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== Background and production == After the break-up of [[Nick Cave]]'s former band [[The Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]], Cave formed a new project with former band member [[Mick Harvey]]. Cave and Harvey were joined by a semi-fluid group of bandmates, initially including [[Einstürzende Neubauten]] member [[Blixa Bargeld]] on guitar, [[Hugo Race]] on guitar, and former [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]] member [[Barry Adamson]] on guitar, bass, and piano. After some studio work, the band's premiere public performance was held on New Year's Eve, 1983 at the [[Crystal Ballroom (Melbourne)|Crystal Ballroom]] in [[Melbourne]], under the name "Nick Cave – Man or Myth?", followed by a tour.<ref>{{cite web |work=From the Archives |title=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Concert Chronology/Gigography |url=http://www.fromthearchives.com/nc/chronology.html |publisher=fromthearchives.com |access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref> The band then briefly called themselves "Nick Cave and the Cavemen" before adopting the "Bad Seeds" moniker, in reference to the final Birthday Party release, ''[[Mutiny/The Bad Seed|The Bad Seed]]'' extended play (EP). The majority of the album was recorded at [[Trident Studios]] in [[London]] in March 1984. "Saint Huck", "Wings off Flies" and "A Box for Black Paul" were recorded at [[Miloco Studios#The Garden|The Garden]] studio (owned by [[John Foxx]] of [[Ultravox]]) between September and October 1983. [[JG Thirlwell]], an early member of the group, co-wrote "Wings Off Flies" and made uncredited instrumental contributions to the album, but departed early in the recording sessions due to creative disagreements and to work on his own solo material.<ref name=Wray2014>Daniel Dylan Wray (2014) [http://thequietus.com/articles/16018-the-birthday-party-interview-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds If This Is Heaven I'm Bailing Out: The Death Of The Birthday Party ], The Quietus, accessed 5 January 2017</ref> The band is also seen playing a live performance of the title track in the 1987 [[Wim Wenders]] film ''[[Wings of Desire]]''. This version, recorded at [[Hansa Tonstudio|Hansa Studio]], [[Berlin]] in February 1987, is included on CD reissues of the album. Cave later said, "Well, I guess we weren't kicking people in the teeth anymore. I mean, it just became different. I wanted it to be more lyrically orientated and getting Blixa Bargeld from [[Einstürzende Neubauten]] in the group made an incredible difference. He's a completely kind of atmospheric guitarist and incredibly economical and it gave me room to breathe."<ref>{{cite book | author= Tracee Hutchison | author-link= Tracee Hutchison |title=Your Name's On The Door|page=104|year=1992|publisher=ABC Enterprises |location=Sydney |isbn=0-7333-0115-0}}</ref>
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