''Raining Pleasure'' is a record released in

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by the Australian folk rock group

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as a 12" vinyl EP. It reached No. 95 on the Australian Charts. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988. Its seven tracks were co-produced by the group with Nick Mainsbridge who also supplied trumpet. Although the EP has not been in print for some time, selected tracks appeared on the ''

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'' (1986) and '' Australian Melodrama'' (1994) compilations, while all seven tracks were compiled on '' Beautiful Waste and Other Songs'' in 2008.

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McComb said of the recording, "All of these songs are hysterical exercises to try and deceive people into thinking that the narrator is feeling one way, when it can be a damning indictment of the narrator of the song. He's the person mouthing off, covering up this great big hole. Mr. Butcher it was who said 'bluster emptily', which is the feeling of someone trying to hide an enormous wound by an enormous amount of words." In 1992 the Greek

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band Rest in Peace changed their name to

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as a reference to the record's title track. The song "Raining Pleasure" was covered by the Australian band

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on their 1996 EP ''Some Deaths Take Forever'' – the track is mostly a heavily processed instrumental with few recognisable vocal fragments. During 2007 Paul Kelly performed the track as a duet with his support act New Buffalo (a.k.a.

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) on his Stolen Apples Tour of Australia. They recorded a live version on 20 September for Kelly's DVD, ''Live Apples'' (April 2008).

Reception

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of the

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said of the EP in 1985, "Check out the mock-Christian celibacy of "Jesus Calling", or the loathing that spews out in "Property Is Condemned", The Triffids most viciously compelling song, both off '84's excellent ''Raining Pleasure'' mini-LP."

Track listing

All songs written by David McComb, unless otherwise noted.Australasian Performing Right Association
/ref> # "Jesus Calling" # "Embedded" # " St. James Infirmary" (trad. arr.) # "Everybody Has to Eat" (David McComb, James Paterson) # "Ballad of Jack Frost" # "Property is Condemned" # "Raining Pleasure" (David McComb, James Paterson)

Personnel

The Triffids

Credited to: *

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- lead vocals, guitar, piano * Robert McComb - violin, guitar, percussion, vocals *

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- drums, tympani, congas, vocals *

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- bass *

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- keyboard, vocals, lead vocals on "Raining Pleasure"

Additional musicians

* John Sandow - piano * Neil Sanderson - viola * Michael "Blue" Dalton of The Lighthouse Keepers - harmonica * Margaret Labi - backing vocals *

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- backing vocals * Nick Mainsbridge - trumpet

References

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