Kicking Against The Pricks

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1	Muddy Water Bass, Backing Vocals – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Guitar – Blixa*Piano, Backing Vocals – Mick*Violin – Dawn CaveVocals, Organ, Piano [Interior] – Nick*Written-By – John Bundrick*	5:15
2	I'm Gonna Kill That Woman Bass, Drums – Mick*Guitar – Bargeld*, Hugo RacePerformer [Tempo] – Thomas*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – John Lee Hooker	3:44
3	Sleeping Annaleah Bass, Backing Vocals – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Mick*Slide Guitar – Blixa*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – Folger*, Newbury*	3:18
4	Long Black Veil Acoustic Guitar, Snare, Backing Vocals – Mick*Bass, Backing Vocals – Barry*Guitar – Hugo RacePercussion – Thomas*Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals – Blixa*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – Danny Del*, Marjohn Wilkins*	3:46
5	Hey Joe Bass – Tracy PewDrum, Piano – Mick*Guitar – Hugo RaceVocals, Organ – Nick*Written-By – William Roberts*	3:56
6	The Singer Bass – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Guitar – Mick*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – Daniels*, Cash*	3:09
7	Black Betty Drums – Mick*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – Leadbelly	2:33
8	Running Scared Bass – Tracy PewDrums – Mick*Guitar – Hugo RaceVocals – Nick*Written-By – Melson*, Roy Orbison	2:07
9	All Tomorrows Parties Bass – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Guitar, Vocals – Blixa*Guitar, Vocals, Piano – Mick*Lead Vocals – Nick*Vocals – Rowland S. HowardWritten-By – Lou Reed	5:52
10	By The Time I Get To Phoenix Bass – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Guitar [Harmonics] – Blixa*Organ, Guitar – Rowland S. HowardPiano – Mick*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – Jim Webb*	3:39
11	The Hammer Song Bass – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Guitar – Blixa*Organ, Percussion [Extra Snare] – Mick*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – A. Harvey*	3:50
12	Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Bass, Backing Vocals – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Piano, Vibraphone, Backing Vocals – Mick*Vocals – Nick*Written-By – Greenaway, Cook*	3:44
13	Jesus Met The Woman At The Well Arranged By – The Alabama SingersBass, Vocals – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Guitar – Hugo RaceGuitar, Vocals – Mick*Lead Vocals – Nick*Vocals – Blixa*Written-By – Traditional	2:00
14	The Carnival Is Over Bass, Vocals – Barry*Drums – Thomas*Guitar, Vocals – Blixa*Lead Vocals – Nick*Piano, Vocals – Mick*Written-By – Frank Farian, T. Springfield*	3:16

Companies, etc.

• Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
• Manufactured By – Elektra Entertainment
• Distributed By – Elektra Entertainment
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
• Engineered At – AAV
• Mixed At – Hansa Tonstudios
• Mixed At – Richmond Recorders
• Published By – Cayman Music Inc.
• Published By – Fort Knox Music
• Published By – Trio Music
• Published By – Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
• Published By – Cedarwood Publishing
• Published By – Songs Of Polygram International, Inc.
• Published By – Third Story Music, Inc.
• Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
• Published By – Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
• Published By – Orbi Lee Publishing
• Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
• Published By – R Key Darkus Publishing
• Published By – Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd.
• Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
• Published By – Charles Koppelman Music
• Published By – Mason & Company
• Published By – Jonathan Three Music Co.
• Published By – LeFrak Entertainment Co. Ltd.
• Published By – Martin Bandier Music
• Published By – Chrysalis Music
• Published By – Copyright Control
• Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings] – Mick Harvey
• Engineer [Backing Tracks] – Tony Cohen
• Engineer [Mixes, Assistant] – Sven*, Tom Frederickse*
• Engineer [Mixes] – Blixa*, Flood, Mick*, Nick*, Thomas*
• Photography By [Blixa & Thomas, Inner Sleeve] – Petra Gal
• Photography By [Cover] – Peter Milne
• Photography By [Mike & Barry] – Chris Nash
• Producer – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Sleeve – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Strings – Berliner Kaffeehausmusik Ensemble

Notes

All backing tracks engineered at AAV Studios, Melbourne, Australia, Nov./Dec. 1985.
Mixes engineered at Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin in March 1986.
Time & Money wasted at Richmond Recorders, Melbourne.

Manufactured and distributed by Elektra Entertainment. Printed in the USA.
℗ 1986, 1994 Mute Corporation. © 1994 Mute Corporation.
Track 1 published by Cayman Music Inc. (ASCAP)
Track 2 published by Fort Knox Music/Trio Music (BMI)
Track 3 published by Acuff-Rose Music Inc. (BMI)
Tracks 4, 12 published by Cedarwood Publishing (BMI) Administered by Songs Of Polygram International Inc. (BMI)
Track 5 published by Third Story Music Inc (BMI)
Track 6 published by Carlin Music Corp.
Track 7 published by Folkways Music Publishers Inc. (BMI)
Track 8 published by Acuff-Rose Music Inc./Orbi Lee Publishing (Adm. by Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp.)/R. Key Darkus Publishing (Adm. by Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp.) (BMI)
Track 9 published by Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd. administered by Screen Gems-EMI, Inc. (BMI)
Track 10 published by Charles Koppelman Music administered by Mason & Company/Jonathan Three Music Co. administered by LeFrak Entertainment Co., Ltd. /Martin Bandier Music administered by Mason & Company (BMI)
Track 11 published by Chrysalis Music
Track 13 Copyright Control
Track 14 published by Chappell Music Ltd. (GEMA)

Bible quote from Acts 26:14.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 2459-61717-2 1
• Matrix / Runout: S [Specialty logo] 2 61717-2 SRC**01 M3S1
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
STUMM 28	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Kicking Against The Pricks ‎(LP, Album)	Mute	STUMM 28	UK	1986
61717-2	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Kicking Against The Pricks ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra	61717-2	US	1994
C 30443	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Kicking Against The Pricks ‎(Cass, Album)	Liberation Records	C 30443	Australia	1986
STUMM 28	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Kicking Against The Pricks ‎(LP, Album)	Mute	STUMM 28	Scandinavia	1986
HMS065	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Kicking Against The Pricks ‎(LP, Album, TP)	Homestead Records	HMS065	US	1986

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