The Boatman's Call

like 2 or 3 good songs but this was honestly really boring and kinda depressing

I don't like these slow "love" songs

2.5 I feel like critics love Nick Cave, but I just don't get it.

I admired the lyricism and the prettiness of many of the songs, but this album was just too slow and somber for my taste.

Not terrible. Took me a bit to get into it because it's another vocal heavy album (obviously). I think I'm simultaneously too depressed and not romantic enough to fully enjoy the lyrics. There were some enjoyable songs, but most of it was meh. 4.5/10 Favs: Where do we go now but nowhere; idiot prayer; lime tree arbour

A couple good songs.

I'm not really into ballads, especially, when there's nothing else on the album

First song is good but I don’t know it’s too harsh lyrically

- war i.O. aber hat mich nicht groß berührt 2 – Respektiere ich, aber nicht meins 🤷‍♂️ Ich sehe, warum das Album wichtig ist oder geschätzt wird, aber es hat mich nicht gepackt.

2.0 - Weak

Dreary, depressing and not good vocals.

Let me preface by saying this was fine (2.5/5) but good fucking lord enough with the Nick Cave! This is the 5th album from him, 3 within a week, and I’m so sick of the broody plodding tone. There is nothing significantly different in 4 of these to justify their inclusion and he should be top of the chopping block next revision. For example, with Ozzy’s recent passing, it’s actually criminal Blizzard of Oz isn’t on here while this goober is hoarding entries

I tried. I failed. This is pretty awful. Slow as hell, for example, I timed "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere" on a metronome, and it was slower than the lowest setting of 40 bpm. Add the brushed snare and your depressing fiddle like some lumpy gravy all over the top. If you like music like this, that's cool. Nick Cave is not great at it. I don't dislike him. Just his brand of pretentious post-punk Leonard Cohen schtick just doesn't work with these sad little living-room ballads. "West Country Girl" was ok. It wasn't worth going through the rest to get to this filk appropriation. Wake up indeed.

Same album everytime. I dont get it. Tom waits was first and better. Dont like his singing style but good songwriting. Not my thing very overrated

Wayyy too slow for me. Also too sad.

very repetitive and boring

Although I appreciate the simplicity and low-key vibes, 'whinging' is the word that springs to mind.

I did not enjoy this album as much as the other one.

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. It was different from their other albums - all piano. But still weird like the others. There have been three of their albums on this list so far... this makes 4. That seems crazy to me. They're OK - but 4/1,001 albums seems like a stretch. I'll say 2, because 3 feels too high. So that makes it a 2.5 round down situaish.

kinda boring

Definitely has a sad/somber tone to it. Nothing stood out to me one way or the other. He doesn't have my favorite voice, but it's still decent.

#638. This was quite boring. 2/5: yawn

There's nothing wrong with this album per se, but for some reason I just don't quite like it. It's very slow and sentimental music, and I think I really like the Bad Seeds, it's Nick Cave I think I have a problem with. I feel like his vocals kind of just follow along with the melody of the song and like he wrote the lyrics after the rest of the song was completed. His deep voice isn't particularly remarkable, and it kind of feels starkly contrasted to the rest of the instruments without adding much. It's almost like he's a really talented karaoke singer.

I dig the first song and it’s all repetitive thereafter

Pretty turgid

I could see a world where I was into Nick Cave. I’m pretentious and have a tolerance for vocals of this sort. But every bit of the need I have for this type of music is fully occupied - and done a million times better, in my opinion - by Leonard Cohen. So, I’m listening to this album and it’s totally fine and I’m very glad it’s not post-punk, but I’d just as soon be listening to Leonard Cohen. Oh wait, that is a whole lot of accordion. This is not totally fine.

going to be honest, I don't really get this one. nick cave is dark and brooding and kinda droney. a bit much for me. it's not low quality but it was a bit of a slog for me to get through. not really for me.

Who is The Boatman?

This is a pretty record. It’s not exciting, novel, or boundary pushing, but it’s nice to listen to. Musically it’s very simple, piano played over simple drums, the occasional sprinklings of other instruments here and there. But the instrumentals don’t seem to be the point here, it’s all just to draw focus to Nick Cave’s smooth, deep voice. Lyrically I found this album kind of bounced around, from pretentious try-hard poetry, to some actual relatively profound thoughts, to the sort of profanity that would make a trucker squirm a little at the dinner table. I’m not sure it’s something that I’d care to listen to again, but as an overall sound I can understand the appeal. 2*

Didn’t love it, but I can see that there’s an audience for it. Depressing music for drinking alone in the dark but not in a fun sad cowboy kinda way

aaaaaahhh. a little too serious...

Nick cave brengt telkens wat anders en weet telkens een album één sfeer mee te geven. Dat leidde al tot 4en van mij. Maar als een artiest steeds wat anders doet, komt er ook een moment dat het een keer niet mijn smaak is. En dat moment is nu. Dit is veel te saai voor mij. Naast smaak, valt me ook op dat dit zich iets minder onderscheidt dan het andere werk dat we voorgeschoteld krijgen. Het album had van mij weggelaten kunnen worden. Nick heeft voldoende geleverd dat meer toevoegt.

I’m finally done listening to Nick Cave albums foreverrrrrrr. The book certainly tried hard enough to make me like him/them but in the end, there were only two songs I’ve liked amongst the 6 albums, including The Birthday Party. This album definitely didn’t change how I felt about the band and the songs were all too slow and dreary.

On paper I should love Nick Cave, but I just can't. He is "Meh" incarnate. As a friend once said: "Knockoff Tom Waits with 30 year old dating a teenager energy". Here he seems to be mostly doing a Leonard Cohen impression. Except for "There is a kingdom" which is a straight lift of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" that has been somehow rendered dull. (This chord progression appears to form a kind of theme throughout the album, if I am listening correctly.) The album as a whole is not torturous. I can listen to it, I just can't think of any occasion on which I would want to. I would rather just listen to any of its obvious influences.

Always have been - and always will be - more of a Birthday Party fan. This sounds like all the other Nick Cave albums / songs I have heard. His version of 'Perfect Day' was alright though.

Surprisingly religion-coded for a singer who announces in the first song that he doesn’t believe in god. I was living in St. Petersburg when this album came out and he included the city on his tour. I saw posters for it all over and kept thinking I should go (I was paid a Russian salary as an ex-pat English teacher and so was way too poor to afford a concert of a singer I’d never heard of but whose posters gave me *vibes*). Listening to the album now - with that same poster image as the album cover - I’m glad I didn’t go.

Not got a lot to say

I don't get this whole "sad crooner" thingy, sorry. Maybe I'd like better a different album, but this one is too barebones for me (basically a guy and his piano whining around).

I wanted to like this. Unfortunately it felt like it swapped genres every couple of songs and I just found myself confused listening to it. None of it was necessarily bad but I wouldn't listen again.

Like if Randy Newman had a stroke and lost his sense of humor.

meh

He should have stayed in his cave and thought of another album. Another Sunday and another boring nick cave album. How many of these do I have sit through?

< the Beatles I'm a defender of Nick cave but this album was pretty uninteresting to me

Like a slower less good Leonard Choen.

I can’t keep listening to this.

Whyyy sooooo serious?

Wat een saaie meuk zeg

Boring

I thought Nick Cave was responsible for the intro for 'The Wire' but then I found out that was Tom Waits. This album sucks.

Not into it. I was bored. Not terrible, I just found it monotonous.

Good voice. Some good songs.

Misschien was het het moment van luisteren, of het seizoen, of m'n stemming.. maar deze eerste (toch?) confrontatie met een plaat van Nick Cave in deze generator viel niet echt lekker. ''The Boatman's Call'' is een muziekstuk gedomineerd door Nick & z'n piano, en The Bad Seeds vertolken een marginale rol. Zijn bandleden lijken er onder te leiden dat ze een poëtische stap weg van hun post-punk roots zetten. Het resultaat is erg intiem, maar de meeste losse nummers verdwijnen wel een beetje in het sombere geheel. Het is allemaal té typisch post-post-punk (do you follow me?) Nick Cave, en als dat even niet resoneert met je vibe dan is het lastig om naar te luisteren, vind ik. Ik denk dat ik hem wel binnenkort nog een kans geef, op die regenachtige lente-avond die echt nog wel komen gaat. Er zit altijd wel iets wonderschoons in zijn neerslachtige poëzie, maar dat ging nu - los van het sterke openingstrio - aan me voorbij. 6/10 Highlights: Into My Arms Lime Tree Arbour

Just feels like poetry set to music to me. Relentlessly dark....just didn't speak to me. A slog.

Pretty boring album, honestly. Nothing hooked me. I think this might be my least favorite Nick Cave album so far, and I like Nick Cave. 2/5

..

Ok 2/5

Sad, bordering on suicidal. Possibly great, but boring.

Mostly listenable but not my style.

Not for me. I think this is very centered around this man’s vocals, which are simply underwhelming. Not bad. Just underwhelming.

It was ight

Previously rated: Murder Ballads (3/5) Ghosteen (1/5) ************************* Very slow and plodding with religious references. The first few songs were OK, interesting lyrics, miles better than Ghosteen (gag), but the last several tracks were pretty bad, and the last one with the line about his twinkling you-know-what. What the hell was that about.

Zzzzzzzzzzz

It's like a nicer sounding Leonard Cohen, but just not as good.

Not available on Spotify

Ugh... I think three whole albums is enough to form a strong opinion on one particular artist and seeing that this is my third Nick Cave album from this list, my thoughts are pretty staunchly negative at this point. That being said, this album at least commits to the overall somber and minimalist tone and stays somewhat consistent throughout. That doesn't make everything more enjoyable, but the songwriting can at least be appreciated to some extent. It's all very...dull and cheesy, however. The album overstays its welcome a bit, and Nick Cave (from a vocalist standpoint) tends to wear on you.

This must be Cave's fourth album on this list, which I had to listen to. It's not as dark as others, but this somber tone and melancholy are depressing.

I was so close to giving this a one. I hate Nick Cave so much.

Synes det var lidt til den kedelige side for at være helt ærlig. God stemme, musikken er ikke for mig

literally was just talking about this guy yesterday

Nick Cave. When boring needs to be boringer.

Listened to the first three songs but I'm afraid I'll fall asleep if I listen to the rest.

Lucky to not get a 1

Not heard of this artist, he had a great voice but not going to lie, the album came off a bit depressing (I wasn’t listening to the lyrics). I’m all for a Radiohead-depression session but I feel this kept going on, nevertheless, good music. 5/10.

4/10 - it was kind of boring and similar sounding. I don’t plan on revisiting. The last song was also so strange the way he would just say all of the lyrics over himself singing.

meh, don't get the hype

Boring. I was falling asleep. I liked There Is a Kingdom though.

We didn't need another one of these

I have heard a few of Nick Cave's moody, fantastic ballads before so I was looking forward to more of the same, but this is much more mainstream and safe than I was expecting, basic love songs with some Christian elements (? - I wasn't listening that closely). Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere is the first track which sounds anything like what I expected from Nick Cave, dark lyrics and deep voice, bit Tom Waits-lite. West Country Girl - now this is more like it. However, overall a very dull listen. As soon as the album finished Spotify auto-played Let Love In, also by Nick Cage, and instantly I was back with his deep growly voice and bitter love. Just a weird, bad choice for inclusion on this list to represent Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

This did absolutely nothing for me, I don’t mind stripped back, minimalist albums, but I’m not a fan of this one

Minimalist instrumentals and unremarkable vocals made this mostly just boring

This is the 3rd Nick Cave album I got. I believe there's 5 on the list. I really liked Murder Ballads, but this is a snooze fest. Not bad enough for one star, just very uninteresting.

I’ll be honest, I only skimmed this one. Reminds me a little of that dogshit Lou Reed album. If you can’t sing or compose music it’s really okay to just be a poet!

Lucky his girlfriend wasn't blonde

I'm sorry, I didn't understand this album. The instrumentation is fine, and the vocal performance is fine, but some of the delivery is so slow or enunciation dropped incoherently as his voice fries out that I can't focus on it long enough to string the words together into sentences that make any sense. I think this is another case of, I appreciate the skill of the artists and don't want to speak discouragingly—so it must just not me for me, or not for me at this time.

is mir zu dunkel,dark; evtl. mit den "seeds" besser

I tried to listen to this album multiple times before I finally got all the way through it. I ended up disliking, but not hating it. I know Nick Cave is an influential figure, but I just can't get into this slow, melancholic, boring album. Best Songs: Into My Arms, West Country Girl Worst Songs: Black Hair

No thanks. Groovy bass lines and maybe a banger or two.

Less interesting than when Kylie gets involved.

This is at least the fourth Nick Cave album that I have listened to as a result of accepting the challenge of completing the full list of 1001. Last I checked, I'm roughly two thirds of the way to the finish and this guy has more albums than Elton John (1), Queen (2), Elvis (2), Led Zeppelin (2), The Rolling Stones (1), The Allman Brothers (1), and Van Halen (2). Please tell me whatever deal that Mr. Cave made with the devil to be mentioned so many times has been paid in full, so I don't have to listen to anymore of this.

Too many nick cave albums on here

Not bad but not nothing special either.

goth elrond

Boring af

This was very boring.

Too long and a snooze fest. Idc.

First song was really good but overall pretty boring. 2.5

Very repetitive - first couple of tracks showed promise, but just drifted. Couldn’t get on with black-haired girl, and the final track just didn’t work

Depressing, edgy and worst of all: boring.

The only time this album caught my attention was him repeating about her eyes and hair over and over again. Uninspired, not groundbreaking as the spotify artist description declares.

Another artist who (in my opinion) has too many albums on this project. Most Nick Cave seems to be the same, in that it is meant to be dark and broody but somehow just comes off as obnoxious. I like dark and broody, but I can never seem to get into his stuff very much. But I'm also not much of a fan of Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits types (with occasional exception), and I feel like he falls into that territory. I will say, there is something special about artists like this who do very minimal production and very dense storytelling lyrics. But while I respect this, the lack of production and interesting instrumentation is usually not something I go for in listening to music. Good lyrics or not, I want there to be interesting and abundant music production. Anyway, probably surprising nobody that has read this far into my review, I feel meh about this.

I can definitely see why people would like this, and even though I like a few tracks (the first track is actually quite beautiful), an entire album of it is too much for me. I got a very spiritual vibe from it, but not in any kind of interesting or endearing way, and the style is kind of plodding after awhile. However, just because it isn’t my cup of tea doesn’t mean it isn’t good, but my rating will reflect my personal opinion.

Nice enough arrangements but not too memorable for me

Christ, that was a slog.

Oh, Nick Cave…. There seems to be ✨flavors✨ of Nick Cave. The first is an artsy goth rock star who can burn down the house; the second is a sultry bar singer who wants to sing 19th century folk songs alone with just a guitar, piano, accordion, harp, etc. While both versions are represented on this list, I seem to only really run into the latter. Unfortunately, though, I’m a much bigger fan of the former. The Boatman’s Call is far from a bad album on principle. In fact, I think Cave is a great songwriter, even on his worst days. The fact that this is all original material means it’s inherently better than Murder Ballads in my opinion, which suffers from the lack of Cave’s talents as an original songwriter. The Boatman’s Call doesn’t have this issue. In fact, there is some truly great songwriting on display across this record! The problem is the approach. By making this *only* low-key, piano-forward, sparse renditions of these songs, it almost robs them of any actual power, any actual dynamics they could have. It makes even the best tracks here few like stilted sketches, not fully finished songs. On top of that, the pony’s trick gets old quick. 52 minutes is a *lot* for similarly-sounding goth piano ballads, and by the end, I was craving some diversity. And I just never really got any. Finally, there’s Cave’s lyrics, which are fine when supporting a rocker, but feel immaturely crass in this context. There’s a good album in The Boatman’s Call, but that version requires it to completely reject its core conceit, which currently leaves it monotonous, drowsy, and dull. This feels like a record for the hardcore fans, and to be honest, I think what I’m realizing is that I like my Nick Cave in small doses.

incredibly boring

I didn't mind the slowness at first, but it started to become a drag as this went on.

Hmm, I know many people LOVE Nick Cave, but I’m not exactly feeling it. The musicianship is good, but if I’m being honest it’s kind of boring… I counted 2 songs with cat references, don’t get me wrong I love my cats, but I’m not often singing about them. Then you have all the biblical references, especially with his vocal range it gives me a budget Johnny Cash vibe, but maybe it’s my mood today… So it goes.

Music for a wine-drunk mom: bad poetry set to bad music

Optimist: The glass is half full. Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Nick Cave: People destroyed my glass but at least I have the Lord.

Would’ve been 3 stars until I got to Black Hair

La première chanson est très belle mais c’est dommage que tout l’album soit sur le même plan tout du long et n’évolue pas.

Comically plain and direct lyrics on a long-winded album of self-indulgent ballads. I was going to give it 3 stars for a minute there, which in my system is something that maybe I don't love, but I can see how other people could love it and it's at least real music. But, after that last song and so many that came before it, nope. Maybe it's supposed to be funny and I didn't get it?

Man hasn't invented an up-tempo version

осилила один раз! хватит ставить Ника Кейва!

There is entirely too much Nick Cave on this list. It’s dull and void of passion. Just sad music without anything that comes across as credible.

Was looking forward to finally hearing Nick Cave. This album wasn't my kind of thing though.

I liked People Ain’t No Good, mainly because I recognised it from Shrek 2, but overall this was just boring, boring, boring, with an extra helping of boring on the side. It just drones on and on and on. Each song would be ok on its own, but 50 minutes of them back to back is coma inducing.

Boring, don't understand why this guy features so frequently here. An album or two, fine, but I definitely don’t need to listen to his entire discography before I die.

I feel like I’m supposed to like Nick Cave but I just don’t. Dudes trying too hard.

I don't know much about Nick cave and the Bad Seeds, but this album sounds like a guy who is a frontman for another genre of music trying to be a singer. His voice isn't *awful*, but it's definitely not great. In fact, his voice - and the album - is just boring. It's not bad, per se, but it's boring, and repetitive, and just plain bland. When the primary backing is a piano, the voice better be otherworldly. Nick Cave's voice is *not* otherworldly.

Альбом плохой если все песни сливаются в один трэк тут две песни разные а так все сливаются в один трэк

Yeah I can't with this. Sorry Nick. 2 Stars.

Ok so I tried to give us a chance. After 3 or 4 songs that I was dreading the rest of it. Way too down in the dumps. Dark & dreary for the two star win

I kind of liked it? I also stretched listening to this out over 3 days because I got immediately burnt out after one song

Excellent singing and lyrics are great. I have heard some of these songs before but never the whole thing. I think it's really good, but just not a style that I am into. Probably won't listen to this one again despite it being well written and performed.

This album was beautiful. So many well thought out melodies and grooves, very lovingly created and meticulously layered and considered. It expresses the sadness and despair (and sometimes love and happiness) of Cave’s life. Yes this album was beautiful. It was also boring as hell. I mean my god. Every fucking song is at the same damn tempo. There is so little variety in terms of tone and tempo and mood that I literally could not tell you one song from another unless you gave me the lyrics. What the hell man? The wiki article says this is one of his most acclaimed works. REALLY???? He did nothing more exciting or interesting than this?!?! Come on. Again this was beautiful but I was just so, so bored. It was like going to an art exhibit of an artist and seeing that he painted the same painting twelve times and made only small changes each time. At the first you’re interested in finding the changes and comparing them, but after a while they’re all so similar to each other that you don’t fucking care anymore and just want to go to a different exhibit. That was this about half way through. Also, there’s a band attached to this? They have no identity here, and it all comes across way more as a singer-songwriter album than a band. Two stars. Not sorry. Standout Tracks: (not that I can tell the difference between most of them but ok fine) Into My Arms, West Country Girl (because it was slightly different than the rest)

Meh. Kinda boring

Fuckin hell, Nick Cave again? Almost exactly the same as the last album. No fuckin way they both need to be on this list. Boring.

Loved the first song, then a spiral of depression enveloped me and I put on The Struts to cheer myself up.

Some beautiful dong but alot were a bore

Hard to rate. I fell asleep after 1,5 songs or so.

I had 4+ hours of travelling to do. I was hoping for a nice album to relax in to. Nick Cave was not it. I enjoyed it more than the one I had a couple of weeks ago. I don’t mind his voice, but I just can’t get in to his music.

Take a shot every time he says "black hair" in the song, you guessed it, called "Black Hair". I still am not sure whether Green Eyes was a piss take

Started okay and then I was ready for it to be done

Some of this I liked, but some of this I absolutely hated. I liked the imagery he uses in some of the songs as well, but others made me feel insane. Unfortunately what I liked doesn't do enough to lift this out of a 2 star for me. A big part of that is that the song Black Hair made me feel crazy with how bad it was to me. Not that I'm that far into this list, but out of everything I've listened to off the list that is the song I hate the most. I'm no song writer so I won't even say that I can personally do better. But, somehow I think you should be able to write a better song about your lover with black hair. Something that doesn't state that she had black hair almost every line at least? Green Eyes is a close second for how much I hated it to me. Similarly he doesn't seem to do very much here with the concept. A lot of singing "green eyes" over and over again. The weird talking over his own singing is also off putting to me. In the end I think very much not for me. I see the value in listening though.

Nick Cave is a real darling to so many. Not me. Mid.

Was ok.

This was more chill than I was expecting from a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album. Usually they are all-in to the experimental post-punk style. This one was way more stripped back. Simple piano, bass, and some orchestration here and there. Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of Nick Cave's voice. I think the songwriting was a bit weak here too. This musical style is better suited for a shorter album. This one seemed to meander which was amplified by the lack of variety in the overall sound of the songs.

Couldn't finish. Bored to death.

This is normally something that I think I might like, but something about Nick Cave really sets my teeth on edge. It just strikes me as angst ridden faux introspection. The music itself I thought was fairly well done. Not something that I will seek to listen further to.

ha s erste nick cave album sehr schö gfunde wo uf de liste gsi isch. erste song nur piano, sehr schnulzig aber huere schön. aaaah s album heter gschriebe noch rehab und nochdem d PJ harvey mit ihm schluss gmacht het. guet so find pj harvey komplett überbewertet. find etz song 2 und 3 chli sehr langsam und schleppend vorallem. aso schön, aber würkli chli pathetisch. brompton oratory isch no cool, drum machine isch funny. und d chords sind sehr nice. there is a kingdom isch chli chrizzo time findi. wäh west country girl cool. chli doomy. voll nice. bi black hair seiter öppe 1000000 mol dass sie schwarzi hoor het ich checks jo. ultra langwilig. idiot prayer isch schl aber ich bi z wenig 40i und depri zum mega geil finde. s gliche gilt für far from me. bin irgendwie froh isch das album bald fertig? irgendwie schön aber s schleppt halt scho huere. green eyes ahaaa sie het grüeni auge??? was nick?? singt wie n schlosshund echt.

oke du chasch tüf singe iwie für das, dass es es schöns lied als opener isch, deliveret er d emotione nöd so ganz? aber suscht söne lied oke sind alli lieder langsam lime tree arbour naja people ain't no good mega schön wennd striicher chömmed aber nachane töneds iwie schräg? aber suscht seehr cute er probiert mengisch tüfer z singe als er chan?? mr. nick cave ich fang mich ah langwile west country girl isch jz nöd mega mis gsi aber wenigstens mal chli e anderi pace ah ok back to 3 bpm omg black hair findi gad würkli katastrophe "the smell of her black hairrrr on maaaaa....pillowwww" gott was isch das "tdaaaaaay...... shetookatraaaaaaiiiiinnn..... totheweeeesttt" bruuuder idiot prayer hani wieder recht cool gfunde aber finds jz nöd schlimm wenns jz denn ufhört OMG WAS HAHAHAHAHAHA NEI HÖR UF ES ISCH NÖD COOL WENND GSCHISSE DRÜBER REDSCH ok höch chaner au nöd singe also s het doch paar schöni lieder aber het sich das zooooge und das fucking black hair lied git definitiv 1 stern abzug

This album is mostly pretty droning, the tone just doesn't work for the majority of the tracks. There are some highlights that brooding atmosphere really sell the story behind the music. I think more could have been done instrumentally to enhance the ideas presented here. Cave's vocals are fairly hit and miss and all. If I lost PJ Harvey I would act the same way.

Into my arms was fine and the rest was just very blah. Sometimes terribly boring. Some cringe lyrics. The end of the album was hard to get through. Glad it’s over.

didn't really enjoy this one. last song was particularly bad.

really don't like nick cave!

Not really my style...

In a mood I might live it more.

DNF. I respect this for what it is, sad and beautiful it’s not for me

Another artist that I had long heard about but never heard. Started out well until I realized the entire album was going to be the same monotone slow sound. The man is a poet but not a creative musician to me. I am well past my emo early twenties phase, so this one didn’t get me in the feels the way it probably would have back then. I listened to the entire album but about halfway through checked to see how many songs were left. The Black Hair song has to be a punk to see how many times two words can be repeated

I feel like I am listening to hymns, with different lyrics and the organ was replaced with a piano, alongside the flattest vocal performance known to man.

Zzzzzzz…

It sounds pretty good, but I am not a fan of how spiritual some of the lyrics are.

If you want Nick Cave, you'll get it. Sounds like Waits sings Cohen (or simmilar). No need to be heard before I die :-(

Cheer up Nick

There's a certain melancholic reverence held within anything I've ever heard by Nick Cave, and this album's no different. Feels like I ought to like it, but I just can't.

This one was meh for me. I just wasn’t really feeling it, dawg. I kept getting wrapped up in her black hair and some depression listening to this one. I’m sure it has its place in the world, like a sad movie or something. But not something I’d choose to listen to much.

this record is a head scratcher. There's at least 3 other Nick Cave records I would pick over this one. Its too slow, too samey and rather boring. Its not bad, just boring. Listen to Dig Lazarus Dig instead.

One or two tracks less monotonous and boring than the rest. I found myself shaking my head at the comments on YouTube - I didnt think the music and/or lyrics were amazing, unlike everyone else. Maybe you need to listen several times to develop an appreciation, but I have no desire to put myself through more listenings!

Not the biggest prog rock, but i can see how people would really like this album

I settled in to listen to this album, expecting something different. As someone who's not usually into slow balladry alternative rock, I found it slow-paced and lyrically important, which is commendable. However, it didn't quite hit the mark for me on a Thursday evening. Maybe it's just not the right vibe for a midweek listen

So boring

Olis varmaan pitäny keskittyy enemmän lyriikoihin.

I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion but I just don't know why Nick Cave is so revered. He just seems to spend an awful lot of time making sure he looks and sounds angst ridden and edgy. I like some of the soundtracks he has produced but find this solo stuff too 'up itself'. Cheer up Nick

I feel like I SHOULD like this but I don’t. I just don’t get it. Some of it would be ok if someone else sung it or arrangements were different. The last song I couldn’t even sit through.

First lines of first song: “I don’t believe in an interventionist God / But I know darling that you do / but if I did I would knee down and ask him / not to intervene when it came to you”…. Dylan it ain’t. I guess it’s supposed to be deep. Musically, this is pretty good; spades, piano driven Melodie’s. I don’t much care for the singer’s tone/style, has a spoken feel, not a lot of tonal variation, and sometimes seems to be straining to reach. But the killer for me is the lyrics themselves. As above, who actually uses the word “interventionist” in a melancholy song? And where’s the faux depth of “seasons came, seasons went / the winter stripped the blossoms bare / a different tree now lines the streets / shaking its fists in the air”. The overall affect is just irritating. Melancholy songs, atonal singing, stupid lyrics. The more I listened the more irritated I got. A d the lower my rating. I’ll settle to 2/5, even though it irritates me.

I like nick cave but this album is a bit too “slow for me. Only liked a couple of songs enough to listen to again - west country girl and idiot prayer. This is gonna be like 2.5 out of 5 for me

Beautiful yet depressing

Man....raise your hand if you miss "Murder Ballads" ✋. (im jk - I know you all hated it). Seriously though, Nick lost his gritty edge on this one. Lyrics are pretty good, but music is meh. The good news is we only 17 Nick Cave and Tom Waits albums to go....

I wasn’t ready for another Nick Cave album so soon either.

The piano sounds nice.

Dull. Could do with more Bad Seeds and less pretentious pub crooner.

Maybe it's because I'm in a rare good mood this week but I really struggled to get into this. Its very melancholic and dour. I also found it a bit dry as there wasn't much in the way of instruments...I guess minimalist is the term but truthfully I just found it sad and a bit dull...

Too broody for me.

bad elevator music

I really should like Nick Cave. I stumble across his songs here and there and really really like them. He’s a story teller and I like his voice. So I should like him. But then I look up an album and give it a play and it bores me to death. This is no exception, but there’s not even 1 banging track here that might have lead me to this album. ‘Idiot Prayer’ was as good as it got for me. Scrapes a 2 based on his voice and a nice violin here and there.

Begrafenismuziek

Meh

Pretentious

Not my favorite. A bit slow and a bit clunky. I get the appeal and some of them were enjoyable but overall it seemed strange sad Christian music.

Brani Preferiti: - "Into My Arma" - "West Country Girl" Note: Nick ha una voce non male e la musica è fatta bene, però questo album non mi trasmette niente. È un album che potrei mettere come musica da background per poi dimenticarlo totalmente, considerando che è un disco a tratti noioso, è possibile godersi l'album ascoltando solo qualche canzone. Ha però una canzone che compare in Shrek 2, quindi nice.

🥱 I don’t think I got to the end of this, it got really samey really quickly.

I don't know that this album makes me feel like I've been missing something by not listening to Nick Cave all these years. I don't find the lyrics particularly interesting, don't particularly enjoy his voice, nor do i find the music particularly creative. Not sure why this wound up being "important."

Eh. Boring. Slow. Weird. Don't really know what to think but don't really like it.

Good wallowing in self inflicted pain music, but its not a "great album." In fact, its repetitive and boring, and not great. 2/5

Boring

If I was prone to depression this album would send me over the edge. Far out. Could it be any more emo?

2/12, 17%

Mehh

This was a load of boring shit, but it has a vibe

More Nick Cave..

I wasn't very fond of this album. There was too little variation between the songs for my taste, and I particularly didn't like that it was so low-tempo and mellow. I am not someone who appreciates the lyrics that much, and this certainly feels like an album that is for those who do. Still, 'People Ain't No Good' and 'West Country Girl' stuck out to me, and I really liked those. I am going to give this a strong 2 star rating, knowing that it probably deserves better. And it would've gotten more if it was more my thing.

I feel like I should like this album but I really don't. I mean Nick Cave has some amazing hits such as "Red Right Hand" but other than the opening "In to Your arm" the rest just comes of as pretentious and moody. Maybe it's an acquired taste but i have not acquired it yet.

Don't like this as much as I do some of his other work - it's a bit too brooding and ballady, lacks the energy of some of the other stuff. Also gets a bit cringey lyrically - the first track is a bit too on the nose with its atheism, and People Ain't No Good is a bit much too. 2/5.

pretty good i guess. a little boring. made me kinda depressed tbh. green eyes was cringey. ya.

-so far very slow and sad -his voice is very deep and interesting -i’m really not trying to be a hater but they all sound really similar -i like the lyrics for the songs tho! -the piano is nice

It's just not that exciting is it.

Nick z’n hoofd ziet eruit zoals m’n muziek klinkt. Saai

This album suffers heavily from “nothing special” syndrome. I was a pretty big fan of the first two songs, but the album just remained sounding the same. Eventually it got boring and started sounding the same.

I enjoyed this at first but his vocals as well as the slow pacing of this album caused it to drag quite a bit

I'm sorry Nick, this album did not do it for me, it was so boring and I felt nothing hearing it. I am still eager what else you have to offer.

I don't know what to do with this one. His other stuff is better and that last song "Green Eyes" was really weird.

This album just ain’t no good

Wannabe Leonard.cohen

Yeah, not a fan. I did like the line "this useless old fucker and his twinkling cunt." But overall, just didn't connect with his style.

Not my cup of tea. Lyrics are good, vocals not so good.

He's got a very interesting and dark voice. Not grim, just a feeling of a lot of like... melancholy? Ovreall not a bad album. I recognized a track and will take one or two

This was a better Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album than the previous albums on this list. I stand by my comments that Nick Cave cannot really sing and he just speaks lyrics. Also they managed to release and album that was not a double album and was not 70 plus minutes long. It is better than a two, and not really a 3.

Sleepy time honk shoo album of the year

Some good songwriting, but this guy only sang like 3 notes this whole album. Relaxing for the most part, but felt like the music didn't do enough

Drab! I really don't rate NC's vocals, and this album is just derivative drivel. No good songs, all just tat

I dislike Nick Cave's voice and find his songwriting alternates between pompous and cringey. He is particularly good at love songs that churn your stomach whilst simultaneously boring you. The music is fairly solid in a plodding and unexciting way. I've now listened to a fair number of his albums, so I'm comfortable in my informed opinion: me no likey. 2*

Meh, it's kinda bland?

Starting off a bit interesting, dare I say good, but then just got a bit depressing and rambly as it went on. I'd have a couple of the songs on an atmospheric playlist but an entire album was a bit too much. Last track was so bad.

Gevoelig hoor

Didn’t really like it. Good album overall, but not my thing atm.

Fml wieso kommen zwei Nick cave Alben nacheinander. Ist au nix für mich

Music isn’t bad but too much God.

There's been some recent press about Cave explaining his (extremely well-reasoned) motive for shifting towards lighter, happier music, but damn if it's not boring as hell. The songwriting here is repetitive and milquetoast as hell, and the muzak-level piano and guitar focus isn't helping either – expected way more out of this one :/

i didn’t really like the vibe of it

So when I first heard this guy's voice, I thought, The National. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to this album that excited me, like The National. I think the best thing I can say, related to listening to this album on Spotify, was a Velvet Underground song came on right after the conclusion of this dude's album. Listened a couple times, wanting to be turned on by something, but it just didn't happen. Kinda like his voice. Not so much this album. Just did nothing for me...... 1 for the songs 2 for the voice. 1.5 but score as a 2

2.5 I’m not really sure if this is the best entry point for Nick Cave since I’m pretty sure the sound of this album was a one-off thing, but since I’m at the mercy of a randomized list here, I guess I’ll just let it be known I’m pretty unfamiliar with the group and probably lacking some context. Anyway, it’s a nice sounding piano-driven album. Cave has a great voice that pairs with the music nicely, but the somber, one-note tone of the album really makes this feel more like a situational listen. In particular, it came off sounding like funeral music… like one of the slow piano covers of a popular song you might hear at one. Now, normally I’m a fan of that kind of dark, broody, sentimental stuff, but this one didn’t really resonate with me much. Generally speaking, I didn’t find much of it overly interesting, and most of it seemed to run together. As far as piano music goes, it didn’t feel like anything I hadn’t heard before. Didn’t dislike, but didn’t particularly like either. I’d say it’s 50/50 I listen again. Favorite songs: Into My Arms, People Ain’t No Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4mqHdd5gzo

Kind of slow. A little like Leonard cohen.

Evocative. Somber. Romantic. Miserable. Two stars. Goes to show how many songs about different body parts of a woman you can write. Probably won’t listen again. And definitely not the whole album.

It was okay - was kind of disappointed as my first proper listen to a nick cave record given I know how beloved he is in Indie circles. Just kinda fine?

I like his voice, and some of the musical bits and melodies are nice, but it's just so sombre. There's a few standout tracks, but the whole album certainly didn't fly by, let's say that.

Meh

Just like yesterday’s Carole King, this one’s first and second tracks were both boring so I turned it off. This reminds me of Harvest Moon from Neil Young in the way that the music is as still as a lake. Boring. But at least the lyrics were somewhat interesting. 2/5.

i mean it’s fine?

To sąd at the time

Klaver-drevet, melankolsk, lyrik i fokus

Why's Nick Cave sound like a poor man's Lou Reed? The first two songs on this album had me really excited, they were deep and thoughtful and the sound was truly distinct. And then, it just kept going, and going, and going. There's absolutely no way this album is less than two hours. It dragged endlessly, and I can't explain why I listened to it's entirety.

The same song written 12 times. 2.5/5

I've never given Nick Cave a chance. I've heard a song here and there and I'm well aware who he is but the interest to listen to more of his songs and dig deeper has never been there. So what do I think after listening to this album? Well it's not for me. It's very somber but doesn't keep my attention at all.

Just as sad as all of his albums

I enjoy the depth and tenor of Nick Cave, but there are very few songs that he performs that I enjoy. I found none that wanted for a return listen on this album whatsoever.

Nick Cave is a bad seed. Dude cannot sing for shite. I dig the music for this album, but my lord I cannot listen to him sing. Hire a lead singer!

*sigh* okay. another nick cave album. keep an open mind. keep an open mind. this is pretty good. at least relatively speaking. I'm sucker for the piano. but honestly, pick any song and it sounds like an average karaoke performance to me. Still the best nick cave album we've been dealt to date.

I prefer Nick Cave when he's more unhinged than somber. Sounds like he's doing his best Leonard Cohen impression here. The constant miserable bellowing gets old pretty quickly. Sounds like it would be one of those amazing farewell albums if he had made it when he was like 75 years old something, but he was only 24 at the time. Just look at that face! Do you think when he was born he had the appearance and demeanor of a fully formed teenager, like he was some sort of Greek God's punishment to his mother?

Beautiful at times, but overall pretty boring.

Didn't like it as much as the previous Nick Cave album.

Nick Cave's one of those artists I've meant to check out but never gotten around to. The only song of his I really knew before this was "Red Right Hand," which is pretty cool, so I had high hopes for this album. It was not at all what I expected or wanted. Too slow and morose for my taste. Bummer.

Too softy

slow, mopey, not a fun listen in the slightest. the opening is a solid piano-driven slow jam but i personally don't need that for an entire album

I liked the instrumentation--folksy. But ultimately too religious for me.

So, Nick Cave is Australia's sad, less-talented version of Johnny Cash? Joking aside, the lyrics are great - poetic even. But - and I say this genuinely - it would have been more enjoyable as poetry than as music. The music and Cave's vocals left a lot to be desired.

If a boatman called me and started singing songs like this I'd probably hang up and call the police. Honestly though, Nick Cave is pretty good in doses (and he's put out some more recent albums that I dug more like Ghosteen) but I can't really get into this one at album length. He's in the rare category of singer-songwriters like Leonard Cohen or Tom Waits who operate in the style of like a haunted Las Vegas residency performer. Not generally my cup of tea anyway, but it can be done better than this. Favorite tracks: People Ain't No Good, Green Eyes. Album art: Cool picture, he looks menacing. Nothing special though. 2.5/5

Listened Before? N I've heard of Nick Cave a million times. He's a guy who always seems to be playing in concerts that are just before or just after concerts I go to in the same venue. I have never listened to him. If this album is representative of his work, I see why. It was sleepy, slow, and boring. Decent lyrics but I couldn't listen to it for fun.

Nick Cave is overrated. Some of his earlier stuff has a fun wild feel to it, but this album is just dreary. I've heard it before - Gen X loves Nick Cave and heaps of my mates were born in the 70s - and 50min of the Leonard Cohen impression is just too much. Into my Arms and People ain't no Good are bearable enough as singles, but the full album is a struggle. Ultimately, I think the only reason Nick Cave albums make lists like this is because he's a Pitchfork darling and music critics want to be seen as liking him. It's cool and offbeat and cultured to say you're a Nick Cave fan. But bugger that, this shit is boring. Give me big dumb arena rock any day. Also, Aussies that abscond to the UK for their entire careers/lives can take a long walk off a short pier. Take the Minogue sisters and the ugly bloke who was in Bad Boy Bubby, and stay off our radar. At least fucken Barnesy just lives somewhere in the Adelaide hills, content to actually be a humble rockstar while "depressed introvert" Cave rubs shoulders with celebrities in London. 2/5.

If you're looking for the cure to insomnia this album is it.

I just couldn’t get into it

This is a quite a different experience from "Murder Ballads" where Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds received an apropos rating of 1. Nick Cave is clearly a creative singer/song-writer and there is a place to respect what he brings to music regardless if one likes it or not. However, in the context of 1001, he does not really seem so much a prerequisite for death. The album is subdued, as is Nick Cave. This is a beautiful album just a few tracks in, lacking the aimlessness of other singer/song-writer types that usually end up with the dreaded "1" score. "There Is A Kingdom" has a Pink Floyd-vibe that earns significant appreciation. The chorus and the noticeable hooks are well done here, such a great song. Overall, still not a fan of Nick Cave and this BS.

Found this really boring

not my style

Demasiado plano e insustancial. Un tanto monótono. Buena voz y templanza, pero le falta bastante. Música un poco anodina

Ok but not really my thing.

I have liked the most post punk side of Nick Cave, but this ballad version wasn't the greatest. 2/5

The last song is aggressively bad. As for the rest, cause and effect are confused where I took four days to finish the album. I understood the sound as misanthropic wedding music, but, while I appreciated the organ, the string arrangements were lacking and the presentation thin. This list seems to be teaching me that Nick Cave is not for me.

A little less of a blind spot than he was before, which is something to be pleased about. I still find him too humourless, his voice unmoving, the lyrics slightly hackish, the melodies often flat. But boy, does he put in work. Everyone’s got a schtick, and Cave works fucking hard at his. That gets me through the many moments when the ignition doesn’t take. Often, those moments are when I’d expect it to. 'People Ain't No Good' and ‘Green Eyes’ should be my thing, but… just… aren’t. Never mind. At least I’m ready and waiting when he finds a spark. ‘Lime Tree Arbor’, ‘There is a Kingdom’ (probably because it borrows the tune from ‘Perfect Day’) and, most of all, ‘Idiot Prayer' get off the ground and give me the aerial views of Caveland I’ve been promised. When I’m up there, I like what I see. I just spent most of my time on the ground, waiting for the captain to say we’re ready for take-off.

One paced.

La musica fa solo da sottofondo alle sue parole, non è da buttare via eh, però... Are you the one i've been waiting for molto bella devo dire. Le altre mi sembrano un po' tutte uguali.

enjoyed at the beginning but got quite boring and repetitive after not very long. happy it was short. disappointed x

3/10 i just don't understand how can you make this many songs that sound the same and not see anything wrong with it. Black Hair and Green Eyes both made me cringe supremely.

I just don’t like this type of music. It’s very boring

There wasn't a lot here for me. It wasn't offensive, but nothing really stuck out as massively good. Best song on there for me was mostly likely There Is A Kingdom. I'm glad to have gotten this album, as I now know who sang the Peaky Blinders opening.

There's so much Nick Cave on this list, but I can't really get into any of this. It's not awful it's just a bit boring, not sure what mood I'd need to be in to enjoy it

Dreary and a bit self indulgent.

Very slow. Not bad but not for any mood

It's a whole album of sad bluesy ballads that fail to move. I did not enjoy it at all, but at least it wasn't painful to listen to.

Some good songs but too much of the same for me. Found it a bit dull and dreary overall

I dont mind this type of music, but it's pretty boring after a few tracks

These songs all sounded the same. I didn't care for the style, but even assuming I did, the songs are all one long, slow dirge.

I did not know this singer, it is not bad but for my taste his compositions are very slow.

This was not good. Very boring. Every doing sounded very similar.

Slow piano ballads with a good voice, it's OK. Going for big important lyrics It's all a bit meh

Slow and melodramatic. Not bad, not my favorite.

Made me fall asleep.

I found this album to be very boring personally but well made objectively. Nick Cave’s voice was monotone but the minimalist production was solid along with good songwriting. Not horrible but not enjoyable. Fav song, ig: black hair

Incredibly boring

I'm a huge Nick Cave fan, but this is one of his most boring albums.

why does anyone like this more than anything else? kind of sucks

Garbage. Not sure what I'm supposed to like about this. I guess some of the songs would sound good in a movie soundtrack in a scene where a guy walks into a room where his whole family just got murdered. No thanks.

Not my thing

Nothing special

Really good songwriter but the songs are a bit one note when listening to the album as a whole

agradável, mas todas as músicas pareciam a mesma

Couldn't really get into it.

Literally who listens to this. Absolutely not

liked a few songs

Not bad, but not my cup of tea. Lost our cat this week so thought it might be actually the right time for this dirge-type music, but sadly I just wasn't into it. I did read some entertaining writing on how to become a Nick Cave fan.

Starts brilliantly but drags by the end - bit of a chore

First track great. The odd one is pretty good.

A bit dreary and tracks all similiar tone and vibe. Not for me.

The Boatman is Eeyore and wants you to slow down, you kangaroo. Telling moment: Brompton Oratory had a similar chord progression and "prosidy" to Keane's smash hit Somewhere Only We Know, so I put that song on and ended up enjoying myself much more than any Boatman track. But Boatman is not for enjoying. Boatman is art for careful consideration. Keane is chiming beauty for forgetting reality for a minute. Boatman is poetic trudging and mining reality for meaning. But I have to make PowerPoint presentations and finish work in time to take my pickle boat out on the river before the sun sets. I can't mine for meaning while making slides. The Boatman inside me wants to be an actual boatman. C

Nick Cave is to music what Jim Jarmusch is to film: Pretty good, doing interesting things, playing with traditional forms and adding generality dark elements and a strong cult following have ascribed a certain level of genius. I’m unsure if genius is warranted. It’s a generation X thing I think. To me he’s like Neil Diamond dark with less catchy melodies. Some times his choruses hit just right and you can feel it. Sometimes it feels like he’s forcing words in that don’t fit in the structure or melody if the song. Perhaps if I listened to his whole catalog, but if it’s anything like this album, it will all fade into the background. 2

Maaaaaaaan I really didn't like it very much. Too lovey dovey/piano-y for my taste.

Not my thing

ziemlich lame auf ganzer albumlänge. bei aller sympathie.

ist aber sehr traurig - 2

Just not for me.