The Boatman's Call

Favorite Track: Into My Arms

boatman’s call more like nick cave booty call yes please i love this album

Bo-ring

A beautifully dark, emotional album. Stripped down and lovely listen. 4.5/5

The first Nick Cave's project I'm not crazy about, having listened to and liked "Henry's Dream", "Abottoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus", "Ghostteen" and even The Birthday Party's "Junkyard". From the ones I listed, the album that gets closer to the sound of this one I believe is "Ghostteen", as this is purely composed by very slow tracks, and they certainly do not reach the incredibly sad and emotive levels of the other, specially because it doesn't have the heartbreaking context. The main focus behind this record feels to be creating soothing and beautiful ballads, but I don't really find them to be that moving or impactful. The aesthetic is certainly pleasant, built by Nick Cave's nice voice and a very quite instrumentation, mainly composed by piano, with some touches of strings, guitars and additional instruments, without creating any big orchestration. However, I don't find it that compelling. Most of the time I'm listening to it like anything more is happening. I didn't find any of the performances or melodies to be truly intriguing. So yes, I felt quite underwhelmed about this. I still think it is an alright album, but I can't really say much about it.

Nick Cave does Leonard Cohen, better. 1. Into my arms 2. People ain't no good 3. Far from me

I don't hate this. It would be a 3 if his vocals weren't out of tune so often. If the whole album were sung by Tom Waits or Leonard Cohen, it might even be a 4 because there are good melodies and some interesting lyrics. But it just becomes ponderous and grating when it sounds like a demo he recorded late at night drunk. I would prefer to hear his songs sung by other people. I know a lot of people feel that way about Bob Dylan but Bob Dylan generally sings on pitch.

Got some of the stronger lyrics in the Bad Seeds back catalogue, and a good window for some of NCs softer, more spiritual work. A firm foundation for the iconic Idiot Prayer live LP of 2020.

Just dreary. All of the songs have a small chord progression that loops for 5 minutes at a time. I understand that there is some poetry going on but without any vocal inflection at all, I don't care about the poetry. Just dragged on and on and on and made me feel depressed.

welp. after avoiding him for 7 years on RYM, i finally have an obligation to listen to Nick Cave. to my understanding he's kind of an inverse Tom Waits, mellowing from goblin yelps to tasteful balladry over the decades. as for these tasteful ballads: they're pretty, they're well written, but they're the only thing on here and musically don't match the depth of the emotional arc. deserves to be one of the 1001? ignoring The Birthday Party for a second, i reckon he gets one album from the 80s, one album from the 90s, and one album from the 21st century. the specific picks? i dont fucking know go ask someone that's obsessed with this guy

Nothing especially wrong with it musically but just quite depressing really and that’s not my vibe right now

5/5 Nick Cave’s finest

Like into your arms then wanted to rock backwards and forwards in misery

After the first three songs, I was thinking 5. It became a bit of a slog, so it dropped to 4. Then Green Eyes came on and I hated that song so it dropped to a 3. Upon further reflection, I do like the rest of it so 3.5/5.

His intense voice always captures one attention, it is impossible not to listen to his lyrics tentatively; his sorrow for failed PJ Harvey romance was colorfully depicted in this album which is the very essence that makes it so special 💔

It used to be one of my comfort albums in middle school

good lord, there must be someone on this 1001 platform that is just OBSESSED with nick cave. how many albums have i listened from him now? .... shit, this will be my fifth one! this one is very very minimalist, mostly voice and piano. very sad, very slow and quite sensational... it's a very slow-burn of an album. this album smells and feels like a rainy day in the fall. i really, i really want to like what i'm hearing, i really do but i just end up feeling uninterested. when the album reached its halfway point, my interest just faded and faded even more. the songs aren't bad but it's just not a mood, it's not a sound i can get interested in right now. sorry to the nick cave fans.

heartfelt songs, beautifully crafted piano ballads with some deep, dark lyrics. People Ain't No Good, indeed

I lean more towards either the creepy or beautiful ends of the spectrum when it comes to the music of Mr. Cave.

A bit too slow for my tastes

Slow, boring, fuck off Nick Cave as there is too much of you on this list anyway.

This album felt like being stuck in a half empty, dimly lit piano bar while someone reads depressing poetry you didn’t ask to hear. Gloomy, slow, monotonous, and you can’t wait to pay the tab and leave.

Very melancholy and truthfully a little dark. After a few songs you start to realize Nick Cave’s style on this album is simply bad lounge singing over piano and drums that slowly sound off behind him while he talks of love and religion in the simplest of terms. I have no idea why anyone would acclaim this album. Hell…I have no idea why anyone would listen to this album. It’s not for me.

Something is off here. Perhaps less Nick Cave and more Bad Seeds next time? This felt like a guy got his hands on an emo girl’s diary and is doing dramatic spoken-song versions of tfe entries as a disinterested band, who may or may not be aware of what is going on, plays music in the background. It’s definitely not what you’d call compelling.

When the album ended I felt the urge to put on some Leonard Cohen to lighten the mood. Yeeesh this was dour.

I was very patient with this album. I waited and I listened. And I was not rewarded. I found this album to be depressing and not in a satisfying way. It’s just so boring and dry and slow, it’s the antithesis of everything I struggle to relate to and connect with. My biggest gripe with this album is I find Nick caves voice very bland and underwhelming. Nothing about this album does anything for me.

Surprised at how familiar I was with most of this. There are definitely highlights but listening to the album in full is a reasonably morbid experience. Some pretty pretentious stuff here. RYM: N Saved a song: N

Really not a fan

He looks like one of the bad guys from The Goonies. Listening to this is like an exercise in trying to stay awake while being read the most intensely boring bedtime story you've ever had to endure.

My theory is that Nick Cave is smart and talented, but not quite as smart or talented as he thinks he is, which is why he's so self-serious

I thought Ghosteen was just an exception, no, turns out Nick Cave is just this fucking annoying to listen to.

Very slow

Not this stupid ass guy again. Fucking hate this

its very slow

Enough with the Nick Cave already. Every album I think "this is the one" but no just another hour I wont get back.

Its fine. I like his voice, but everything feels slower than it should have been. The writing flips back and forth between really evocative and interesting and completely first draft, over the course of the same song. I didn't hate it but I don't think I'll be coming back to it.

It was off to a good start, but with a 50+ mins runtime of what essentially felt like the same song over and over again, it got boring quite quickly

Good. Weird.

The boatman’s call was one of the 500 positions listed in Len Houmous’ sex manual. He always denied it was a nod to Nick Cave. 4.0 3/12 People Ain’t No Good

#314/1001. It was the Good Friday, so I choose this album in staff of some others on my list. Despite some classics not my favorite Cave album, the mayhem and sinister and murder and all the maniac loving seem to be missing. In another words I've always liked Cave's ballads, but there seems to be nothing else on this album. 3,5?

I don’t get it, but it was just boring and not very good to me. Not to say it was bad, but I don’t know why it’s on this list

like it

Goed hoor, maar wel tering deprimerend. Erg goed na een halve fles whiskey denk ik

Geen ritme ✅️ geen rijmschema ✅️ elk nummer hetzelfde ✅️ iam14andthisisdeep tekst ✅️ yep, 1 ster tijd

Suave y triste, lamentablemente no pude leer todas las letras de las canciones pero se nota que hablan mucho sobre el amor y la espiritualidad, acompañadas por una base lenta de batería y un piano hermoso, es un buen candidato para cuando queres poner música relajante de fondo y ponerte un poco triste. Primer álbum de Nick Cave que escucho, no me sorprendió pero tampoco me defraudó, buen inicio.

One of those rare albums. One that is melancholy and romantic, but bears up to repeated listens.

I absolutely love this album. One of my all time favorites. I'm not sure what this says about me, but I can listen to it over and over. "People Ain't No Good" is a particular favorite. I have complained about other albums that are so spare (Nick Drake) but for reasons that I can't explain this gets me. Feelings. I don't know if everyone needs to listen to this before they die, but I certainly do. Love this mopey shit! Right near the top of my personal 5 star list. (Better than Sgt Peppers yesterday, ha! What can you do?)

C'est un peu bizarre de mettre dans la liste un album "hors série" d'un groupe. Cet album est entièrement au piano, ce qui diffère largement du style normal du groupe. Enfin, on va essayer le juger pour ce qu'il est. J'ai déjà essayé d'écouter Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (un nom pareil, ça attire l'attention, non ?). J'ai jamais accroché. Et si je me disais que c'était un bonne occasion de me repencher sérieusement dessus, le fait que ce soit un album si différent fait qu'au fond, je ne sais toujours pas si j'apprécie ou non. En tout cas, ça n'est pas cet album qui me fera changer d'avis. J'ai pas tant de chose à dire à son sujet. Ce n'était pas un album particulièrement innovateur, interprétation n'avait rien d'incroyable et je n'en retiens perso pas grand-chose. Cet album n'est pas nul, mais ne propose vraiment rien de particulier et je suis persuadé qu'on peut trouver des artistes qui s'accompagnent uniquement au piano qui sortent plus du lot. Peut-être que pour les fans, c'est génial parce que c'est une facette inédite que Nick Cave, ce que je peux comprendre tout à fait, mais on en revient à ce que je disais déjà : c'est bizarre de mettre dans la liste un album "hors série".

Ok I was going to rate this a 3 but the last song literally made me say “ew” when I heard the spoken word part. I feel like I should like this, but it just didn’t do anything for me.

It's bad. Pretty boring until West Country Girl, and dropping off again after. I don't understand why this album would make anyone's list of albums to listen to before you die. It's not good nor is it revolutionary in any way. Perhaps if I was clinging to life and someone wanted me to give up then they could play this album for me.

I have to admit, I groaned seeing Nick Cave AGAIN, for the FIFTH time(??!!). But I think this is the best one, and I'm glad I gave this album a chance. I like this more introspective but still musically interesting album. 3.5 rounded up.

My initial thought was "I literally can't handle another Nick Cave album." After listening, I can at least acknowledge that each of the selected albums by his band have different sounds, and I constantly fight the urge to argue that certain albums aren't deserving of taking up valuable spots that were more deserving by other creative rock albums. This album had an overall nice sound, with Idiot Prayer capitalizing the most on the soundscape of the album. But overall, his writing is not my style, 2.5 rounded down

Discovering this album was a revelation in late 2018. I was living in Cambodia, not having the the best time, and Nick Cave's signature brooding philosophical gloom was absolutely what I needed (alongside the Antlers' album hospice). Now to revisit more reflectively should be fun. Listening notes: -Into my Arms is such a great starting point. -Where do we Go Now But Nowhere: the spiritual nihilism that pervades Nick Cave is really just firing on cylinder at this point, and following Are you the one that I've been waiting for is such an intriguing defeat of the optimism of that track. -Some of the weirder tracks on the back half aren't my absolute favorite, but I feel like I could still get to 5 stars on this one, at least until Green Eyes, which is the only one I dislike. -I'm aware that the Australians love the C-word (which maybe I'd overlook if it were in a less intentional song), but I find it coarse and misogynistic. I'm inclined to write it off since its a whole thing, but I don't like it. Review: 4.5 rounding up. I will forgive Green Eyes, I've decided. The spare musical landscape that Nick Cave wanders across, mostly despairingly is such a specific and fascinating one. And this album is probably the height of his powers.

At this point, it is hard to think about another Nick Cave album as a single entity rather than comparing it to the rest of his oeuvre. Overall, I think this is good Nick Cave, but I don’t think it’s in the same tier of some of the other Cave we’ve had. 4.5 stars, rounded down.

La ligne est fin entre chill et chiant. Je suis pas certain que cet album soit toujours du bon côté.

Tinha um "amigo" que gostava dessa merda, hoje não posso ouvir esse lixo e se encontrar com ele eu quebro a cara dele na porrada

I've only heard prob a few of his songs before this, so not sure if this was the best place to start, but ya, it was good.

01) Into My Arms - 10,0 02) Lime Tree Arbour - 9,0 03) People Ain't No Good - 9,0 04) Brompton Oratory - 8,5 05) There Is a Kingdom - 8,0 06) (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? - 8,0 07) Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? - 8,0 08) West Country Girl - 7,5 09) Black Hair - 7,0 10) Idiot Prayer - 7,5 11) Far from Me - 7,5 12) Green Eyes - 7,0 TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)

Fantastic, dark, gorgeous soundscapes and his awesome voice.

Nicht mein Fall, zu düster und langsam

So boring, and doesn’t catch me at all.

artists I don't understand the love for: 1. elvis costello 2. nick cave 3. dire straits

Siempre es divertido escuchar a un hombre llorón, pero se hace bola.

This is the kind of guy I always thought was an actor or something before being a musician. This was actually really good. Interesting lyrics. Not obnoxiously contrarian. It was just cool. Best way to describe it. Want to hear again and dive into lyrics. I’ll even give it 4 stars. Some parts reminded me of Bowie.

Nice voice and music. I’m not a fan of the themes of his songs.

Can we just be done with the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds records, please?

Alles wat ik kan zeggen over Nick Cave heb ik eigenlijk al gezegd bij drie andere albums van hem die ik eerder heb beoordeeld. Eindoordeel voor dit luisterboek van hem is wat mij betreft een 3.

Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Good - Into My Arms is a wonderful song. The way it drops into the chorus is just magical. A lot of the other songs are very good but don't quite hold up to the opener. This is is still good because it's Nick Cave but he has made much better albums.

I liked this.

A really pretty record by Nick Cave. Who knew?

INTO MY ARRMMZZZ

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nice

After Murder Ballads, this is a very calm, somber departure. Marking Dirty Three’s Warren Ellis’ elevation to a regular member of The Bad Seeds, whose contributions can be heard in the quieter moments. A series of love songs, deliberations and thoughts put down with minimal backing, letting Cave’s voice shine through. Opening track ‘Into My Arms’ is just beautiful, and one of my favourite songs to sing along with in the car (baritone ftw). Other key tracks ‘Are You The One That I’ve Been Waiting For?’, ‘People Ain’t No Good’ and ‘West Country Girl’ (reportedly about PJ Harvey). A beautiful album, highly recommended for a quiet, thoughtful Sunday afternoon.

I am a Tom Waits fan, very much an acquired taste, as is Mr. Cave, but while I can listen to song after great song from Waits, this guy is a long, sonoros drone who occasionally makes a track that I love - Red Right Hand for example. No tracks like that on here.

Almost had me with the piano and solo voice until I listened to the lyrics. Poetic like a 14 year old boy...? The calming instrumentals bumped this to a 3 but man...

I'm a fan of Nick Cave, but his 90s albums were a bit hit-and-miss for me. This is an interesting one because I like almost all the individual songs (the exception being "There Is A Kingdom" - way too preachy for my non-religious ass), but as an album it's just too mellow. All slow songs, no bangers. I need at least a little Yin with all the Yang.

I clearly could not just jump into Nick Cave's 10th album with no prior reference of what came before ... so I went back and got a history lesson! Several hours later ... I finished off my listening with Henry's Dream and Let Love In which I really enjoyed. I will be currently be hunting down some of his early gems on vinyl, especially Henry's Dream which was my favorite of what came before. Finally I could listen to The Boatman's Call and well it just let me down a bit. It was good, but there was not a whole lot of variety, it was pretty somber and felt like a dirge. I guess that plays in with the whole Boatman theme?

Did not expect to enjoy this but I loved it

I don't like Nick Cave's music. There. I said it.

Nick Cave is sort of a "pick me Christian" in that most of his songs are about God, the Devil, Jesus, such and such a biblical story, etc etc etc. But he also swears and sings about sex and is "too cool" to just be a Christian rock singer -- he's "not like all the other Christians," which is a doubly annoying persona to take on. A lot of the lyrics here are clever by a half, rotating all the way back around to being stupid (e.g. "In a colonial hotel we fucked up the sun / And then we fucked it down again"). I like a lot of the musicians he works with (Nick Cave is probably the worst part of this Nick Cave album) and I maybe would have liked this album more if I'd heard it at a different time/place of my life. But on this listen, I mostly cringed and rolled my eyes.

Into My Arms is one of the greatest Australian songs ever written and I’ve always said that and will always stand by that. The rest of this album doesn’t do too much for me, and I know this is kind of a silly thing to say perhaps but if it wasn’t Nick (who I have come to love so bloody much over the years more for his personality/mythology/whatever you want to call it) I don’t think I’d really give most tracks the time of day. There’s some lovely writing across the board but also some of it is just pretty boring sonically. (3.5 stars)

Nick Cave never fails to hold your attention with his lyrics. This was beautiful, if slower than my usual pace of music.

I don't get it. There's so much Nick Cave on this list and I just don't get it. This is my 4th album of his on this list, and there are occasional songs and bits I enjoy but overall it's just tedious.

What a voice... it's so dynamic and magnetic, it's like it was made for me. The instrumentals and lyrics were lovely as well. Can't wait to hear the other 9 or so albums Nick Cave has on this list!

*I understand the musicianship of this album but it is not a style I enjoy.

Look - I like Nick Cave but man this dude is bleak as fuck, even when he’s not bleak.

As is typical for Nick, a very somber and sobering production, reflecting on life and society around us, in a sullen way. His voice is certainly distinct and the music is very easy and calm on the ears, even though it is also a bit drone. Every Nick record I've had on this project so far has a similar mood, but that is just the way he is. This record has its place, in certain moods.

Although this album isn’t for me overall, I did like West Country Girl. The lyrics are layered in symbolism which I appreciated. I found the lyrics in his songs in general were pretty poetic. The music itself seems quite soulful but somehow isn’t hitting the spot for me. I found it a bit “whiny” at times and too slow. Like this is the type of music you listen to when you’re a middle aged white guy who just went through divorce and you’re sitting at a bar drinking whiskey or something idk. I’m too jolly and naïve for this album.

This album is something of a paradox, marking a transition from Cave’s previous spiky post-punk music to his later, ambient and atmospheric sounds. It’s both accessible whilst also being a tough listen in places, due to the extraordinarily frank and explicit lyrics talking about obsessive and damaged relationships clearly drawn from his own personal experiences. The music is sparse, mostly simple piano accompaniments, but suits the mood that Cave is conveying here. This is definitely one for listening on headphones when you are in the mood, rather than putting into general listening.

A nice palette cleanser after a rough stretch. 3/5

The first third is the best of it, there's good songs, "Into My Arms" leads but much of the rest of the album settles as comfortable but not especially engaging, "Black Hair" was novel but it didn't really work for me It's a nice and wistful bundle of (non-murderous) ballads but not enough to garner a four-star credit

i love it as much as wife hates it. vibes of sad loser Christian lounge blues folk. say what you will about the various branches of white Jesus worship but I do like the soundtracks

two weeks ago when i listened to nick cave's "abattoir blues" i primarily noted that it was boring, repetitive, pretentious, and i disliked cave's transparently conservative views in his songs. in this album seven years recorded seven years prior, 'ole jesus boy lays it on even thicker with even worse singing. there's some decent piano instrumentation, but it's astounding how off key he is for seemingly every line. i feel like unpleasant vocals are a particularly common gripe of mine (given that i generally prefer a woman's singing and this list is absurdly male), but this genuinely nails on chalkboard tier. the way cave talks about women on this is so gross. get a job and stay away from her, weirdo. misogyny moment.

two Nick Cave albums in two weeks is not what I call fun. This album sounds like Tom Waits from Wish mixed with Leonard Cohen from Kijiji. The discount Cohen is so strong on songs like "Into my Arms", this is more then inspiration, its practically parody without self awareness. But most importantly holy shit is this a boring album. It's like Cohen without the smart writing, dull ranting set to sparse instrumentation. I rated down the last Nick Cave album for the slower late section, but gave it a 3 based on there still being sections I liked. I actually hated this album. Even the songs that pick up the pace like "There is a Kingdom" sound like shitty church music in the worst way. I seldom call things pretentious, but this album thinks it is so much smarter then it is that it gets actively annoying. Struggle to Finish. 1 star.

I hate Nick Cave.

I know that the singing and broodiness may not be for everyone, but I actually really loved this album! Into My Arms is probably the most perfect, most beautiful beginning of an album in recent memory.

Heard Before? Yes. Notes: - production is warm and intimate - like a candlelit recording studio. - arrangements are restrained but varied. - excellent use of a slow 6/8. - lyrics are typical Nick Cave of the period - darkly sentimental. - that said, it truly suffers in comparison to his other work. I would much rather hear Birthday Party or even Grinderman. - also "Green Eyes" might be the worst song he ever recorded. Verdict: Why are we listening to the 8th best Nick Cave album? It's fine, but unremarkable. Listen Again? No, except I saved "People Ain't No Good" and "West Country Girl".

Me gustó caleta osi

Not bad

A wonderful record but then again I would probably enjoy the sound of nails scratching blackboard if I knew the nails belong to Nick Cave and the blackboard is held up by the Bad Seeds.

Is Nick Cave Australia's Tom Waits? He definitely feels like it. Maybe with touches of Leonard Cohen? Just like those two, I just don't get Nick Cave. I'm glad he believes in love, but you could have fooled me with his weird cadence and monotone singing voice.

Another great offering from Nick and his mates. People Ain’t No Good is a brilliant track

I prefer my Nick with fire and brimstone, but I'll take introspective and mellow Nick Cave over most artists on the 1001. The Bad Seeds are held down tighly here with Nick's piano taking centre stage. Into My Arms is such a lovely love song to open with, and Green Eyes a bit of a let down to finish with. Great album, but I'd much rather listen to Let Love In.

spooky vibes, iskreno okej al ono smara

It's fine. It's kind of like Damian Rice, but talking about god a lot and without the emotional highs.

Sounds like Tom Waits without the grittyness. Good for background music on a lazy day. Replay yes

2.5

The Boatman’s Call (1997) is the tenth studio album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. It’s a beautiful, intimate, introspective album of stripped back ballads, showcasing Nick Cave’s song writing and voice. It could be described as dark and beautiful, or boring and morose, depending on your point of view. It’s got a Leonard Cohen kind of vibe. There’s not a lot of variation in the tone of the songs, although ‘Into My Arms’ stands out as the best track on the album. It was written after the end of Cave’s brief but apparently intense romance with PJ Harvey and one of the reviews I read was “I can see why she left him”. It’s not an album I was familiar with and it’s certainly not one that you would pop on at a party, but if you’ve just been dumped and need a good cry these are the songs you need. I do like a bit of melancholy in my music so that’s not necessarily a bad thing but it does mean that I’d have to pick my moment to listen to this album. My mood has a tendency to be lower than I’d like these days and it doesn’t need encouraging! Side A: 1. Into My Arms - 5/5 2. Lime Tree Arbour - 3/5 3. People Ain’t No Good - 4/5; 4. Brompton Oratory - 3/5 5. There Is a Kingdom - 3/5 6. (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For? - 4/5; 7. Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? - 3/5 8. West Country Girl - 3/5 9. Black Hair - 3/5; 10. Idiot Prayer- 4/5 11. Far from Me - 4/5 12. Green Eyes - 3/5

Franchement, j'ai trouvé l'album vraiment bien. Après l'avoir écouté 2 fois, je trouve que chaque son a une identité qui lui est bien spécifique, que ce soit dans l'instrumental avec de jolies parties de piano, ou alors dans la voix de Nick Cave, qui m'as parfois impressionné dans la variété de tonalité qu'elle offre, c'est une belle découverte

not bad, not my thing

I'm actually a very big fan of Nick Cave in his Jubilee Street and onward era, I think Religious Nick Cave is much more interesting than the older stuff. Boatman's Call has hints of what's to come, but it's lazy and kind of drones in places and the PJ Harvey songs are way overrated. Into My Arms is a wonderful song and is a true example of what Nick Cave can be when he's being his real self, which is what the later albums reflect.

I like a bit of Nick Cave but I couldn't eat a whole one.

Great album. Probably best Nick Cave album. Into My Arms is one of the greatest live songs written. A classic. 4.4

A brilliant, beautiful record. One of the all time great songwriters at the top of his game.

I wouldn't say this is Nick Cave's best album but I still enjoyed it. His voice is just like butter so I could listen to him sing anything. I take that back, it's a bit too slow for me, I like it but it gets a bit repetitive.

1997. Nick Cave giving a depth of emotion in this gentle sounding album. I don't love his style but I can applaud the weight of the sound of this album.

Beautiful album. Loved it.

not quite sure how I felt about this. easier to listen to than some of the other Nick Cave we've had on this list, but also very sad and boring. not my preferred mode for him.

a darkhorse candidate for artist with the most inexplicable appearances on this list. this was fine, i guess, it's just more nick cave nothing stands out

You know what, the rhymey-wimey was not too noticeable on this one and it was far more listenable than the others.

great album very brave to start with a fantastic song

Didn't like it at all.

he looks like an older Derek Zoolander

There's some stuff to like. Some of it is too miserable for the sake of it, getting pretty irritating at times but I liked most of it. People Ain't No Good was my highlight of the album and favourite first listen with Lime Tree Arbour and There Is A Kingdom being my other highlights

Not unpleasant but not really inspiring. Nick Cave is one of those cultish figures I really don’t get the appeal of

Nick Cave is probably one of the greatest lyricists ever. I love his romance-filled religious metaphors, they are in a way simple but incredibly touching. Just listen to Into My Arms, what a stunning lyrical performance from Nick. People Ain't No Good has an amazing storytelling and yet another moving performance. Some other songs take a more sarcastic approach, like the cheeky Idiot Prayer which he completely nails as well. If this album has any shortcomings it's on the sonic side, I have to say the sound does get a bit redundant as the album goes as this is far from Nick's most diverse and exciting album musically speaking. It's still very good, but does it grab me as much as the theatrics of The Good Son or the dark, rusty sound of Murder Ballads? Not really. That being said it's still a very satisfying and in many moments beautiful album.

Man this kinda sucks. And it’s too cheesy and he can’t sing. A few of the songs are pretty ok though but not enough.

Really boring. A couple songs were ok I guess. But some were painful to get through.

Vackert! Härlig röst. 100% känsla! Stark fyra.

Into my aaaarms

A good album, though one you probably need to be in the right mood for. ‘Into My Arms’ is probably one of Cave’s best, and the start of the album is especially strong. Not all of the songs are downcast, but they are all piano ballads, to give you an idea of the tone. If that’s what you’re after it does a great job, if not it might not impact in the same way.

How do you follow up an album like ‘Murder Ballads’? Why, with a set of twelve exceptionally downbeat, introspective and spiritual (and romantic) tracks, of course! Talk about tonal whiplash… This is Nick Cave’s most poignant and moving collection of songs (at least prior to ‘Skeleton Tree’ and ‘Ghosteen’) and there are some definite career highlights here, such as ‘Into My Arms’, ‘People Ain’t No Good’ and ‘(Are You) the One That I’ve Been Waiting For?’. The sound is almost minimalistic, with Cave’s vocals and piano the main focus. Not my favourite Bad Seeds album, but a very good one.

The softer side of the seeds, a lovely listen. SPUN

3 1/2 Stars: Can something be both beautiful and boring at the same time? Doubt I'll ever come back to this, but wouldn't be disappointed if I heard a track from this on a mixtape.

I'll be honest and admit that I don't get all the hype surrounding Nick Cave, as sacrilegious as that is to say in the Australian music scene (don't tell mum!). I don't know. I think maybe you had to be there. To my ears it just sounds kind of pretentious. Usually I find the term 'pretentious' to be a lazy and overused descriptor for music that requires effort to understand, but that's how I feel about The Boatman's Call. Instead of coming off as deep, Cave's spoken-word-esque delivery kind of ends up being a poor man's Leonard Cohen. Idiot Prayer's still great, though. Fav tracks: Into My Arms, Idiot Prayer

Australia’s answer to Bob Dylan, really good songwriting, I really like is voice too. Some songs are absolute classics however I did find some bordering on sappy and it was boring at times

One of my favorite tortured lounge singers. I love his voice and poetry. Some of songs didn’t hit, but most did.

nice enough

I really want to like Nick Cave. The first song I was bopping along to. Then every single song sounded the exact same. Just my opinion but I was SO BORED. Just sad and whiny to me.

this was fine - didn’t move me

Not a big fan of his voice but he's a pro so I did enjoy listening to this album.

For my mood today, this is a 4, the first song especially is very good. I think on a happier active day it would have been harder to listen to…while I’m here I’m gonna catch up on ‘murder ballads’!

very good. nice discovery

This was okay. Sounds like a mixture of Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen.

First half was a good listen but I lost interest towards the end. Shrek 2 baby!

I'm a latecomer to Nick Cave. Been making up for it.

Desert Island Disk

Awesome!

I have always liked Nick Cave, but I have never listened to this album. It was good, but I think my nostalgia for some of this other stuff kept me from really loving this one.

i have a strange fondness for Nick Cave. this album is not my favourite one, i appreciate his darker tones more.

Damned to indifference to most of Nick Cave’s work, though sympathetic to the man, I find this crooner’s record more engaging. Murder and Christ, his crutches, still feature, but “People Ain’t No Good” has stick, “(Are you) the one…” caught me singing a little, and there’s some concrete detail here to linger over - smell, funnily. “West Country Girl” is fun, but not strong enough to disengage from the knowledge that it’s about PJ Harvey. More formless, “Black Hair” succeeds. He's caged by his tropes, and this record has me wondering if he’s best embracing his sentimentality with his set dressing of knives and skeletons - he’s pleasing when he’s a shaky Sinatra.

One of two NC that I own, and a fine collection of moody piano ballads if that's your thing; most seem to be post-PJ breakup catharsis. "Into My Arms" is quite clever if you view it as tongue-in-cheek, but there's enough god bothering on here to make me now question this analysis. Hey, there's also a Shrek song, so I'll award a low 4 for the highlights.

This one seems the best so far, but I still can’t do it. Mentioned to my Dad in passing that I didn’t get Nick Cave and he seemed very disappointed. Hitting Nick with an extra star for that. Someone out there likes this guy.

Get Nick Cave the fuck out of my face

I decided to skip last Friday’s Nick Cave album with hopes of something fun on Monday… and here we are 😂 Maybe this just hit me on the right day (Monday morning vibes I suppose)? The moody themes hit really hard and flowed smoothly from track to track without becoming too boring. People Aint No Good was crushing to listen to I liked Into My Arms and People Aint No Good. 3 stars, but this is a tough album that I wont come back to very often

Would be cool to like Nick Cave more, because he sure has a lot of music. On the right day, this one might work. It's just too melancholy though - not doing it for me. I liked Into My Arm and Black Hair a bit.

There are five Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds albums in this book and this is only my second one. I did not particularly enjoy Ghosteen that much. Nick Cave is similar to Tom Waits in that any time he changes direction just a little bit then this book believes whatever change of direction he made is an ABSOLUTE MUST LISTEN. It's less of an album that I must hear and more of a "You have to get into Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds" and so we won't make you stop listening to his music until you admit that you do. There are certain artists that gather such a following to the point the fans of that artist won't rest until everyone admits they are great. This is less an album that I must here before I die and more an album that someone who is already a Nick Cave fan must listen to and would enjoy. The Boatman's Call is not important to music overall, but is important to Nick Cave's personal musical journey, which is apparently all that matters. I am not sure if I am becoming effectively brainwashed but I did like this album much more than Ghosteen. Maybe by the time I get to the 4th-5th Nick Cave album on this list I will be one of those people who insist everyone MUST hear Nick Cave, then provide a list of 10 essential albums by him. My favorite songs: Into My Arms (I like the Band of Horses cover too) People Ain't No Good There is a Kingdom (Are You) the One I've Been Waiting For Idiot Prayer Far From Me

When this came up today I thought; 1. How many albums does this fuckin' dude have on the list? 2. Which Nick Cave am I going to get? 3. Do I still have PTSD from listening to The Birthday Party 620 albums ago? A few listens in, for me this is his best album here. Just exactly perfect for Saturday morning coffee and dog walking in the snow. Piano driven tunes that are mellow and consistent throughout. Highly enjoyable. The first 3 I got from Nick could easily be replaced by much better, less esoteric albums. The last 3 are all bordering on masterpieces. I like artists that grow and evolve and he seems to be doing that. Again, a huge thank you to Alex for creating the generator. 38 days into the year and I've gotten 28 albums I had never heard and would not have sought out on my own. This whole project has been a giant discovery of killer tunes. Viva la musica Sonic Voyagers.

Every song sounds like an ode to complete misery, even if it isn't meant to be. A real challenge to get through it. There are other albums where I've struggled to get through but not like this one, terrible.

Lyrics

Felt like 1 long song

Dark, somber, bleak; oh let me worship at the alter of Nick Cave.

More portentous piano ballads from the world's dullest Leonard Cohen wannabe.

Never a happy time, always a good time.

Nick Cave’s lyrics are a mix of spiritual and moody. I like the lounge/guild-hall ambience but I don’t hear any catchy melodies. Plus his vocal delivery seems safe and monotone, I feel like I have to try twice as hard to detect emotion (not you Green Eyes, I can tell how you’re feeling 😭) (2.5-3)

Didn’t listen, didn’t sound like something I’d like

It was decent, I can see why fans of his enjoy it as it brings something different to most of his others I’ve heard. My gripe is it doesn’t feel necessary to the music world as a whole. I will say it was easy to put myself into the right mood by imagining I just fumbled PJ Harvey. Poor guy, I’d be wailing too. Rating: 2.1

The kid in class who desperately wants to be broody and interesting but just winds up saying dorky stuff and wearing black shirts. Some of the piano is nice

A reinvention of sorts for Nick Cave. Revisiting this was an interesting one, in the context both the enduring legacy of 'Into My Arms', and the albums that would come after it. It's no longer his bleakest or most personal. Nor his crowd-pleasing beast. Or even my favourite of his late 90s-early 00s piano-crooner phase (I have a huge soft spot for 'No More Shall We Part'). But I'll be damned if it doesn't still pack a punch if you're in the mood for it.

This dude so obviously wants to be Tom Waits in the absolute worst way.

Great

Perfect for a melancholic evening

Increadible

Меньше понравился альбом, чем 2004 года. Этот альбом мрачноватый, тяжело слушается, но вокал приятнее, инструментал прекрасный.

If Frankenstein had clinical depression and recorded an album, it would sound like this, but might actually be better. "Green Eyes" is the only track you really need to hear to determine if you want to subject yourself to the rest of this drivel, and trust me, you won't want to.

Another guy that keeps popping up who never made a dent in the US and has no hits stateside that I am aware of. Funny thing, I heard the intro track just yesterday on a TV series, so I know people listen to him but I don't know why. I was half asleep by the end of the song though. I find his voice average at best, so this must be a Dylan thing, if you listen to the poetry of his words you get something in return. Too wordy for me. I'm simple, I prefer a good song over a lyrical-Einstein any day of the week so the message is lost on me. The song counts on Spotify are impressive for this album, I'll give him that. He has an audience, no song has fewer than 2.5M listens, most are double that and "Into My Arms" clocks in at inconceivable 151M (WTF?). If I was going to jump off a bridge and call it The End, this is the album I'd tee up on my drive to said bridge. "People Ain't No Good", "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere", "Idiot Prayer", uplifting stuff, bust out the razorblade. "West Country Girl" & "Black Hair" were unlistenable. Poetics aside, this is a BORING record, a genuine snoozer. 2 stars is all I could muster after that, I was too depressed to toss in a 3rd star. I'm gonna go kick someone's cat now. I am completely baffled as to how a listener could actually enjoy this album and put it on repeat. I hope I never hear him again before I die. Let's stop kidding ourselves and remove him altogether from the T1001.

Monotonous, a suggested song come ok after and i thought FINALLY a good song but nope it was a completely different artist.

Was gonna give it a 2, but "twinkling cunt" made it loose a point. Dear god. Basic ass straight white man music.

1. armz - 2 2. lime - 1.5 3. people - 1.5 4. oratory - 1 5. kingdom - 1.5 6. uuaiting - 1.5 7. Where - 1 8. uuezt - 1.5 9. black - 1.5 10. prayer - 1 11. far - 1.5 12. green - 0

I get why people love him,but Holy cow too many of his albums are on this list.

Was looking forward to hearing more Nick Cave, but this album was not quite what I expected. Into My Arms kicked it off, and I was pretty underwhelmed. But then Lime Tree Arbour brings it back nicely. And then the rest of the album is pretty solid. His voice sounds really good in There Is A Kingdom. Black Hair and Idiot Prayer have nice music. Overall it's fine, but I was expecting more from him. Best song: Lime Tree Arbour

# Album Name: The Boatman's Call # Artist: Nick Cave # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Loved this album. Absolute banger. First half is fantastic. Nick cave has just proved me wrong with this record. Its like an emotional heart string pull. Great stuff. # Top Tunes: Ah too many # Would I listen to it again? Yes

man whines over piano

Dormi no volante

People just ain’t no good -Shrek 2

I quite enjoyed this. First song is a really wonderful love song.

Ugh

It seems like Nick Cave was definitely going for something specific: moody, broody. It accompanied my visit to the museum nicely, but also felt rather one-note. I liked “Into My Arms” a lot, but nothing else quite captured me the same way. A solid entry, but nothing remarkable.

Meh, There's a few Nickcave song I know and a couple of them I like. Into your arms is excellent!, but sadly the rest of the album just kind of feel limp to me. I dint think his lyrics and voice are enough to carry the minimalist approach to the overall songs.

I don't enjoy Nick Cave's voice.

Pretty chill, good for a slow morning

Somber piano and simple arrangements threw me off at first, but Into My Arms is good, once you get adjusted to Nick's deep voice. I'm liking People Ain't No Good too, the melodies and other little sounds - there's violin, but it's the piano and subtle percussion touches that do it for me. Everything is good really in the first half, it's slow and soft and I'm just vibing. I don't know if I like the spoken vocals that pop up at times, like in West Country Girl, but it certainly creates atmosphere. Black Hair is even more minimal and funereal, it's apparently accordion and bass organ. Fascinating. Idiot Prayer is very good too. Green Eyes doesn't work for me at all, which leaves a bad taste in the mouth, but there's enough good material here. Solid passing grade, need to be in the right mood though.

Into My Arms // There Is a Kingdom //

Its just not my speed. Nothing against nick Cave this type of songwriting just couldnt be further from what im into. Its subtle and slow and too lyrical for me. If I cared about lyrics I could see this being super good but I don't. Im not sure how many different ways I can say that its not for me but its a good thing that I dont want near me. Well thats enough ways I guess goodbye

Ok my faith is a little restored in this list

Into My Arms. That is all. Every other song pails in comparison. If this album were 12 Int My Arms, it would be a 6/5. Sadly, it isn’t, so one feeling 3/5

I'm just not a Nick Cave fan. I respect the poetry, and I was largely onboard with the instrumentation on this album, but the delivery doesn't resonate with me. 4/10

I've said it before, I like a bit of Nick Cave, but I don't love him. I feel like I perhaps should like him more, but I find some of his tracks a little too sombre and vocally lacking. It's good enough for a 4 though.

Maybe the worst album to listen to while working out in the morning.

album de welcome to the jungle, buena entrada, también está paradise city y sweet child o'mine

Little slow for me personally

Seeing Nick Cave at the Bad Seeds on this list again wasn’t surprising, but I wondered why we ended up with another one. He’s a good artist, don’t take me wrong. However, I don’t know if there’s anything that this album that wasn’t offered on previous albums. The sound feels a lot more like Leonard Cohen than some of his previous work. The day I listened to this I was in need of a super chill album, so this one did fulfill that goal. I think the key track for me was Where We Go Now But Nowhere. Again, not a bad album, just I don’t know what it offered that he already had.

Random thoughts: * Well, my trepidation about seeing another Nick Cave album was warranted and this album delivered in the worst way. * I won't be listening to this again. I made it through only because I was writing my other reviews. * Green Eyes-the album closer-sucks. I hate the singing with the same spoken word lyrics over the singing. What a terrible gimmick. * However, I think this line from Green Eyes describes how I feel about Nick Cave: "This useless old fucker with his twinkling cunt"

Again some good moments but nothing to initially say wow about. The first some definitely in the best to me. Started to get bored halfway through. Some of the lyrical content is interesting and did keep me engaged. However, when a song ended a new one started with the same sort of cadence and idea of the previous. Won’t be revisiting

I know this one well by now and it’s a much gentler tone throughout than many of the albums that preceded it. It’s an album that you have to listen to the subtleties to properly appreciate. I don’t know lots about his relationship with PJ Harvey but this doesn’t sound like a bitter account of her or their time together, maybe some regret on his part, although I believe the album deals with a variety of different relationships. The closing song remains a sore thumb for this album, which sullies an otherwise strong finish to the album.

If Nick Cave were a member of the Cruisers, Eddie would call him word man.

1/15 Good somber album to listen to when alone or at night

Not bad, but very monotonous, I'm tired

Rating: 8/10 Short Review: A collection of very beautiful piano led folk songs. The strongest tracks on this album lean into this more. Loved the touch of strings added throughout them.

It has a melancholy feel and a story teller approach. OK as coffee shop music (perhaps minus the 1-2 vulgar tracks).

I think my inner moody art student really wants to be a fan of Nick Cave, but only occasionally do his songs really land. This is a strong 3.

It's weird because I love Bill Callahan and Mark Lanegan and Will Oldham. Give me dark baritone vibes with self-destructive lyrics. I'm into it. But with the 2nd Nick Cave album of the list - that's super different than the first - I'm realizing my Nick Cave blind spot might be more deliberate than I thought. Because I do not like his voice. He goes flat and off tune in spots that is super grating. His lyrics feel more stalker-obsessive than longing-obsessive (so much dark hair and heart-shaped faces). There'd be moments it would kind of be okay & then a note would go flat or he'd sound creepy rather than gothic and I just could not give this more than a 3. A real bummer since I think we have 3 more albums to go of his. Sigh.

Every time I hear this guy's voice, I have the wish to go through an accelerated decay. All of the songs sound like something's dead. But it's not that bad, good music. 3 stars.

Perfect

I think this was technically more accomplished songwriting than the other Nick Cave I already reviewed but I liked it less. It was less quirky and more morose. Still thoroughly enjoyed it very dirge like but with solid instrumentals and great lyrics. Should revisit

The first song on this album is awesome - 5* It's then followed by a lot of quite uninteresting wallowing. I know it's his thing, and Ive got a lot of respect for Nick Cave, but I could totally have stopped after that first song and been quite satisfied

not for me. sounded like a worship track a few times then last song really threw me off lol

Legend. Allein wegen Shrek 2: 5

I still don’t get it.

Stoppp trying to make me cry

I guess I just don't get it. I don't know why we have so many Nick Cave albums on here. Is he interesting? At times. Murder Ballads was ambitious and intriguing, a worthy inclusion. That said, he is very far from great. Want proof? He is revered by a good amount of critics (mainly English), as evidenced by having 5 albums on this list. And yet, here in the States, he has had one album that has sold more than 100k copies. One. That's incredibly hard to accomplish. Is he a complicated artist that is just misunderstood in the US? Perhaps. Or maybe, just maybe, he's a relatively uninspiring/bad signer, who is a lackluster song writer. Some examples, just from this album: "We'd buy the Sunday newspapers and never read a single word." "I don't believe in an interventionist God but I know, darling, that you do." "In a colonial hotel, we fucked up the sun and then we fucked it down again." He's incredibly trite throughout this record. Him trying sing layers about a "twinkling cunt"? Huh? Worse yet, this collection of songs are very basic with zero real musicality to them. The only bonus is that I've now burned through more than half of his albums on this countdown. Only two more to get rid of. While he hasn't supplanted Amy Winehouse as my least favorite artist on this countdown, I realize now I would rather listen to her than him. At least Amy had an excellent voice and talent, even if she totally wasted both. This dude is predominantly just a waste of time.

Melodys were relaxing but not a huge fan of gospel music

This is the best of the Nick Cave albums we’ve been thrown so far. I highly disliked Ghosteen and Murder Ballads. This is significantly more palatable. That being said, still not my cup of tea.

I didn’t hate The Boatman’s call which is saying something for the other Nick Cave albums that gotten on this list. I’m going to be generous and give it a 3

I’m admittedly drawn to unconventional, typically baritone singers, brooding poetic songwriting, and slow burn music. I first heard of Nick Cave from the Leonard Concert tribute concert. I’ve tried to get into him before and failed, but this time around I plan to incorporate him into my more regular rotation when the mood is right.

Amazing album, love it

This is boring

Lowkey confessional.

Not as dark as many others by Nick cave

Stupendous album that requires a free day to be contemplative and sad. Fortunately I had that freedom. I did some chores drank a bunch of coffee and fell asleep early. Tis a doozy of an album.

Sublime.

so goooood

Classic

Kinda boring

6/10… gothic country / melancholy / *1997

A wonderful album. Great music and interesting lyrics as always from Nick cave.

Shit asså, han startar med en episk Bob Hund referens. Hade lätt kunnat få högre poäng med mindre pianorunkande.

The Boatman's Call is quite a departure from The Bad Seeds' previous album Murder Ballads, where the former is soothing, piano-led songs, introspective songs, has Christian themes (such as "Into My Arms",) the latter has a lot nihilism, death and noise innate (like "Stagger Lee".) Quite a change of pace. Ultimately I prefer Murder Ballads over Boatman's Call, but comparing them is like comparing oranges to apples, they're both different in a valid way. As partly mentioned above, lots of the songs are minimalist-leaning, piano-oriented songs that have some Christian themes. They have this charm brought on by the simplicity. The album has some powerful lyrics by themselves, my favourite being; the opening line, "I don't believe in an interventionist god" I needed to say this somewhere but I don't know where to put it but, "Green Eyes" is just not good, I know everything Nick Cave tries doesn't always stick, but the album could've done without it. I just really love the sombreness that is present here, Nick Cave really did nail the mood. Highlight Song/s: "There Is a Kingdom"

Ich wüsste wirklich gerne, wann ich das letzte Mal derartig belanglose Musik gehört habe. Ganz fürchterlich.

Wie Lana zwei Tage zuvor: Tolles Album, sehr stimmig und vereinzelte Höhepunkte. Hier und da gewisse Längen und Hit-Dichte zu gering für eine höhere Wertung, es reicht aber noch für schwache 4 Sterne.

Ich bin wirklich gar kein Nick Cave-Fan. So richtig hat mich bislang nur "Skeleton Tree" überzeugt. Von daher war ich überrascht, wie sehr mich das zum Teil abgeholt hat. Sogar diese eher assoziativen Songs, die nur vor sich hin mäandern, waren z. T. echt ziemlich cool. Wird bestimmt nicht die letzte Platte von ihm in der Liste sein, von daher freue ich mich mal vorsichtig auf weitere Entdeckungen.

Unerwartet ruhig, aber ganz cool. Auf Albumlänge mir dann aber auch zu viel.

Ich kann mir nicht helfen, aber ich werde mit Nick Cave einfach nicht warm. Ich finde das einfach nur zum Einschlafen.

Es fängt wirklich stark an, aber das melancholische trägt sich einfach nicht über die Spielzeit. Das fühlt sich zu oft try hard edgy an als es vermutlich ist. Das letzte Lied setzt dem dann die Kitsch und Klischee Krone auf. Wäre der Mann nicht vermutlich für den Großteil der Klischees die er hier bedient selbst verantwortlich würde ich das vermutlich sogar nochmal schlechter bewerten.

Depressing af

Nope.

Great album. My first introduction to Nick Cave, an artist I’ve been curious about for a while. It did not disappoint. Has a Tom Waits sensibility. Has a nice baritone voice and delivery that remind of other artists like Leonard Cohen and John Hiatt. Favorite tracks include Into My Arms, Lime Tree Arbour, People Ain’t No Good, Brompton Oratory, There is a Kingdom, Are You The One I’ve Been Waiting For, Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere, Idiot Prayer, Far From Me.

Much like Leonard Cohen, for better and worse. Interesting lyrics often undercut by the vocals. Although I have no problem with unconventional singing, Cave’s voice, like Cohen’s, sometimes drifts too far towards “grating.”

Just fine. I would choose many other male vocalists over Cave for thoughtful lyrics and range.

Nick's got heart. Great voice, good lyrics. This album is not quite hooking me, though. I think it's just the uniformity to the songs. All similar tempo, not all that dynamic. It's probably a me-thing, though. I've liked some of Nick's other stuff more. 3.5*

Such a deep introspective album that I found personally relatable

Cut 20 minutes off the length and this would be easier to endure. I can do a spot of desolation at times. But maybe not today. And this is pretty desolate. Not a fan of the religious undertones that ceeep in.

Man, I really want to like him. Just feels kinda like a poor man's Johnny Cash or a modern day sea-shanty singer. I'm sure I'm missing out, but I just can't get into it. 2.

Definitely different from why I’m used to! It was relaxing and nice change I give it a 6/10

Fine, not great.

😴

Overly melancholy to the point where none of it feels poignant or substantially emotional, instead just a repetitive slog of self-deprecating and regretful monologues.

The Boatman's Call ne fait pas partie de mon top 5 de Nick Cave mais tout ce qu'il fait est de l'or pour moi. Début de sa période mystique qui évolue depuis et qui commence à m'énerver. J'ai lu durant la dernière année le livre Faith, Hope and Carnage qui est une conversation sur plusieurs mois (années??) entre Nick et le journaliste Seán O’Hagan et qui expose plusieurs plusieurs aspects de sa vie. On réalise l'importance de son amitié et de sa collaboration musicale depuis le milieu des années 90 avec Warren Ellis. Guillaume aimerait ça je pense.

Lou Reed rencontre Leonard Cohen? J'ai bien aimé le côté sombre et lyrique. Et l'espèce de côté sea shanty dépouillé. Mais un peu monotone et répétitif.

Je me rallie à Jean-Francois en affirmant que ce n’est pas mon préféré de Nick Cave, mais tout ce qu’il touche méritera 5 étoiles. C’est incroyablement beau et doux, le début de sa phase plus intimiste. De plus Into my Arms, quelle grande chanson d’amour. Au point qu’une version instrumentale a joué dans ma cérémonie de mariage. De beaux souvenirs ici.

Soulful

Into My Arms 3.6 Lime Tree Arbour 3.7 People Ain't No Good 3.8 Brompton Oratory 3.5 There Is a Kingdom 3.6 (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? 3.5 Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? 3.6 West Country Girl 3.4 Black Hair 3.4 Idiot Prayer 3.6 Far from Me 3.7 Green Eyes 3.6 Score: 3.583333333

Get back to your cave and never leave it again, Nick.

This is a good album to listen to when life just needs a listen.

Song 1 -5/5 The rest are just a bit too dreary

It's very beautiful this, and probably hinges entirely on what your thoughts are on Cave's voice. By and large I think it's magnificent, although it does get badly exposed on occasion on this album by the very sparse instrumentation. Still, I like it a lot, and Into My Arms and Far From Me are two truly wonderful songs. It's not his best, just because it is quite one-paced and you start to feel a bit over it well before it finishes, but it's nice to see a different side to Nick Cave.

I know this is some critical darling out of Nick Cave's catalog, and I understand why, but I can't really get behind it. The songs are well written and composed, the production holds up great almost 30 years later, but as a whole album, it's kinda drab.

I just don't get it. Maybe good lyrics, but I can't get into the vocals or music. I could not wait for this to be over, but I endured for the sake of the list gods. This was a 1.9 rounded up to a 2.

Whos gonna tell the bloke he cant sing? +3 ponts for the utterly beautiful aesthetic on "Into your arms", and minus 2 points for the last song (Green Eyes) which would be enough to qualify him for legal euthanasia

This is one of the most boring albums I’ve ever heard.

For a band called Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, this was very boring. Almost sounded like a lounge act for the majority of the album. Lead singer (Nick Cave I presume?) has sort of a Morrissey thing going on, which I do not like. A very boring and repetitive album, all the songs are monotone vocals, piano, and a jazz drum lightly tapping. 2/5

Took off a full fucking star for Black Hair. Fuck that song holy shit

3,5

This list has made me into a bit of a Nick Cave fan. Go figure.

I really like Nick Cave, and I appreciate his music and lyrics. However, I don't find it to be listenable. It's very monotonous and sleepy.

He has earned his gloom, but it's still kind of tedious. I like his voice better than Leonard Cohen's. That said, I'm fond of him. I once spent hours at an art exhibit by someone named Nick Cave and had no trouble believing that our guy here, along with the music and the writing, made larger-than-human sized statues out of various forms of detritus called Soundsuits. Turned out it was a completely different guy.

really nice if not really sad! great to listen to with my head in my hands

Classic album of dramatic heartfelt ballads. Each one unique and interesting in itself.

Srrey nick cave i like ur earlier work

How many times is this guy in here? I can only give so many low ratings

I hate this type of music. It's performative depression set to music. Why do so many people try to tell me how great this is?

I didn't enjoy this album as much as some of Nick Cave's more recent albums. At this point, I can understand the significance of this album, being the beginning of this sound, but he has gone so much farther, that this feels like a pale comparison. Therefore, personally, it feels like a 3.5 to me, but I rounded up to 4.

Great.

Ok so it’s never going to win the award for cheeriest album ever made but I actually quite liked it. Nothing wrong with a bit of melancholy now and then!

A pleasant listen if a little one paced throughout. I liked his voice and a couple of the songs were really good, but the album was probably too long. Top track: are you the one I’ve been waiting for?

Let’s just call this out for what it is. Pretty tortuous. Yeah he’s got credit in the bank for some good stuff in his time. But no-one needs this album of not always in tune talk singing, with limited backing to moderate the former (I bet the Bad Seeds were mightily unimpressed when he brought them this one “Don’t worry lads I’ve got this one covered, you all just sit quietly and behave there in the background”). And Black Hair, lyrical genius, come off it, sounds like a 6th former wrote it. File this one alongside all that Waits/Cohen claptrap.

Found it sweet and sad at times but overall just mixed, 3 stars

A little bit of Cohen, Buckley, Dylan, and clever instrumentation definitely make up a winning formula.

I almost dropped this to two stars when the narrator started talking in my ear.

just really sweet. slow dance with your wife of thirty years type music. whatever region of my brain still loves rufus wainwright's hallelujah is lovin this one. only places so low because i dont know if ill be going back to it for at least like thirty years. i really like how West Country Girl is an entirely capable cowboy song, but my favorite track is probably People Ain't No Good

Rating: 6/10 The first Nick Cave album that is fully piano driven and more overtly Christian (I think). it’s good, the first song is really great, but I don’t love this one

No thank you not vibing with this much. At random I couldn't tell you where each song lays in the album 3.4/10

The spotify artist image had me all excited for artist full of energy just to be hit with the piano album. Not a terrible album, just feel misled. 6 Piano Mans out of 10 Lizard Wizards

Getting his Leonard Cohen on. Funny thing is the song he contributed to the I’m Your Fan compilation would be completely out of place here.

There are just too many songs that I really don't like, for the couple I do like to allow me give this a good rating. 2 stars or D.

Ok easy listen

Couple of classics on there, obviously Into My Arms is a monster track on there. Good stuff, never felt like skipping any tracks, at the same time I feel there's Cave songs I like more. So three stars.

listened to 3 songs and then DNF'd

I guess this marks the beginning of the really successful run of albums from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, after the more boisterous early albums. I think this is fantastic, though I'd be hard pressed to choose this one over a number of his albums.