Your Funeral... My Trial
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bestography
Your Funeral... My Trial is ranked 11th best out of 30 albums by Nick Cave on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nick Cave is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 370 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,463.
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Your Funeral... My Trial track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Your Funeral... My Trial rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  HoldenM | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ranked | 8/16 | - |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest Goth Albums (1 - 100) by Ultimate Record Collection | 33/100 | - |
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 15/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 51 Music Albums of 1986 | 6/51 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Greatest Music Albums #201 - 300 | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 32 Music Albums of 1986 | 5/32 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 51 Music Albums of 1986 | 34/51 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 48/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 208 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,042 | |||
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Your Funeral... My Trial ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/27/2026 20:50 | Mrump | 545 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2026 10:09 |  RasmV | 2,617 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 01:27 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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In my opinion, this is the best of the early Nick Cave albums. Your funeral... my trial, is a brooding masterpiece. Kicking off with, sad waters, one of the most beautiful songs Cave has ever written, and that's followed by the even better circus fable, the carny, a stunning track, Nick Cave at his atmospheric best. The title track is great as is the chilling, stranger than kindness. Elsewhere, there's the brilliant, jack's shadow, and closing cut, long time man, in fact it's all fantastic. Another superb Nick Cave album.
badseed 04/13/2015 03:27 | #139407 | TOP COMMENT
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This one's a grower, not a shower. Not very accessible at first, but if you get hooked on Nick Cave you'll eventually fall in love with it.
Favorite tracks: "The Carny", "Stranger Than Kindness", Your Funeral, My Trial", "She Fell Away"
Nick Cave has never released a bad album which puts him out on his own amongst even the grest solo artists. This is one of his most melodic discs and largely unheralded.
Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/12/2014 14:02 | #119277 | TOP COMMENT
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There are real moments of brilliance here, but it is probably a bit too challenging to be accessible to casual listeners. Mostly recommend for die-hard Cave fans.
Always enjoy Nick Cave. Not his best but still a really good album. Some great songs on this. 'The Carny' showcasing his brilliant story telling skills all with dynamic use of a xylophone. 'Stranger Than Kindness' also another strong track. Couple of so-so fill in's but overall a decent listen. The man has a fantastic unique style he can call his own. I've yet to hear an album of his I didn't like
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