The Birthday Party - Hits
- Author: The Birthday Party
- Album: Hits
- Size: 1677 mb
- Genre: Rock
- Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
- Label:
4AD – COCY-75128
Type: CD, Compilation
Country: Japan
Date of released: 21 Oct 1992
Category: Rock
Style: New Wave, Post-Punk

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MP3 version
- 2914 downloads at 32 mb/s
FLAC version
Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 | The Friend Catcher | 4:20 |
| 2 | Happy Birthday | 3:59 |
| 3 | Mr. Clarinet | 3:42 |
| 4 | Nick The Stripper | 3:50 |
| 5 | Zoo Music Girl | 2:36 |
| 6 | King Ink | 4:39 |
| 7 | Release The Bats | 2:30 |
| 8 | Blast Off | 2:17 |
| 9 | She's Hit | 6:05 |
| 10 | 6" Gold Blade | 3:35 |
| 11 | Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) | 5:33 |
| 12 | Dead JoeWritten-By – Anita Lane, Cave* |
3:08 |
| 13 | Junkyard | 5:48 |
| 14 | Big-Jesus-Trash-Can | 3:00 |
| 15 | Wild World | 3:24 |
| 16 | Sonny's Burning | 3:17 |
| 17 | Deep In The Woods | 4:46 |
| 18 | Swampland | 3:28 |
| 19 | Jennifer's Veil | 4:55 |
| 20 | Mutiny In Heaven | 4:17 |
Companies, etc.
- Marketed By – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
Credits
- Bass – Tracy Pew
- Brass – Mick Hunter (tracks: 4, 5), Philip Jackson (tracks: 4, 5), Stephen Ewart (tracks: 4, 5)
- Design – Paul McMenamin
- Drums – Mick Harvey (tracks: 10, 11, 14 to 19), Phill Calvert
- Guitar – Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Bleddyn Butcher, Joe Stevens
- Producer – Nick Launay (tracks: 7, 8), The Birthday Party, Tony Cohen (tracks: 1 to 6, 9 to 20)
- Recorded By – Tony Cohen
- Vocals – Nick Cave
- Written-By – Harvey* (tracks: 2, 7, 10, 11, 13 to 18, 20), Cave* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 20), Howard* (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19), Pew* (tracks: 9, 16, 18)
Notes
All tracks recorded with Tony Cohen.Tracks 1 to 6 and 9 to 20 produced by Tony Cohen and The Birthday Party in Melbourne, Australia 1979 to 1982. Tracks 7 and 8 produced by The Birthday Party and Nick Launey in London April 1981. Tracks 15 to 20 recorded at Hansa Studios, Berlin October 1982 and April 1983.
Tracks 1 to 3 from Hee-Haw CD, 4 to 6 taken from Prayers On Fire CD, 7 to 14 taken from Junkyard CD and 15 to 20 taken from Mutiny CD, all available on CD format from 4AD UK.
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAD 2016 | The Birthday Party | Hits (2xLP, Comp) | 4AD | DAD 2016 | UK | 1992 |
| none | The Birthday Party | Hits (CD, Comp, RE) | 4AD | none | US | Unknown |
| GAD 2016 CD | The Birthday Party | Hits (CD, Comp, RE) | Союз, 4AD | GAD 2016 CD | Russia | 2007 |
| DAD 2016 CD | The Birthday Party | Hits (CD, Comp, RP) | 4AD | DAD 2016 CD | UK | Unknown |
| GAD 2016 CD | The Birthday Party | Hits (CD, Comp, RE) | 4AD | GAD 2016 CD | UK | 2007 |
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