In Heaven (4:17)
1989
Hee-Haw
Compilation
Positive Punk

Label: 4AD

Release date: August 7, 1989

Tracklist:

  1. Mr. Clarinet (3:47)
  2. Happy Birthday (3:50)
  3. Hats On Wrong (2:40)
  4. Guilt Parade (2:52)
  5. The Friend Catcher (4:22)
  6. Waving My Arms (2:15)
  7. Catman (2:27)
  8. Riddle House (2:42)
  9. A Catholic Skin (2:25)
  10. The Red Clock (2:47)
  11. Faint Heart (2:51)
  12. Death By Drowning (3:10)
  13. The Hair Shirt (4:05)
1991
Definitive Missing Link Recordings 1979-1982
Compilation

Release date: January 1, 1991

Tracklist:

  1. Mr Clarinet (3:47)
  2. Happy Birthday (3:50)
  3. Hat's On Wrong (2:40)
  4. Guilt Parade (2:52)
  5. The Friend Catcher (4:22)
  6. Waving My Arms (2:15)
  7. Catman (2:27)
  8. Riddle House (2:42)
  9. A Catholic Skin (2:25)
  10. The Red Clock (2:47)
  11. Faint Heart (2:51)
  12. Death By Drowning (3:10)
  13. The Hair Shirt (4:05)
  14. Zoo-Music Girl
  15. Cry
  16. Capers
  17. Nick The Stripper
  18. Ho-Ho
  19. Figure Of Fun
  20. King Ink
  21. A Dead Song
  22. Yard
  23. Dull Day
  24. Just You And Me
  25. Blundertown
  26. Kathy's Kisses
  27. Blast Off
  28. She's Hit
  29. Dead Joe
  30. Dim Locator
  31. Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow)
  32. Several Sins
  33. Big Jesus Trash Can
  34. Kiss Me Black
  35. 6" Gold Blade
  36. Kewpie Doll
  37. Junkyard
  38. Release The Bats
  39. King Ink
  40. Zoo-Music Girl
  41. The Dim Locator
  42. She's Hit
  43. A Dead Song
  44. Pleasure Heads
  45. Junkyard
  46. Blast Off
  47. Release The Bats
  48. Nick The Stripper
  49. Big Jesus Trash Can
  50. Dead Joe
  51. Pleasure Heads
  52. King Ink
  53. Zoo-Music Girl
  54. Loose
  55. Ho-Ho
  56. The Plague
  57. Scatterbrain
  58. The Friend Catcher
  59. Dead Joe
  60. After The Fireworks
  61. After, After The Fireworks
1992
Selections From The Forthcoming Album "Hits"
Compilation

Label: 4AD

Release date: January 1, 1992

Tracklist:

  1. Nick The Stripper (3:50)
  2. Release The Bats (2:30)
  3. Sonnys Burning (3:17)
  4. Deep In The Woods (4:46)
  5. Jennifers Veil (4:55)
  6. Nick The Stripper (3:50)
  7. Release The Bats (2:30)
  8. Sonnys Burning (3:17)
  9. Deep In The Woods (4:46)
  10. Jennifers Veil (4:55)
1992
Hits
Compilation
Positive Punk

Label: 4AD

Release date: October 12, 1992

Tracklist:

  1. The Friend Catcher (4:21)
  2. Happy Birthday (4:00)
  3. Mr. Clarinet (3:43)
  4. Nick The Stripper (3:51)
  5. Zoo Music Girl (2:37)
  6. King Ink (4:40)
  7. Release The Bats (2:31)
  8. Blast Off (2:12)
  9. She's Hit (6:06)
  10. 6" Gold Blade (3:36)
  11. Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) (5:34)
  12. Dead Joe (3:09)
  13. Junkyard (5:49)
  14. Big-Jesus-Trash-Can (3:01)
  15. Wild World (3:25)
  16. Sonnys Burning (5:18)
  17. Deep In The Woods (4:47)
  18. Swampland (3:29)
  19. Jennifers Veil (4:56)
  20. Mutiny In Heaven (4:20)
1999
Live 81-82
Live album
Positive Punk

Release date: July 5, 1999

Tracklist:

  1. Junkyard (6:27)
  2. A Dead Song (2:42)
  3. The Dim Locator (3:10)
  4. Zoo-Music-Girl (3:06)
  5. Nick The Stripper (4:09)
  6. Blast Off! (2:39)
  7. Release The Bats (3:06)
  8. Bully Bones (3:05)
  9. King Ink (5:54)
  10. (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (2:47)
  11. Big-Jesus-Trash-Can (3:34)
  12. Dead Joe (3:48)
  13. The Friend Catcher (5:02)
  14. 6" Gold Blade (3:41)
  15. Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) (5:11)
  16. She's Hit (7:11)
  17. Funhouse (8:29)
2001
The John Peel Sessions
Compilation
Positive Punk

Release date: May 28, 2001

Tracklist:

  1. Cry (2:57)
  2. Yard (4:28)
  3. Figure Of Fun (2:19)
  4. King Ink (4:09)
  5. Release The Bats (2:34)
  6. Roland Around In That Stuff (3:29)
  7. (Sometimes) Pleasure Heads Must Burn (2:35)
  8. Loose (3:36)
  9. Big Jesus Trash Can (3:04)
  10. She's Hit (5:41)
  11. Bully Bones (2:45)
  12. Six Inch Gold Blade (3:38)
  13. Pleasure Avalanche (4:13)
  14. Deep In The Woods (4:40)
  15. Sonny's Burning (2:58)
  16. Marry Me (Lie! Lie!) (3:52)
2008
Mutiny! The Last Birthday Party
Single

Release date: April 30, 2008

Tracklist:

  1. A Documentary On The Mutiny! Sessions (24:55)
2013
Mutiny Sessions
Live album

Release date: June 3, 2013

Tracklist:

  1. Six Strings That Drew Blood
  2. Pleasure Avalanche
2021
Singles and B-sides
Compilation
Positive Punk

Release date: June 8, 2021

Tracklist:

  1. Release the Bats (2:32)
  2. Blast Off (2:19)
  3. Dead Joe (second version) (3:08)
  4. Blundertown (3:11)
  5. Kathy's Kisses (4:07)
2023
Live In Sidney 1980
Live album

Release date: June 13, 2023

Tracklist:

  1. King Ink (4:27)
  2. Happy Birthday (3:52)
  3. Guilt Parade (2:55)
  4. Yard (4:32)
  5. Mr. Clarinet (3:41)
  6. Figure Of Fun (2:15)
  7. The Friend Catcher (3:53)
  8. Waving My Arms (2:25)
  9. Nick The Stripper (4:01)
  10. Safe House (2:13)
  11. Catman (Gene Vincent Cover) (2:39)
  12. Cry (2:56)
  13. The Hair Shirt (4:24)
  14. Riddle House (2:47)
2024
Mutiny In Heaven
Single

Release date: April 30, 2024

Tracklist:

  1. Mutiny In Heaven (99:00)
  2. Interviews with Mick Harvey, Henry Rollins, Phill Calvert, Sonic Youth, Chris Haskett & More (106:00)

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