Editing Your Funeral... My Trial

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Your Funeral... My Trial
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]
| cover        = yourfuneralmytrial.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 3 November 1986
| recorded     = July–August 1986
| venue        = 
| studio       = * [[Hansa Tonstudio]] (Berlin)
* Strongroom (London)
| genre        = * [[Gothic rock]]<ref name=TZ>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treblezine.com/nick-cave-bad-seeds-let-love-in-25-years-elegance-menace/|title=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Let Love in is a nimble balance between menace and elegance|website=treblezine.com|date=18 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[art rock]]<ref name=TZ/>
| length       = {{Duration|m=42|s=49}}
| label        = [[Mute Records|Mute]]
| producer     = * [[Flood (music producer)|Flood]]
* [[Tony Cohen]]
| prev_title   = [[Kicking Against the Pricks]]
| prev_year    = 1986
| next_title   = [[Tender Prey]]
| next_year    = 1988
| misc         = 
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/your-funeral-my-trial-mw0000649964 |title=Your Funeral... My Trial – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Nick Cave |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=19 October 2019 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=186 |date=May 2009 |last=Perry |first=Andrew}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3Score = 9.4/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12949-from-her-to-eternity-the-first-born-is-dead-kicking-against-the-pricks-your-funeral-my-trial/ |title=Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The First Born Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=6 May 2009 |access-date=24 January 2011 |last=Berman |first=Stuart}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=274 |date=May 2009 |last=Fyfe |first=Andy}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: From Her to Eternity / The Firstborn Is Dead / Kicking Against the Pricks / Your Funeral... My Trial |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |issue=362 |date=May 2009 |last=Staunton |first=Terry |page=79}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |last=Sisario |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Sisario |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/151 151–152]}}</ref>
| rev7      = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Living Dead |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |date=8 November 1986 |last=Roberts |first=Chris |page=26}}</ref>
| rev8      = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev8Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Birthday Party |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=43–44}}</ref>
| rev9      = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/nick_cave/reviews/12968 |title=Album reissues: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=26 March 2009 |access-date=11 March 2017 |last=Cavanagh |first=David |author-link=David Cavanagh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205134103/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/nick_cave/reviews/12968 |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
'''''Your Funeral... My Trial''''' is the fourth studio album by the Australian [[Rock music|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". During this period in his life, Cave was steeped in heroin [[Addiction#Drug addiction|addiction]], perhaps evidenced by the melancholy, desperate mood of this album.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Long |title=BBC – Music – Review of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Your Funeral... My Trial |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5c8c |publisher=[[BBC Music]] |date=8 May 2009 |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Adrian |last=Denning |title=Nick Cave – album reviews |url=http://www.adriandenning.co.uk/cave.html |website=adriandenning.co.uk |date=19 September 2010 |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref> 
This was the final Bad Seeds album to feature [[Barry Adamson]] until he returned for ''[[Push the Sky Away]]'' (2013).

Cave later said, "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>{{cite book | author= Tracee Hutchison | author-link= Tracee Hutchison |title=Your Name's On The Door|page=117|year=1992|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Enterprises]] |location=Sydney |isbn=0-7333-0115-0}}</ref> ''Your Funeral... My Trial'' was the band's first album to reach the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart]], where it peaked at number 98, and also reached number one on the [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|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 ==
Producer [[Flood (music 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>{{cite web| work= Uncut | title=Nick Cave 20 Best Songs | date=18 February 2015 | url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/nick-cave-s-30-greatest-songs-chosen-by-the-bad-seeds-his-famous-fans-and-cave-himself-37741/5/}}</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">{{cite magazine|last=Male |first=Andrew |date= April 2020 |title=Nick Cave's 50 Greatest Songs: 'Something Monstrous Was Taking Shape' |magazine= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] }}</ref>

== Movies ==
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appeared in the [[Wim Wenders]] film ''[[Wings of Desire|Der Himmel über Berlin]]'' (1987), performing "The Carny" (which is heard once before the performance scene) and "[[From Her to Eternity (song)|From Her to Eternity]]". "The Carny" also inspired the animated twelve-minute film ''[[Jo Jo in the Stars]]'' (2003), which won the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] [[57th British Academy Film Awards#Best Short Film - Animation|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&nbsp;..."<ref>[http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/interviews/inspirations Inspirations] (XHTML). ''In depth'', ''Interviews''. Computer Arts. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side one
| total_length  = 
| all_writing   = [[Nick Cave]], except where noted
| title1        = Sad Waters
| length1       = 5:00
| title2        = [[The Carny]]
| length2       = 8:01
| title3        = Your Funeral My Trial
| length3       = 3:56
| title4        = Stranger Than Kindness
| writer4       = {{hlist|[[Anita Lane]]|[[Blixa Bargeld]]}}
| length4       = 4:47
}}
{{Tracklisting
| headline      = Side two
| title5        = Jack's Shadow
| length5       = 5:41
| writer5       = Cave, [[Mick Harvey]]
| title6        = Hard On For Love
| length6       = 5:19
| title7        = She Fell Away
| length7       = 4:30
| title8        = Long Time Man
| length8       = 5:35
| writer8       = [[Tim Rose]]
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = CD version
| title1        = Your Funeral My Trial
| length1       = 3:57
| title2        = Stranger Than Kindness
| writer2       = {{hlist|Anita Lane|Blixa Bargeld}}
| length2       = 4:47
| title3        = Jack's Shadow
| length3       = 5:43
| writer3       = {{hlist|Cave|Mick Harvey}}
| title4        = [[The Carny]]
| length4       = 8:02
| title5        = She Fell Away
| length5       = 4:33
| title6        = Hard On for Love
| length6       = 5:21
| title7        = Sad Waters
| length7       = 5:02
| title8        = Long Time Man
| writer8       = Tim Rose
| length8       = 5:48
| title9        = Scum
| length9       = 2:53
| writer9       = {{hlist|Cave|Mick Harvey}}
| total_length  = 46:06
}}

== Personnel ==
'''Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds'''
* [[Nick Cave]] – vocals <small>(1–9)</small>; piano <small>(5, 7, 8)</small>; [[Hammond organ|Hammond]] <small>(1, 3, 4, 6)</small>; harmonica <small>(1, 2)</small>
* [[Mick Harvey]] – bass guitar <small>(1, 6–9)</small>; guitar <small>(1, 3, 5–8)</small>; drums <small>(1, 3, 4, 8)</small>; [[snare drum]] <small>(7)</small>; piano <small>(2, 3)</small>; organ <small>(2)</small>; [[glockenspiel]] <small>(2)</small>; [[xylophone]] <small>(2, 7)</small>; backing vocals <small>(6)</small>
* [[Blixa Bargeld]] – guitar <small>(1–9)</small>; co-lead vocals <small>(2)</small>
* [[Barry Adamson]] – bass <small>(3, 5)</small>
* [[Thomas Wydler]] – drums <small>(2, 3, 5, 7, 9)</small>; fire extinguisher <small>(7)</small>

'''Technical personnel'''
* [[Flood (music producer)|Flood]] – producer; [[Audio engineering|engineer]]; [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* [[Tony Cohen]] – producer; engineer

'''Design personnel'''
* Nick Cave – [[Art director|art direction]]
* Paul White – art direction
* [[Christoph Dreher]] – photography

Personnel for ''Your Funeral... My Trial'' adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Your Funeral... My Trial|title-link=Your Funeral... My Trial|others=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds|year=1986|type=CD|publisher=[[Mute Records]]|id=LC 05834}}</ref>

== Chart positions ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | Chart (1986)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row" | [[UK Indie Chart|UK Independent Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125710/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm|title=Indie Hits: "C"|publisher=[[Cherry Red Records|Cherry Red]]|last1=Lazell|first1=Barry|archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>
| 1
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/reissues/your-funeral-my-trial ''Your Funeral... My Trial'' on the band's official web site]
* {{discogs master|17242}}
* {{MusicBrainz release group|id=9f28beec-fc42-3b54-8340-1801f026d8ee}}

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