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The Firstborn Is Dead
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
The Firstborn Is Dead is the second album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 3 June 1985 on Mute Records and was produced by the band and Flood. The recording took place at Hansa Studios in Berlin. Cave later said that the city gave them the freedom to do anything, whereas in London, as Australians, they were quickly reined in.
The title refers to Jesse Garon Presley, Elvis's stillborn twin brother. The album returns to the southern United States, with references to Elvis and bluesmen such as Blind Lemon Jefferson. Tupelo is loosely based on a song by John Lee Hooker and is about Elvis's birthplace, mixed with images of the apocalypse. Wanted Man is an arrangement of a song by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, with a lyric of Cave's own.
Listening
Track list
- 1Tupelo (2009 Remaster)7:18Apple Music ↗
- 2Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree (2009 Remaster)5:10Apple Music ↗
- 3Train Long Suffering (2009 Remaster)3:49Apple Music ↗
- 4Black Crow King (2009 Remaster)5:05Apple Music ↗
- 5Knockin' On Joe (2009 Remaster)7:39Apple Music ↗
- 6Wanted Man (2009 Remaster)5:27Apple Music ↗
- 7Blind Lemon Jefferson (2009 Remaster)6:08Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗