Prayers on Fire is the debut album by Australian post-punk rock group The Birthday Party. In February 1980 Melbourne-based new wave group, The Boys Next Door, changed their name to The Birthday Party. They consisted of Phill Calvert on drums, Nick Cave on vocals, Mick Harvey on guitar, Rowland S. Howard on guitar and Tracy Pew on bass guitar. Prayers on Fire is the debut album by Australian post-punk rock group The Birthday Party. In February 1980 Melbourne-based new wave group, The Boys Next Door, changed their name to The Birthday Party. They consisted of Phill Calvert on drums, Nick Cave on vocals, Mick Harvey on guitar, Rowland S. Howard on guitar and Tracy Pew on bass guitar. false 2025-01-30 02:56:40 2000 2000-05-16 2000-05-16 42 New Wave Post-Punk Punk Rock 120709 2166885 cc5b5b27-e8f7-4e16-8464-bacb851c8954 cbcd4d49-e892-4fc6-a313-35f275a153d2 d13db7d8-5cee-33ce-ac3e-012dc6c71667 /media/data/media2/Music/The Birthday Party/Prayers on Fire/folder.jpg The Birthday Party The Birthday Party 1 1 02:38 1 2 02:42 1 3 02:39 1 4 03:52 1 5 03:07 1 6 02:48 1 7 04:41 1 8 02:13 1 9 05:04 1 10 03:04 1 11 02:03 1 12 03:10 1 13 04:06