Kicking Against the Pricks
Album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Released	1986
Recorded	???
Genre	Post-punk
Length	49:28
Label	Mute Records
Producer(s)	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds chronology
The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)	Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)	Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)

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The album marked the Bad Seeds debut of drummer Thomas Wydler.

Were Cave's career to be broken into a three act structure, Kicking Against the Pricks might be thought of as the end of Act One.

A number of the original songs that Cave covered were included on the compilation CDs Original Seeds. Original Seeds: Songs that inspired Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are two compilation CDs. ...

Track listing

1. Muddy Water (5:15) (John Bundrick)
2. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (3:44) (John Lee Hooker)
3. Sleeping Annaleah (3:18) (Mickey Newbury)
4. Long Black Veil (M.Wilkens/D.Dill), originally recorded by Johnny Cash
5. Hey Joe (3:56) (Billy Roberts), originally recorded by The Leaves
6. The Singer (3:09) (Johnny Cash) , originaly titled The Folk Singer
7. Black Betty (2:33) (Leadbelly) (CD only)
8. Running Scared (2:07) (Roy Orbison) (CD only)
9. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:52) (The Velvet Underground)
10. By the Time I Get to Phoenix (3:39) (Jimmy Webb)
11. The Hammer Song (3:50) (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
12. Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (3:44) (Gene Pitney)
13. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (2:00) (traditional)
14. The Carnival Is Over (3:16) (The Seekers)

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Credits

Personnel

• Nick Cave – vocals, piano, organ
• Mick Harvey – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, vibraphone, bass, drums, background vocals
• Blixa Bargeld – electric & slide guitars, background vocals
• Barry Adamson – bass, background vocals
• Thomas Wydler – drums