Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Kicking Against The Pricks

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Label:	Mute – STUMM 28
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	Aug 18, 1986
Genre:	Rock
Style:	New Wave

Tracklist

A1		Muddy Water Organ, Piano [Interior] – Nick* Violin – Dawn Cave Written-By – Phil Rosenthal
A2		I'm Gonna Kill That Woman Bass – Mick* Written-By – John Lee Hooker
A3		Sleeping Annaleah Acoustic Guitar – Mick* Slide Guitar – Blixa* Written By – Newbury/Folger Written-By – Newbury*
A4		Long Black Veil Acoustic Guitar, Snare – Mick* Percussion – Thomas* Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals – Blixa* Written By – Danny Del/Marjohn Wilkins Written-By – Marjohn Wilkins* Acoustic Guitar, Snare – Mick* Percussion – Thomas* Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals – Blixa* Written By – Danny Del/Marjohn Wilkins Written-By – Marjohn Wilkins*
A5		Hey Joe Bass – Tracy Pew Organ – Nick* Written-By – William Roberts*
A6		The Singer Guitar [Guitars] – Mick* Written By – Cash/Daniels Written-By – Cash*
B1		All Tomorrow's Parties Guitar – Mick* Lead Vocals – Nick* Vocals – Rowland S. Howard Written-By – Lou Reed
B2		By The Time I Get To Phoenix Guitar [Harmonics] – Blixa* Organ, Guitar – Rowland S. Howard Written-By – Jim Webb*
B3		The Hammer Song Organ, Snare [Extra] – Mick* Written-By – A. Harvey*
B4		Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Vibraphone [Vibes] – Mick* Written-By – Greenaway/Cooke*
B5		Jesus Met The Woman At The Well Arranged By [Arr.] – The Alabama Singers Guitar, Vocals – Mick* Lead Vocals – Nick* Vocals – Blixa* Written-By – Trad.* Arranged By [Arr.] – The Alabama Singers Guitar, Vocals – Mick* Lead Vocals – Nick* Vocals – Blixa* Written-By – Trad.*
B6		The Carnival Is Over Lead Vocals – Nick* Vocals – Mick* Written-By – T. Springfield*

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Mute Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mute Records
Copyright © – Mute Records
Pressed By – MPO
Published By – Cayman Music Inc.
Published By – Boogie One Music
Published By – Acuff Rose Music Ltd.
Published By – Southern Music Co. Ltd.
Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
Published By – RCA Music Ltd.
Published By – Chrysalis Music
Published By – Dick James Music
Published By – Copyright Control
Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.
Engineered At – AAV
Mixed At – Hansa Tonstudios

Credits

Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Mick Harvey
Backing Vocals [Back. Vocal] – Mick* (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4)
Bass – Barry* (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6 to B6)
Drums – Thomas* (tracks: A1, A3, A6 to B6)
Engineer [All Backing Tracks] – Tony Cohen
Guitar – Hugo Race (tracks: A2, A4, A5, B5)
Lacquer Cut By – TY* (tracks: B1 to B6)
Mixed By [Assistant] – Tom Frederickse*
Mixed By [Engineer] – Flood
Mixed By [With] – Thomas*
Photography By [Blixa & Thomas, Inner Sleeve Photo] – Petra Gall
Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Peter Milne (2)
Photography By [Mick & Barry] – Chris Nash (2)
Piano – Mick* (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B2, B4, B6)
Producer – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sleeve – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Strings [String Arrangements Played By] – Berliner Kaffeehausmusik Ensemble
Vocals – Nick* (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B4)

Notes

Title is intentionally written on the front and back covers as "Kicking Against The Pricks", as it is a quote from the bible (Acts 26:14).

Released with a full-colour, dual-sided inner-sleeve credit listing and photo display. Track A3 is written as Sleeping Anleah.

℗ and © 1986 Mute Records.

All backing tracks engineered at AAV Studios, Melbourne, Australia, Nov/Dec 1985.
Mixes engineered at Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin in March 1986.
Time & money wasted at Richmond Recorders, Melbourne.

Track A1 published by Cayman Music Inc.
Track A2 published by Boogie One Music.
Track A3 published by Acuff Rose Music Ltd.
Track A4 published by Southern Music Co. Ltd.
Tracks A5, A6, B2 published by Carlin Music Corp.
Track B1 published by RCA Music Ltd.
Track B3 published by Chrysalis Music.
Track B4 published by Dick James Music.
Track B5 Cop. Con.
Track B6 published by Chapell Music Ltd.

The label incorrectly attributes John Bundrick of the band Free as the writer of Muddy Water, which was in fact written by Phil Rosenthal.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout - Etched): timtom MPO STUMM 28 A2
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout - Etched): MPO ty STUMM 28 B2
Rights Society (B6): GEMA

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Kicking Against The Pricks (CD, Album)	Mute	CD STUMM 28	UK	1986
Recently Edited	Kicking Against The Pricks (CD, Album, Misprint)	Mute	STUMCD 28	Italy	1986
	Kicking Against The Pricks (CD, Album)	Mute	INT 846.820		1986
Recently Edited	Kicking Against The Pricks (LP, Album)	Homestead Records	HMS065, STUMM 28	US	1986
Recently Edited	Kicking Against The Pricks (LP, Album)	Mute	STUMM 28	Italy	1986