Your Funeral... My Trial

Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: 3 November 1986 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=Kicking Against the Pricks1986Tender Prey1988studioYour Funeral... My Trialyourfuneralmytrial.jpgNick Cave and the Bad Seeds3 November 1986July–August 1986* Hansa Tonstudio (Berlin)

• Strongroom (London)* Gothic rock<ref name=TZ>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• art rock<ref name=TZ/>Template:DurationMute* Flood
• Tony Cohenx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}}

Template:Music ratings Your Funeral... My Trial is the fourth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 3 November 1986 by Mute Records. The album was originally released as a double extended play (EP), while also issued on CD with a different running order and the additional track "Scum" which was originally a stand-alone single. During this period in his life, Cave was steeped in heroin addiction, perhaps evidenced by the melancholy, desperate mood of this album.<ref name="BBC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was the final Bad Seeds album to feature bassist Barry Adamson until he returned for the band's fifteenth studio album Push the Sky Away (2013). The title song is not related to "Your Funeral & My Trial", a 1958 single by blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson.

In 1993, Cave said of the album: "That particular record, which is my favourite of the records we've done, is very special to me and a lot of amazing things happened, musically, in the studio. There are some songs on that record that as far as I'm concerned are just about perfect as we can get really- songs like "The Carny", "Your Funeral, My Trial", and "Stranger Than Kindness", I think are really quite brilliant."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Your Funeral... My Trial was the band's first album to reach the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart, where it peaked at number 98, and also reached number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart.

The album was remastered and reissued on 27 April 2009 as a collector's edition CD/DVD set. The CD features the original 8-song vinyl double EP's track listing and track order, while "Scum" is featured as a bonus audio track on the accompanying DVD.

Recording

Record producer Flood said, "I remember Mick Harvey arrived in the studio with the guts of an old grand piano, that was the basis of the sound. It was just the strings, attached to a metal frame. He tuned certain notes, and used a guitar plectrum to pick the notes. It then ended up as "The Carny". That was the first day of recording Your Funeral… My Trial, and that kind of set the tone for the whole record."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reflecting on the album in 2020, guitarist Mick Harvey noted: "[The album] gave us the template to go forward with. It was organised rather than rambling. It all felt complete even though it was a disparate set of sounds and styles. It felt like it belonged to us. It sounded like The Bad Seeds."<ref name="Mojo">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Films

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appeared in the Wim Wenders film Der Himmel über Berlin (1987), performing "The Carny" (which is heard once before the performance scene) and "From Her to Eternity". "The Carny" also inspired the animated twelve-minute film Jo Jo in the Stars (2003), which won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Short Film. The film was created and directed by Marc Craste, who said about "The Carny": "The lyrics read like a short story, it seemed to suggest a film – a straight visual interpretation of the text ..."<ref>Inspirations (XHTML). In depth, Interviews. Computer Arts. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.</ref>

Personnel

Personnel for Your Funeral... My Trial adapted from the album's liner notes for the CD edition.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

• Nick Cave – vocals (1–9); piano (5, 7, 8); Hammond (1, 3, 4, 6); harmonica (1, 2)
• Mick Harvey – bass guitar (1, 6–9); guitar (1, 3, 5–8); drums (1, 3, 4, 8); snare drum (7); piano (2, 3); organ (2); glockenspiel (2); xylophone (2, 7); backing vocals (6)
• Blixa Bargeld – guitar (1–9); co-lead vocals (2)
• Barry Adamson – bass (3, 5)
• Thomas Wydler – drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 9); fire extinguisher (7)

Technical personnel

• Flood – producer; engineer; mixing
• Tony Cohen – producer; engineer

Design personnel

• Nick Cave – art direction
• Paul White – art direction
• Christoph Dreher – photography

Chart positions

Chart (1986)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums Chart<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1

External links

• Your Funeral... My Trial on the band's official web site Template:Webarchive
• Template:Discogs master
• Template:MusicBrainz release group