Your Funeral... My Trial
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Your Funeral... My Trial by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-11-03
Overall rank: 1,623rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 232 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (21st)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (246th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,623rd)

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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 382 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,348.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album bestography « Higher ranked (1,169th)
Tender Prey
This album (1,623rd)
Your Funeral... My Trial
Lower ranked (1,809th) »
From Her To Eternity

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Your Funeral... My Trial rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,623rd | 1980s rank: 246th | 1986 rank: 21st
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2026JohnnyoGreatest Goth Albums (1 - 100) by Ultimate Record Collection33/100 -
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s70/1006
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198610/1005
2026LittleM1971Top 89 Music Albums of 198628/893
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198615/1004
2026matterhornriderTop 58 Music Albums of 198645/581
2026 sssvnnnTop 81 Music Albums of 198641/813
2026HyggevinylTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s45/10011
2026 LedZepTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s2/10020
2026joathomeTop 34 Music Albums of 198621/342
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198610/1005
2026 Norman BatesTop 85 Music Albums of 198624/854
2026HyggevinylTop 54 Music Albums of 19865/545
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s93/1002
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 198611/504
2026mrmcrookTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s53/10010
2026stangetzawayTop 35 Music Albums of 19866/354
2026 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 198646/501
2026 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 19869/1005
2026stangetzawayBest Australian Albums47/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 208
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,063
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 232 votes)
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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 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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95/100
From 06/29/2026 15:52 | #315117
Another NCatBS banger!
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80/100
From 03/21/2021 22:25 | #267610
Cavernoso e gótico, não tem como achar ruim!
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80/100
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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90/100
From 08/26/2016 20:47 | #173543
this is the best. period.
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90/100
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.
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90/100
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.
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Rating:  
85/100
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"
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80/100
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.
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