Nick Cave and Debbie Harry collaborated on a cover of The Gun Club’s “The Breaking Hands,” which is set to appear on the upcoming Jeffrey Lee Pierce cover album, “The Journey is Long.”
The track originally appeared on the Gun Club’s 1987 album, “Mother Juno.” The Pierce tribute will be out April 6 on Fuse. Check out the song, as well as the tracklist for the whole album, below.
Tracklist
1. City In Pain – Nick Cave
2. I’m Going Upstairs – Hugo Race
3. From Death To Texas – Steve Wynn
4. The Breaking Hands – Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell
5. The Jungle Book – The Amber Lights
6. Rose’s Blues – Bertrand Cantat, Pascal Humbert, Warren Ellis, Cypress Grove
7. Zonar Roze – Thalia Zedek and Chris Brokaw
8. L.A. County Jail Blues – Cypress Grove
9. I Wanna Be You – Barry Adamson
10. Sonny Boy – Mick Harvey
11. Book Of Love – Vertical Smile (Youth from Killing Joke)
12. Body And Soul – Astro-Unicorn
13. The Brink – Lydia Lunch
14. The Breaking Hands – Nick Cave And Debbie Harry
15. In My Room – Tex Perkins & Lydia Lunch
16. The Jungle Book – Tav Falco & Panther Burns
17. St. Marks Place – Mick Harvey
18. Ain’t My Problem Baby – The Jim Jones Revue
March 20, 2012 at 10:41 pm, Angélique Voskamp said:
Gaaf duo.
March 22, 2012 at 7:00 am, Debra Wald Kumar said:
I can't wait for this release just to get The Breaking Hands by Nick Cave and Debbie Harry. Lovely.
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