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Incredible Hellacious Noise... One of my Top ten post punk albums of all time. No wonder Nick Cave is so important. The vocals were incredible. Rowland S. Howard was fantastic. If you are a post punk fan this is a total must....

More or less the first Birthday Party. Great shtuff! Their transition from Boys Next Door to the cacophony they became more of. The iconic "Mr. Clarinet" is on here, their first "hit". A must own.

Love this album! Perfect transaction.

Ok ....The birthday party are not everyone's cup of tea. They lean towards a harsh abrasive sound that isn't quite punk and isn't traditional rock.Folks that love them will almost certainly insult you if you state as such, like the beefheart crowd.If you don't mind a sonic challenge, if you like obtuse lyrics, they are worth a listen.This is a compile of ep's and singles from when the band transitioned from the boys next door into the birthday party.I think prayers on fire is the best place to start, then give junkyard a spin. If you love those, then i would get this and then consider the cd mutiny/bad seed to round it out (a compile of the final two ep's with a couple of leftovers)

Great! It was a gift for my granddaughter and she loves it.

Good collection of early Birthday Party & Boys Next Door.

i love this album for it's raw simplicity(i find i've been saying that a lot on here...i think it's my style...anywho ;-)...). the songs on Hew Haw(culled partly from when the Party was the Boys Next Door, and the rest from the first Party album) are very catchy, very...uh...gothic, indeed, and very punk. it's like the Banshees and Bauhaus' first albums...very jaggedly, staggering dark dirges and full-on Stooges-type jams set to a gloomy minor key. Cave's vocals and lyricism is(was at the time) abstract and benign, but most of the songs are metaphoric: clarinets, birthday parties, clocks, hats, etc. the names and content may seem forced and somewhat silly, but they grow on you quickly as a whole, creating a very cryptic pop sound. there is lots of atmosphere on this album...achingly sustained distortion painting scenes that linger, creep, rattle and ramble. my favs are probably "The Friend Catcher", "Death By Drowning", "The Red Clock" and "Riddle House", but i usually listen to the album as a whole, so i guess everything is pretty great. don't get this album if you are looking for a "Nick Cave album"...this was before Nick Cave found Nick Cave; just think of it as a great debut for a great post punk group.

Sorry I tried but the early rant and rage here from Nick Cave and co. is pretty incoherent and sopho/amateuric.