(en) Sarah Pulver LCD Soundsystem (Thrasher Magazine, Septembre 2005. James Murphy : « My first album : I got some birthday money, went to the record store and bought Siouxsie and the Banshees Join Hands, The Fall Grotesque, and The Birthday Party Nick the Stripper, all in one day. And all three of those records are three of my favorite things I've ever heard. »)
(en) Lewis, Luke, « Release The Bats - It's The 20 Greatest Goth Tracks », (version du sur Internet Archive) : « 7. The Birthday Party – Release The Bats. Knuckle-dragging drums. Sickening, scything distortion. Barely comprehensible vocals in the Vic Reeves 'club style': here was a compelling sonic template for goth's lunatic fringe. Most gothic moment: Nick Cave's blood-curdling shriek: "Whooaaargh! BITE!" ».
