Significant longplayers from yesteryear
3 November 2026
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS released their 4th longplayer,
titled YOUR FUNERAL… MY TRIAL today, 40 years ago,
on 3 November 1986.
The album was originally released as a double EP, while also
issued on CD with a different running order.
During this period in his life, Cave was steeped in heroin addiction,
perhaps evidenced by the melancholy, desperate mood of the songs.
In 1993, he said about the record: “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.”
Nick Harvey (guitarist): “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.”
Despite critical acclaim, the record failed to achieve commercial success.
AllMusic/Ned Raggett: “Trial shows the Seeds working as, again, a remarkably
accomplished and varied act, ever available and ready to explore a wide range of
musics distilled into Cave’s often dark, always passionate vision.”
ALBUM