Junkyard
by The Birthday Party
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Junkyard is ranked as the best album by The Birthday Party.
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Junkyard track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/19/2026 02:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,452 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 05:19 |  AAL2014 | 4,165 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 19:27 | Jakor | 5,484 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 21:22 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2025 15:45 |  MetalMan67 | 6,196 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.6.
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acidic rubbish. acid rock (Edited)
teague 09/07/2020 23:09 | #257879 | TOP COMMENT
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My first exposure to Nick Cave. His vocals were really the only thing that was significantly good about this album. They feel like they're being loud just to be loud. There's not a whole lot to glean from this album. That being said, it was enjoyable enough, nothing outright wrong or horrible. Junkyard is just very surface level.
I have the CD version, which comes with the brilliant Release The Bats, but also comes with the abysmal Blast Off, which is just awful. The album itself is alright, save for a few tracks.
plasticships 05/21/2014 04:49 | #112432 | TOP COMMENT
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Guttural masterpiece! (Edited)
timtooky 04/02/2014 15:10 | #108310
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Insane was Nick Cave during this period but classic Aussie alternative rock
lancashirearab 05/07/2012 08:01 | #41712
I cannot argue with btener11. I don't like the cover, but it works for this album, I think.
btener11 08/05/2011 02:48 | #25785
Pow pow pow pow!!! (Edited)
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