Prayers On Fire
by The Birthday Party
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The Birthday Party bestography
Prayers On Fire is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by The Birthday Party on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Birthday Party is Junkyard which is ranked number 3641 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 408.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Prayers On Fire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Prayers On Fire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 05/03/2026 09:38 | platus | 5,852 | 74/100 | |
| 04/06/2026 05:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 11,415 | 70/100 | |
| 06/17/2025 21:22 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 | |
| 04/01/2025 01:14 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,373 | 85/100 | |
| 02/10/2025 07:00 |  cestuneblague | 8,238 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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drstuey 03/31/2021 06:02 | #268003
Incredibly as a big Nick Cave fan since 1988, this is the first time I have listened to it. I was surprised with the music, I was expecting it to just be searing punk but it was a lot more interesting than that. Sounds quite improvisational with all sorts of genres and styles. Cave's vocal performance was everything that I expected though, raw, powerful and compelling. That's not to say that I want to listen to it again any time soon though. 'Dull Day' and 'Nick the Stripper' caught my ear.
Best Tracks: Kathy's Kisses, Ho Ho
Very intense, requires a certain taste to like.
timtooky 03/29/2014 11:23 | #107971
a bulky and pesky record. i cannot listen to it without getting anxious. it triggers in me the desire to throw something out of the window.
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