Nick Cave

Under the spell of playing through some of the originals covered on "Kicking Against The Pricks," "Your Funeral... My Trial" defined the musical direction Cave would stay true to later on.

Even though the third album is made up entirely of covers, it feels fully on par with Nick Cave's other studio albums, because Cave's own artistic stamp is front and center all over it.

A cult classic of the alternative rock underground, it conjures deadly serious feelings out of bizarre darkness and shocks and shakes with ease, while also serving up a hefty helping of self-ironic mischief and goofing around.