Mutiny/The Bad Seed
| Mutiny/The Bad Seed | ||||
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| Released | original EPs: 1983 compilation album: 1989 | |||
| Recorded | October 1982, April & August 1983 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 39:44 | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
| The Birthday Party chronology | ||||
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| The Bad Seed album artwork | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Austin Chronicle | |
| Oxford Reference | very favorable |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Mutiny/The Bad Seed is a compilation album by the Birthday Party. It is compiled from 2 EPs, The Bad Seed recorded in October 1982, and Mutiny! recorded in April and August 1983, and both were released in 1983. The Bad Seed and Mutiny! were released as a compilation in 1989. It is written by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard, and Tracy Pew.
These are the band's final studio recordings, and the only studio recordings made after the departure of drummer Phill Calvert. The album marks the first collaboration with Cave's longtime collaborator Blixa Bargeld, who played guitar on "Mutiny in Heaven". The compilation adds two tracks not included on the Mutiny EP, "Pleasure Avalanche" and "Six Strings That Drew Blood," the latter later re-recorded by the Bad Seeds.