Reviews (page 3 of 7)
Interessanter Sound, aber dennoch kein Album was ich mir kaufen/speichern würde
Nick Cave immer hopp oder top, das war eher von der schlechteren Sorte.
Nick Cave mit einem neuen Stinker
I'm sick of them. 2.
Ik hoor waarom het populair is, en het eerste album van Nick Cave dat ik het begrijp. Toch niet mijn ding.
I liked the intensity and the storytelling
Maybe I do like Nick Cave? Papa Won't Leave You, Henry is good anyway...I shouldn't get ahead of myself. It's like lyrics by Tom Waits and music by....someone else? Can't place my finger on that as readily. I like this album. His lyrics remind me of Squirrel Nut Zippers. Holy shit, one of the guys from Einsturzende Neubauten is in The Bad Seeds! My dislike of them up to now makes more sense. The first half of the album is better than the back half, but this is still the best Nick Cave album I've had so far.
I think I liked this, but I can never decide whether Nick Cave's obsession with Southern Gothic and his funereal delivery are cool, or very silly indeed.
What?
Ein fiebriges, staubiges Road‑Movie in Albumform, das zwischen Predigt, Albtraum und Liebesbekenntnis pendelt. Die Songs brennen – roh, ungeschönt, voller biblischer Bilder und menschlicher Abgründe. Cave singt, als würde er die Welt mit bloßen Händen auseinanderreißen, während die Bad Seeds ein Fundament aus Gitarre, Dröhnen und flackernder Intensität legen. Was das Album so außergewöhnlich macht, ist seine kompromisslose Klarheit: Jeder Track wirkt wie ein Kapitel aus einem apokalyptischen Western, jeder Refrain wie ein Schwur. Henry’s Dream ist nicht nur ein Album, sondern ein Zustand – ein fiebriger Traum, der lange nachhallt.
love the nick cave sound
Mid
3.0
Dat mensen hier vrijwillig geld aan geven is onbegrijpelijk. Saai, depressief, meh
4.0 I would've thought Let Love In would have been included in this list,
Hmm
Why is Nick Cave always singing about someone named Joe? I really liked this album in all its Scott Walker-esque, Cramps-esque, campy, dingy glory. Am I crazy if I say Straight to You sounds exactly like Au Pays du Cocaine?
Absolutely nowhere near his best album but still a worthy 5 and 100% better than most of the dreadful yank albums we’ve been forced to listen to on here
Just great music, Nick Cave is one of a kind
It's like if Tenacious D was actually good.
It’s like if Tenacious D was bad.
A very different album, this one is interesting, but doesn't really fit my style. I like the other nick cave album (Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus) more.
Cave's vocals are strong and the music from the rest of the band is there but never quite noticeable or impressive. The lyrics prioritize story telling over musical value, but don't generate opportunity for dynamic change, leading to Cave's vocals sounding essentially the same throughout the album. Overall, I appreciated the opportunity to become familiar with Nick Cave's musical career, but don't feel that this album in particular needed to be heard.
I don't really care for Nick Cave. Or so I thought. I've listened to some of his stuff before, and I didn't love it. So I wasn't looking forward to this. But I like it! This is pretty good. Looking at RateYourMusic, however, I see this ranked as Nick's 8th best album. The 1001 project omits the top six Nick Cave albums. :( Of course, I realize it's all subjective, but still. 3 stars.
Enough of Nick.
It was okay
This sounds like the most complete NC&TBS album I’ve heard yet. The arrangements are much fuller, more involved and there's a heightened energy and tension throughout. Musically, this has a familiar feel to it for someone that loves Lanegan. I feel they occupy similar landscape although the sounds of their output vocally and thematically are very different.
Favourite Songs: Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Like Elvis if he were bad
This album makes me wish you could give half marks. Some good, some bad. A 2 seems harsh but a 3 seems generous. I'm going for 2, purely for how shite 'I Had a Dream, Joe' is
I just love this guys vibe. I liked most of these songs although there weren't any standouts. Music on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Noone deserves 5 albums on the list. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds definitely do not deserve 5. We enjoyed this well enough and Cave is a skilled vocalist and songwriter... But 5 of the best albums of all time? We remain unconvinced.
I didn’t love it. I generally like Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (let love in is one of my top albums ever) but this one just didn’t tickle me
Favorite Track: Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
This album starts out pretty rough. Seems like Nick Cave was trying too hard on some of these vocals. Then mid-way through Nick Cave does a great job of creating the ominous gothic style he is so great at. Let Love In is a better album though.
- I don't mind the music, but the lyrics are not it; they take away to much from my ability to enjoy the music - Nick has some other songs I enjoy, but overall I cannot get behind how awkward this is to listen to.
What do you know. A faggot ass vampire that does country doesn't make good music. 0/9 0.00%
Dracula does sensual country
Tämä Nick Cave taas kovaa kamaa! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My 3rd Nick Cave album?? I didn't even want 1 😭😭😭
Did not enjoy this, but it seemed well made. Just a matter of taste
Mostly dreary, some songs unlistenable, but I pushed through!
This is the 3rd Nick Cave album I’ve heard from the list so far. I’m starting to suspect that Nick Cave isn’t for me. Too many songs on this album reminded me of an ITYSL sketch and I expected him to sing about using bones for money. This was my favorite of the 3 but still a slog.
Interesting rock album.
It was alright.
is it rock? is it folk? folk rock? rock folk? it's (r/c)o(f/l)k papa won't leave you henry--ok.. ok..... weird..... getting weirder........ i had a dream-- str**ght to you-- brother my cup is empty--i drink alone by george thorogood and the destroyers???? christina the astonishing-- why are the overwhelming majority of these albums so fucking angst ridden?!? have you read the news lately?? i don't need MORE angst in my life. when i first came to town--the welcome guest on mermaid avenue by billy bragg & wilco john finns wife--i want to vomit. please remind me why i need to listen to this shit before i die. "oOoOoh look at me i'm so edgy" 1/5
One of my favorites from the Bad Seeds' gothic/post-punk days. Some of Nick'S first releases are sounding quite rough but I really like this one turned out
Not his most memorable, but a very good album still. Nick really was in his prime at that time.
Finding myself in the middle of a post-punk opera and a gothic country lament. I don't know what this album is, but it's great and unique stuff!
actually close an 5
Good album. Love the way he sings and his timbre!
A chilly tribute to a lost son.
Maso
Same shit as all the other Nick Cave stuff.
- what a freak. - I like some of the chiller songs like Loom of the Land and Straight to You - I don’t know if this is for me
Got some big hits here. Mic quality, backing vocals, and lyrics give the effect of a crooked holy man singing to his congregation. Highlights: "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry", "Straight to You", "Jack the Ripper"
To be honest, I have been getting nothing but psychodelic 60-70s albums these last days, so I am already happy we're finally in a different decade. What to say about this album by Nick Cave? Nick Cave has quite a unique sound, but I do feel like this isn't his best album, 3, 5 stars for me.
That's a one angry guy. I mean this album seems very personal and it's probably just not for me.
to the review that said this sounded like sweeney todd music: irl LOL. yes. this sounds like a drunk man trying to remember show tunes. i just don't like nick cave that much!!
i've had so much nick cave from this list and even another album of his in the last week. it's fine. sometimes good. sometimes dull and boring. i'm just over it at this point. this album is fine. it's got songs. it's good if you like this sort of thing. i'm not sure i do. i had to queue up the song "straight to you" three times, sometimes minutes apart, to remember how it sounded (ok but forgettable) and decide whether i liked it or not (it's fine). i don't hate it, i'm just weary. 3 stars. favorites: papa won't leave you henry, john finn's wife, jack the ripper
I just don’t get Nick Cave, nor the love some have for him. He is so macab and depressing. I just don’t get why he would even write some of this stuff.
He’s getting a 4 because the first album we got wasn’t worthy of a 1 and I regret giving it a 1
Not as good as Boatman's Call but still solid. The stories are pretty dark and Cave has a lot of intensity on this. I really like the backup vocals and atmosphere of the instruments on this one, they add a lot to the album.
really prefer the sound from Abbatior more. he's a good storyteller but way too much over the top musical theatrics for me. was giving a big Meatloaf vibe. 2.5 stars
Pretty good
Hits the ground sprinting at a toe-tapping frenetic pace. Very catchy shit. Loses momentum halfway but mostly sticks the landing. I didn't have high hopes, happy to be wrong!
Pretty good but just another rock album, I liked the one about the wife
I am fairly familiar with Nick Cave. Murder Ballads is a fantastic album, and one I'm really looking forward to getting on this list, and I listened to Ghosteen earlier this year, which was a very different experience but still one I really liked. Henry's Dream is another 90's Bad Seeds album so I'm sure this is going to be great. • This is such an awesome first track. It's pretty long, and has a lot of repeating sections, but it's so energetic. Nick Cave's vocals are so prominent throughout it, during the verses and chorus he's almost never not singing. • I Had a Dream, Joe keeps that energy going. Something that's been shared between both songs is the acoustic guitar, pretty low in the mix, absolutely going to town strumming frenetic chords and it provides so much of the energy. • Straight To You is one of the most radio-friendly Nick Cave song I've ever heard, from any of his projects. It's really good. • Brother, My Cup is Empty is a good song. I can't help but think that the main hook "Brother My Cup is Empty" feels really similar to "Papa Won't Leave You Henry". Like the lines have the same rhythmic pattern. • Christina the Astonishing didn't really click for me at first, but the time it was ending I did find myself quite liking what I was listening to • When I First Came to Town is another quieter track, I like it a lot. The lyrics are great, and I really like the backing vocals on the chorus. The harmonica that comes in at the end is awesome too • John Finn's Wife is incredible, it's like a proto-Murder Ballads song (it actually reminds me of The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane). It's easily one of the highlights of the album • Loom of the Land is a nice sounding song • Jack the Ripper is a great closing track. It's built on the 12-bar blues but it's definitely not derivative. This was an awesome album, I'm so glad to have listened to it. As much as I enjoyed Ghosteen, this was way more in line with what I like from The Bad Seeds. While I don't have the same connection to these songs as I do to my favourites from Murder Ballads, I've put several into my main playlist and definitely plan on getting to know them more. Nick Cave's vocals are so smooth for the entire album, and the instrumentalists are on fire. I saw on the album's Wikipedia that the band wasn't satisfied with the production, but I think this sounds really good. I might need to check out Live Seeds to see just how much better these songs are there. As is, though, this album was phenomenal. Favourite song: Papa Won't Leave You, Henry
great album, perfect representation of the 90s
Probably his best one I've heard from this list, not his biggest fan however Will I listen to again:17%
This albums Straight To You was my introduction to Cave thanks to the UK TV video Chart Show, and from this I got this album and loved it, leading to a lifelong Cave addiction. I then saw him at Reading Festival soon afterwards (just before the legendary Nirvana performance). I've generally considered it patchy compared to some of his, but listening to it now on decent headphones it just sounds great. I know Cave and Co were somewhat critical of the recorded live production but I love the sound, especially the acoustic guitars, bass and swirling organ.
Interesting but I personally hated it. Country mixed with sailor ballad story telling. It seemed like a bad musical. 1/5 Fave song: Loom of the Land
#Lieblingssongzeilen: All the towers of ivory are crumbling And the swallows have sharpened their beaks This is the time of our great undoing This is the time that I'll come running Insgesamt sind sich Nick Cave Alben ja schon auch ähnlich. Dieses hier gehört für mich nicht in seine Top 5, die für mich beste Phase beginnt kurz nach diesem Album. Daher höre ich schon viele Ansätze, wenn man seinen Schmalz nicht so mögen würde wie ich es tue, wäre das hier vielleicht dann sogar das bessere Album. Storytelling und Instrumentierung auch groß und die Stimme... Vermutlich liebt oder hasst man es, ich bin definitiv auf der ersten Seite. 3,5 aber deutlich besser als vieles was ich mit 3 bewerte.
Die Cave-Crooner Intensität funktioniert für mich nicht immer, aber hier passen Songs und Instrumentierung perfekt dazu. Ganz eigenes Genre, irgendwie.. Industrial Songbook? Gefällt mir sehr gut
Das ist so besonders, dass man es allein dafür wertschätzen muss. Rein musikalisch spricht mich das nur streckenweise an. Fühle mich konstant angeschrien und schaff es daher gar nicht auf die wahrscheinlich tollen Texte zu hören.
When I was an English teacher, I used to say my primary responsibility was introducing young people to the songs of Nick Cave. This album has a lot of the earmarks of what makes him such a great storyteller and such a compelling musician. It’s still not my favorite because by far though so I’m curious to see if we will see other of his albums on this list. Either way great listen - really enjoyed.
it's honestly a bit of a gamble when nick cave and friends pop up. a lot of his songs i've listened to especially lately, i've had mixed feelings about. i wonder what specifically throws me off. anyways, this one is some really nasty, grimy blues rock. not sure if i'm feeling this one a lot. i can't get used to his voice for that long.... the way that he sings, he sounds pissed off. like he doesn't want to be there and record the collection of tracks. he's permanently rolling his eyes. there's some variation in tracks but a lot of it sounds just... angry and messy to me.
I went into this one having never listened to a Nick Cave album, and being very sceptical for a number of reasons. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. There are a few moments on here that reach the highest tier of songwriting for me. Unfortunately not all of the tracks are consistently as good, but still really glad to have heard this. Looking forward to listening to more Nick Cave albums.
i highly doubt i would have given this such a high score, but i'd been dealing with a lot of shit during the course of listening to the album so it seriously hit me hard. loom of the land is beautiful, i loved this album a lot
straight to you. the song that you are. the bad seeds were reaching a peak here. i love country tinged style added into this release
I had only heard this one once before so I'm glad I went back because I liked it a lot more. All these songs are good .
Nick Cave isn't really my thing, but this album is good for what it is.
How many albums does this fuckstick band even have?
This has been the most enjoyable Nick Cave album so far.
There were shades of Murder Ballads in here. Thankfully, history isn't repeating itself since there was enough there musically to avoid a 1. But, it still rhymed.
Of the (far too many, this is the 5th) Nick Cave albums on the 1001 list, this is shaping up as better than the others. Not great, the bar is low, but better...
4.5
Meesterwerk!
No me gusto. Mezcla rara de generos. Y la voz de el no me gusto
I don't listen to any Nick Cave, not a big fan of his music. I do respect what he brings knowing he is a legend in his own right.
Solid Nick Cave release. Dark and sorrowful and at times beautiful.
Very solid stuff.
My introduction to Nick Cave was Abattoir Blues, one of the first albums I got on the list last year. My thoughts at the time was dark, broody, pretentious blues rock. I listened to it again before listening to Henry's Dream and liked it better. Henry's Dream is dark, broody, pretentious bluesy punk with the odd dark, broody, pretentious folk song thrown in. And I liked it. It's certainly not the best thing I've ever heard, but the dark and broody is growing on me. I wonder what variety of dark and broody I'll get on the next Nick Cave album.
I'm sure this is for someone, but that someone isn't me. As art, it's fine.
Loved it and how intense it got
An easy 4
Miles better than the last Nick Cave offering. Probably a 3.5.
Clamorous
Pretty good. My favourite was John Finn's Wife.
Agh....... Is the sound I made when I saw I was given another Nick Cave album. I REALLY did not like the previous one, "Murder Ballads", for reasons. I don't care how "historically important" people say his music is, I do not find it compelling. I just think that he should have chosen another path in his life. I think that when he was getting started someone should have sat him down and told him he just doesn't have a very nice singing voice. But hey what do I know, I love Bob Dylan and some people can't stand his voice. However, Bob Dylan CAN actually sing and I don't think Nick Cave can. His lyrics too aren't my favorite. As I'm listening to it, the same trend is appearing of crude, nasty lyrics that I do not find appealing at all. Also, there is a lot of repetition, a LOT. A lot of times repetition can be good, however that's only if the lyrics and melody are actually good! So he didn't quite hit either one of those marks there. Agh... Just WHY does this guy have 5 whole albums on this list and someone like Gillian Welch only has one. She could easily have at least 3!!!! His music just feels a little cringey like he's trying to be edgy or something. "I am the captain of my fate"... okay affirmations? Keep those to your mirror, buddy. Yeah, that's enough of all that. Again I am hearing him being offkey again? I think? It just feels like he's not exactly hitting those notes. "Christina the astonishing was the most astonishing of all"... Wow nice one! The only song I can stand to listen to is "Straight to You".
A lot of the longer lived new wave acts got a flair for the dramatics in the late 80s/early 90s. And I gotta say the beginning songs got my hopes up that this was gonna be smiths/depeche mode caliber. But nah, it’s just pretty alright. I get why some folks love it though.
People wax poetic about Nick Cave and his song writing. It’s a bit jarring then that he looks like an undertaker and sounds like a deranged street preacher. And yet, I can’t help but to be drawn in. But once I do I start to drift because he talks so much. I’m overwhelmed by so much vivid lyricism that I can’t focus. So what do I think of this album? It’s better than average but I have to work hard to get the rewards.
Das erste mal, dass ich von diesem Album gehört habe, war hier auf der Webseite. Ich habe es dann ein paar Monate später bei Jörg im laden gesehen und ich habe es dann gekauft. Ich hatte das Album davor kein einziges mal angehört und wusste auch nicht wie es sich anhört. Ich habe es einfach nur mitgenommen, weil es von nick cave ist und weil das Albumcover cool aussah. Ich habe es jetzt mal (verspätet) angehört und es ist eigentlich voll gut. Die ersten paar Lieder sind eher folk und upbeat, die späteren haben dann aber wieder den typischen "Nick Cave sound", den ich absolut liebe. Außerdem finde ich, dass Nick cave bei upbeat Liedern sich eher schlecht anhört, es liegt glaube ich nicht daran, dass seine stimme nicht dazu passt, sondern eher, dass er die nicht gut schreiben kann. Vielleicht liegt es aber auch daran, dass ich seine Stimme eher bei traurigeren und langsameren Lieder gewöhnt bin. Ein Lied, dass mich überrascht hat, ist " loom of the Land", es hat sich einfach extrem gut angehört und ist jetzt glaub auch eins meiner Lieblingslieder von Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
Unfairly maligned album that has its own thing going on. I still think it’s at the very least nipping at the heals of their best albums.
Nick Cave is very hit or miss for me, though he's not a very accessible artist. Really not an enjoyable listen. From the advent, a very grating, gutteral, vocal performance that I can only describe as parody-like. Intriguing lyricism marred by many very repetitive choruses which aren't enjoyable enough to warrant it. Very well instrumented. Not sure if Nick Cave may be too pompous, or I just can't enjoy more artistic and less conventional rock. Honestly cringes listening to some of this even though I understand it has quality.
Coming into Henry’s Dream after only knowing “O Children” set me up for a completely different listening experience. This album felt so abrasive and confrontational, listening to the vocals I had no idea whether this was a serious album or some sort of theatrical exaggeration. This is a very rough around the edges bluesy rock album, I did get a very live band feel from it which gave it a certain layer of authenticity but also made the instruments sound cluttered at times adding to the very gritty/ominous vibe throughout. Instrumentally Henry’s dream was good, it was interesting to hear piano being used percussively, guitars were heavy and overdriven. Layering seemed very stacked, creating intensity. Vocals & Lyrics were probably the biggest sticking point for me, Caves near shouting came across as entirely satirical in a way, the lyrics are very absurd & violent adding to this macabre humour. Overall, this felt like a very dramatic performance and I find it hard to imagine listening to this album casually.
The more Nick Cave albums I get, the more I feel a predicament looming. To constantly give an artist’s albums a perfect score just feels suspicious and wrong. A new one pops up, I think to myself, “this one will be a more minor work than the others, I just know it,” and then I get bowled over by song after song. What the hell. And each one (this is my fourth) ends up somehow having its own distinct personality. Henry’s Dream leans harder on fiery, cinematic tales of outsize characters than any of the others I’ve yet heard; each song is like its own little short film. Another thing is that it’s surprising this album came out in 1992. It sounds so good. The production is detailed and enveloping. I don’t know how many other Cave albums are on this list. If Let Love In comes up, the only other album of his I’ve explored outside of this list, I’ll probably give that one a 5 too. Must-listen #300!
Top 3 songs: I had a dream, Joe Brother, my cup is empty John flynn's wife
Songs I saved: Straight to you
Nick Cave at his gnarly, frenetic best. Not sure I’d heard this in its entirety before but it stands up with my faves of his.
Jeg synes jeg burde være større fan af ham end jeg er, som altid fed stemme og produktion, intet at sætte en finger på vibes-wise
Ved ikke om det er et hot take, men synes det her er en af de mindre gode Nick Cave plader. (Stadig rigtig god! Men føles lidt som et skridt tilbage i 1992)
I didn't really like the sound of this.. The first song sounded a bit like a parody of the genre 🤷
⭐️⭐️
I liked this album and especially the song I had a dream Joe
I bet Nick Cave is a super intense guy to have in your company. Like imagine if he was just sitting in your living room, I bet that would make you uncomfortable. Probably because he wasn't even invited but I feel like that would be on brand for him anyway. Just all of a sudden...Nick Cave. I really like this album. Like all Nick Cave it sort of has a bit of a downer vibe but that's ok sometimes. It's certainly a lot different than most music that was coming out in 1992 and it's sort of hard to categorize. Is it rock? Alt rock? Singer songwriter? Gothic? Vocal jazz? Yes and no to all of those. I suppose that's a good thing though, it keeps it interesting. This one is going to be pretty polarizing I think. But I've always really liked Nick Cave so I suppose I'm on that pole. 4/5
Perfect....as all Nicks albums
This album finally made Nick Cave click for me. Solid album front to back with some highlights for me being " Loon of the Land" and "Papa won't leave you, Henery".
Just not an enjoyable listen.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - very much an experience with a fierce voice and theatrical lyrics.
Good stuff, but here are other, way more essential Nick Cave records besides this one.
wel nice en creatief
Is this a parody album?
Hot take, I hated that.
better than the other one
Really just don't find this guy’s dark and somber style appealing.
Nick Cave has a distinctive sound but once you've heard one track you've heard them all. Having had two Nick Cave albums I find them indistinguishable from one another despite being made years apart. Not my thing and the jesus stuff adds further to the thumbs down for me.
I think Cave’s vocals and lyricism are widely considered to be two of his greatest strengths, but unfortunately, neither does anything for me. His voice is too guttural, and his lyrics strike me as pompous or pseudo-intellectual. That said, the musicianship here was solid enough - nothing outright bad, but nothing that truly stood out either. At this point, I’ve accepted that Nick Cave just isn’t for me. I understand why he’s so popular, though, and I will say this album was more enjoyable than the previous one of his I got on this site, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus.
This is solid!
I thought nothing would top Murder Ballads. I'm still right but this was close. Very much in the same vein... 4.5/5
I find this album weird, it reminds me of that YouTube video of the Irish lad creating an angry Irish song. Having said that I can’t deny each track has a personality to it which I find engaging (most of the time). The middle lulls a bit but the opener and ‘John Finn’s Wife’ and ‘Loom of the Land’ create such a theatrical experience I overall enjoyed this album.
I really kept wanting this one to end and it's not even that long. It's just not my tune I guess. 1.5/5
3 Nick Cave albums down, 1 to go and I don't think I get it even 1% more than when I started this journey. Maybe this last (?) stretch will be when it all clicks and I'll see the genius in vampire bayou rock music.
Really weird but dead good very intense singing and guitar
Oh so there’s more Nick Cave here. Guess that’s fine. Not my fav so far.
I had never heard of the before today and I had no idea what to expect, but I genuinely would not have guessed it would be this. This album sounds like a western at some points and like theatrical performance at others. I genuinely don’t know what this is, but I know this ain’t it and this ain’t for me.
This was not for me
🎧Enough Nick Cave
Interesting album. I like it but I am not sure I get it. Sounds like it has a similar origin story to the Decemberists but they chose beer and weed and Nick Cave chose heroin and whisky.
Not a fan. Not for me. Sounds like how cigarettes smell, but in a sadder way. Bob Dylan after dark.
I enjoyed it a lot more than than the murder album. Although overall the dark/gothic country/rock vibes are not really my vibe.
Henry’s Dream I’ve found this the least engaging of the Nick Cave albums on the list. It starts off brilliantly with Papa Won’t Leave You Henry, and ends strongly with John Finn’s Wife and Jack the Ripper but it definitely tails off in the middle, a lot of the songs passing me by, and unlike their other albums it hasn’t really grown much on me on repeat listens. It still has a decent base level as it is a Nick Cave album, but I feel a bit ambivalent about it really. I’ll go 3 as I might try again in future 💭💭💭 Playlist submission: Papa Won’t Leave You Henry
Interesting as always, although not an album that is immediately arresting like the other Bad Seeds albums reviewed. 'I Had a Dream Joe', frenetically paced and sung like a fervent pastor ("I had a draym!"). 'Straight to You', an epic ballad with grand lyrics. Even more absorbing is 'Christina the Astonishing' - ambient atmospherics provided via the sounds of nighttime crickets, church organ, a tale of a real-life holy woman of the 12th Century; it has all the creeping intrigue you'd expect of the best Cave work. It's not a perfect album - the last track a dirge and 'Brother My Cup is Empty' almost a note for note rewrite of the first track. But compare this to manifestations of angst via most of the grunge, nu-metal and Britpop crew of the time, and there is simply no contest.
This was fun for me.
Less depressing than the last Nick Cave album I got. But still just as mid.
I initially had higher hopes for this. Don't get me wrong; Nick Cave's got a cool sound. But four more of these may get a bit old after a while. Also, John Finn's wife is a wild song?!
I feel like every Nick Cage album could be the score to a movie about a desolate man in a desolate land. It's a good, but not great movie; the kind you find playing on AMC at 2pm on a Thursday before they start their Goodfellas marathon at 5pm. I guess what I'm saying is that I think Henry's Dream is mostly forgettable, save for a few moments and songs.
man, shut up about john finn's wife. Most Nick Cave albums are basically the same so buckle up. We got six of these I think. I oscillate between finding Cave really humorless and annoying but then sometimes he'll drop a song that threads the needle so well that I'm willing to give him a million chances. To his credit, that usually happens at least once per album. When I First Came To Town is awesome. Favorite Tracks: Brother, My Cup Is Empty, Christina the Astonishing, When I First Came To Town
There is a catchy raw nerve throughout the album, but it also gets to chaotic here and there
Kinda as expected..
Good music but not for me. The voice feels too effortfull
Best Song: I Had a Dream, Joe. This really excellently channels a certain manic, targeted energy. It feels easy to get carried away with the narrative of the song. Worst Song: Christina the Astonishing. Songs which rely too heavily on Nick Cave's singing ability, as opposed to his skills at writing and arranging, I find his weakest. Overall: Unmistakably Nick Cave. I mostly listen to his music for their storytelling elements, and that aspect feels really lacking here. There's nothing in the sense of an overarching narrative, or even a vibe, and the songs always seem to get lost in these deeply repetitive chorus sequences. In a way that I can't articulate further, Nick Cave sometimes sounds like he is desperately yearning to be a musical Cormac McCarthy in a way that I find off-putting.
Fan of a story album - not one I’d heard before, but would go back
would have gone triple platinum amongst cave men
Holy shit. I think I get it. I was not a fan of the first four albums I had to listen to, but the first song on this one got my attention and I dig it. It could be that I just finished listening to Captain Beefheart. But either way, I was into this one.
Spooky voice man tickles my ears
Listens: 3 Standout tracks: Brother My Cup Is Empty, John Finn's Wife I can't say I liked this more or even as much as The Boatman's Call. Nick's voice is coarse, and more often than not, he's not singing in tune... at all. Reminds me of the Dropkick Murphys. Lots of emphasis on story telling, which I suppose he does well enough.
Nick Grooooooooot Mooie plaat, afgrijselijke cover.
Ik zit hier met een 6.5 voor me. Is dat dan een 3 of een 4? Ik denk dat als ik het rate tov andere Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds albums ik dit toch eerder een 3 geef omdat ik het wel echt minder leuk vind. Het einde van het album vond ik een stuk interessanter dan begin.
Dit gaat heel hard. Nog niet eerder dit album gehoord maar van voor tot achter is het alsof je een boek leest wat constant spannend is.
Verre van de beste Nick Grot maar nog steeds makkelijk een 7.5/8. 'Straight to You' is een grote standout, een gecertificeerde Nick Grot all-timer.
Can't really think of anything harshly negative, but I am not in 100% either. Can be a bit bombastic lyrically. Could be I like the music but find the voice turgid. Seems with this kind of music you live or die with how much one takes to or doesn't the voice.
Fantastic!
I’m not the biggest Nick Cave fan and I definitely wouldn’t reach for this. It seems like a 4, though.
Well, Nick Cave gets the nod for artist I'm most glad I discovered in this endeavor. When I first looked at the list, I might have lumped him into the pile of artists who seem overrepresented (at the expense of others who belong), but I've yet to hear anything I didn't think belonged here — and how. Loved this poet meets bard meets rocker meets visionary vibe. Keep serving them up!
Dude wields metaphors like switchblades. Each salacious tune a veritable penny dreadful oozing lust, betrayal, and blood. And it's all delivered with dangerous charisma and sinewy musicianship. What's not to like?
I’m most thankful for this project because it’s helped me deeply appreciate Nick Cave. Seeing him live sealed the deal that this man is extraordinary. Storytelling with all the right complements-lyrics, music, his performances.
Good poetry.
J’aime pas nul
Love Nick Cave's voice, love the atmospheric lyrics and shadowy backing music. I just enjoy this music.
I guess shouldn't be, but I find myself surprised at having any difficulty reviewing an artist I already love. The more I like a band or album, the more I'll have to say, right? Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are a group that I will go see live, without question, given the opportunity. I would recommend this to practically anyone with even lukewarm ears for music and and a mere candle's flame of passion for life, even if you aren't a fan. I have friends who can't be bothered for Cave's recorded work, but understand the blazing rock and roll revival spectacle that Nick and the boys will tirelessly work themselves through on a stage. The trick of loving an artist and being thick in their world, when it comes time to write, is that the majority of my ideas on the artist and album have long been sublimated to shadowy emotional marrow. For years I've happily lived in my own feeling world; to artists like Nick Cave, my words have long since melted. I've already made peace that (aside from my aforesaid endorsement of the live experience) Cave isn't an artist for just anyone, and that's fine. I've shared playlists with friends with good taste. Just one of them came around on their own after reading a review in the New Yorker of Cave's interview book with friend and journalist Sean O'Hannigan, "Faith, Hope, and Carnage". He read the book on the merits of it being a seemingly excellent music book, and that is what drew him in. Prior to this, I have a text message from him making fun of the mixing and recording style of "Let Love In". This is all to say, Nick Cave isn't for everyone, and I've been fine with that for a very long time. I've learned hard lessons from years of musical zeal that now afford me comforts of being lazy and secure in certain areas of my own taste. In denial of my convenience and laze, and in owed honor to Cave for being a rare artist who continues to improve in craft and execution after so many years, I will say some things. Prior to yesterday's enthusiastic and attentive re-visitation, "Henry's Dream" was a C or D-tier Bad Seeds album for me. Relative to my favorite Cave stuff, I always found it messy, dense, and monotonous. His prior album, "The Good Son", showcased a wide-ranging tenderness and empathy (in love and grief, "The Ship Song", and "The Weeping Song" are highlights, respectively) alongside his signature menace and despair. Each song was like a snow globe, a world under glass unto itself, of songwriting chops and emotion. I very much liked this mode. "Henry's Dream", comparatively, (and intentionally, I'm sure) is indeed a series of heavy dreams (mostly nightmares, but not all) from a single night's sleep. Each song is a world unto itself, with its detail rendered in storytelling lyrics dense with imagery, and a band playing like they are attacking their instruments (even in the ballads.) Rather than the world of each song ending tidily at predefined glass walls, these worlds emerge from the void of dreamless sleep, bleeding into each other. The catchy choruses, striking scenes ("I was at a dancehall on the edge of town"), and oppressive weight of the whole thing ensure that there are not clean edges. Like a dream, it's hard to remember what exactly you encountered, but the feeling stays with you even after the album is over. Following the tidiness of "The Good Son", it is as if Cave excitedly discovered new ways to fit in more words to a song, sharing more blood-stained, dirt-sweat muddy details of each story that the songs tell. Even the ballads, "Straight to You" and "Loom of the Land", within the album's whole, come off as leaden, drunk, and prickly as the rest. This is all fine, not a problem, and still within a realm of enjoyment for me, but these points just make his later, more nuanced work, all the more exceptional. In particular, the dark stories of "Henry's Dream" foretell the deeper and more nuanced exploration of dark song-stories in his later, highly popular album, "Murder Ballads". "Henry's Dream" is a valuable waypoint. The benefit and detriment of this album, cursing and blessing, at once, is the claustrophobic heaviness. As a post in the story of Nick Cave's creative unfolding, it's a hard-seen one that lurks in the shadows. Close listening, a lyrics sheet, and the 2010 remastered version (the band was deeply unhappy with the original mixing, and I think I possibly was, too, and didn't know it) all became illuminating tools in tackling this album again with intention. I've come out with a renewed respect for it's place in Nick Cave's discography. I could just stupidly give it a five, simply because "Nick Cave", or more reasonably, because this connects with me so much more than music that I would already gladly give a five to, anyways. A three is objectively warranted as well, because despite any explanation or rationale of my own, this is something you have to find your own way into. Or not. This is my life, and we are all just living in Nick Cave's nightmare anyways, so five it is.
The lyrics were good but there he has a nice voice unlike Bob Dylan and Tom Waits so it loses a star.
I didn't realise I needed to get back in touch with somewhat earlier Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Turns out I absolutely did.
Previously rated: #101 - Murder Ballads (3/5) #262 - Ghosteen (1/5) #754 - The Boatman's Call (2/5) #886 - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (3/5) ************************************************** Album #1,023 Although I'm not a big fan of his, I enjoyed this album more than his others here. It was several days ago, so I don't remember exactly why.
Probably as good as I'm gonna get from this man. Wasn't as slow or pretentious sounding as his other stuff, but his style is still very much an acquired taste
Very poetic. Some shanty-like numbers and some powerful slower songs. I liked Brother, My Cup Is Empty
beautiful. nick Cave its always a performance
Nick Cave doesn't mess about, does he? I really wasn't in the mood for this one; it just caught me on the wrong day. I wanted to listen to it more in depth but I just didn't have the capacity. I'll come back for this one another day but from what I heard its- THREE STARS
At times I had to remind myself it wasn’t Tim Curry singing. Not bad.
2,5 - why is this man allowed to sing?
2,5. Not quite for me
’ve tried several times to get into Nick Cave and it has never quite worked. It’s weird because the musical style and the stories in his songs should fit me to a tee. Anyway, this one finally worked for me, and I was enthralled by the darkness and the violence the whole way. Maybe it’s because I had “Straight to You” as an anchor. I know I have heard it before but did not expect to encounter it here, so perhaps it was a cover. Went back to it and listened a couple times between trips through the album. I also know and love “Into My Arms” from a movie soundtrack… both of them most certainly my kind of semi-bleak but utterly devoted love song. Maybe I’ll end up a fan after all!
Blind album and artist. Seen his name multiple times on the list but this was the first. Interesting style for bluesy punkish rock and it intrigued me, but this is one of those albums I an glad I tried but I dont think i will revisit. Maybe the other albums are better.
3 stars for the album. Additional star awarded for being Australian.
Better than expected, definitely best album I heard from nick cave. 4.4
Another Nick Cave album i simply do not understand. I hate this so much my god.
Un genio el tipo. Le pega distinto. Buen arranque para un artista del que conocía poco. 7/10
Low slung, bluesy rock. Not bad but not great.
the singer sounds like he used to wet the bed until he was 13
um! So. That was horrific. Even though it was a relatively short album I spent each of those 41 minutes wishing it would end before I ended myself. 'Nick cave and the bad seeds' isn't a very apt name because I'm pretty sure HE is the biggest problem here. Awful voice awful lyrics- well done for making me uncomfortable and jealous of deaf people.
I found this quite honestly abysmal and had to hold myself together when I realised this only one of five, yes five, Nick Cave albums on the list. I dislike his gravelly mournful voice and his woebegone attitude and whoever the Bad Seeds are because they add nothing to this. Personally find this more like a nightmare than a dream.
Why is he always running. Who is chasing him. Sounds like a middle aged man in a rant but I feel like if I deep his music more I could understand it more
it definitely wasn't bad, but to me it felt dull and uninteresting. i have heard of him before, never listened - probably won't again. No songs i outrightly enjoyed so i suppose its a 2 but not in critical way, just deserves nothing more. His singing in Jack the Ripper is atrocious
His voice felt quite tired but I did like the story the songs had. They all felt quite poetic and just overall had a sad vibe. I think I would listen to some songs again
i feel like Nick Cave get to much credit. his best track was red right hand, everything else is just the same tired song style. It's not bad but not good, like someone you know that you didn't knew could sing in key(Not good but okey) Like 90% of this list, okey but not "Must Listen"-status
Really good stuff, doesn't quite jump to that next level of greatness for me though.
I’d hate to live in Nick Cave’s mind. Even if it’s just a schtick, he’s so far in to the savage/murder/hellscape milieux, surely his inner life is saturated in this misery to some degree. I’d say this is absolutely not my jam, but by the last few tracks, I was moderately won over.
I know I have Nick Cave fans in my life so I will simply say that I can't think of any moment that would be made better by listening to this. If you want my real thoughts then be my coworker and let me rant at your for an entire lunch break
One of the best song storytellers.
Not for me. The vocals are a tough sell, he always sounds just a touch flat and it's driving me crazy. I enjoyed Straight to You, the rest was a pass for me.
Something about Nick Cave that I really like. Solid 4.2
Cave's crooning and the acoustic alterno arrangements are a perfect match. It was well received at the time and has only grown in mystique. It's one of those albums that leaves you... feeling. It's good and it's dark and it's different.
Mouais mouais
Not gonna be my favorite, as I'm still not the lyrics above everything guy, but an absolutely good listen. Solid 3.
Really good. Underrated. I'll revisit as it may go up in the future. 4 Stars.
I don’t get it.
Wang master
This is a visceral piece of work. All the earlier Bad Seeds albums are my favourites. It’s unhinged, noisy, dark, beautiful and storytelling at its best. I have been lucky enough to this band play these songs live and those gigs are some of the most memorable I’ve been to.
Couldn't stand the lead's voice, though they clearly had a distinct style. Grating, unpleasant, and it was terrible putting this on after a long day. Maybe you just need to be in a very specific listening mood.
Liked the sound, found myself nodding along happily. Brother my cup is empty was the standout track for me.
at first I didn't like Nick Cave's yelling singing, but his later songs had some cool mythical storytelling and I envisioned him as a drunk bard in a tavern.
I honestly blame Tom for making my highly suspicious of Nick Cave because the recommendation to listen to his holiday album really turned me off from the band. But this album comes out punching with those cryptic and hallucinogenic lyrics, the fast-paced rock and roll, and the haunting vocals. Papa Won't Leave You, Henry and I Had a Dream, Joe were both great. The rest of the album just flows by neatly. A 4.5 rounded ... down?
This was really good. The trademark nick cave ultraviolence, but couched creatively in his trademark apocalyptic visions than the more visceral (and only appropriate for halloween time) Murder Ballads 4.5 rounding down.
I think I'm just hot and cold (or rather, lukewarm) on Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Its either a grand statement that is beautifully crafted - or an interesting drone. This album is the former and I think sets up a lot of the really interesting lyrical storytelling that comes about in the early 00s (for instance, I definitely got some early Regina Spektor vibes from a few of the songs).
You know, I don’t think I necessarily like Nick Cave. The melodrama, and the shouting and the broad voice are a bit much for me. But I seem to have always been in the proximity of someone who loves him for half my life so I have to tolerate him. So I listened to this and, you know, it’s fine. Whatever.
Interesting. Warrants a re listen.
Bad Seeds killing it as usual.
I don't always like Nick Cave albums, but when I do, I like them a lot. This is one of those that is just so great! Consistent, moody, edgy throughout with great energy.
Of the hundreds of Nick Cave albums on this list, this album is the one I dislike the least.
man i REALLY underrated this one back when i was way into nick cave fsr. for as much as i loved (and still do love, probably) the guy's music, many of his records (to my memory) hit a stretch where theyre being more carried by the lyrics and the overall vibe of the album, rather than capital s capital i Song Ideas, so its hard to pass up what is in all likelihood his tightest and hardest-hitting tracklist. verses ramble and weave over the clanging, and the mix of gut-level noise and lush musicality is hard to find in this exact ratio anywhere else. despite cave's apparent dissatisfaction with the sessions and their results (artistically clashing with neil young producer david briggs), u'd never know from his full-blooded vocal performances from front to back. kind of an underrated album cover too....the lonely billboard as seen on a vaguely contemporary but "uncivilized" road trip through a stretch of country soaked in blood and vinegar and piss
Better with the second listen. Not sure about the guy's voice but the songs were good
Brilliant stuff. Nick Cave always skirts around the darkness but there is an ever waiting sense of salvation. This is really good stuff.
Another Nick Cave album… I just don’t get the appeal for his music. This one was better than the others, but still not something I want to listen to. 2.5/5
I'll have to go back and listen to it all but I'll give it a rating based on 3 sings. I like nick cave but not familiar with this one
If Nick Cave’s music were to be visible, it would appear as a swirling black cloud.
ngl not really my thing. don’t really like the songs enough to have a fave
jako dobro! bliže murder ballads nego boatman's call, al ipak ne tak dobro :) ali ovaj omot je toliko odvratan, strašno nešto
The first word that came up in my mind is rollicking. Good folk rock.
Quite liked this one
An enjoyable listen
Kind of an entertaining listen lyrically. But I struggle to get fully onboard. While he’s got a strong voice, he’s not a great singer. And while the stories are interesting, they are rather creepy and seedy, not really much joy to be had. And the music is a just bit meh, strays into Celt rock influences a bit too much for me. Scrapes a 3.
Quirky, haunting, weird. Really on the fence with whether I enjoyed it or not but it was definitely different. 2.5/5.
Not totally sure what this is supposed to be. It's full of something for sure, but I don't get the rationale for classifying this as "must-hear" material. Pass.
I actually kinda liked some of the songs on this album. Not my favorite but not bad
I fear I did not like this very much at all. I tend to like a guy with a weird voice singing sad songs but this was not it! Rip.
Cannot give Nick anything less than a 5 but considering who he's up against I'm revising this to a 4
It’s not for everyone- but fuck yea! Folk punk royalty. It's def an uneven album with the first half much stronger and growing a little weary by the end..but when the sound is done right. It's really right.
Enough, enough! Please release me of this fever dream 😟
Dark, aggressive and orchestral music. The vocals are very prominent and are sometimes in a talk-singing style that I don't love. It reminds me a bit of Tom Waits, and I bet it would grow on me with more listens. Straight To You was the highlight from a first listen.
No. 49 I hadn't heard this album before, but it's fascinating and friendly on the ear. I came late to Nick Cave.
I didn't know this album but I quite enjoyed it.
Very shouty singing style. This is too melodramatic for my taste, and the singing is quite off putting
2,2/5
Que álbum ruim. O cara canta muito mal, tá doido.
Oui on a compris tu fait du rock mid olala
ENCORE LUI !!! Mais j'aime bien en fait une fois qu'on s'habitue à sa voix c'est pas mal.
90s rock. Dark edgy folk rock, with country and Americana elements. Southern gothic cool. Raw and emotional.
My third Nick Cave album, with Murder Ballads and Abattoir Blues both getting 5 stars, and while it is a really good album it didn’t quite hit that same mark for me. At least not on the first listen. It started off brilliantly, I absolutely loved Papa Won’t Leave You Henry. Just towards the end of the album there were a couple of tracks that I wasn’t massively fussed on. This could change later though, I hated Murder Ballads originally and now it’s one of my favourite albums I’ve discovered so far. Top Track - Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
Not a bad album, especially "John Finn's Wife". But not my favourite dark album of those times.
I liked this a lot - and in among the lurid gothic thing he’s doing is the rather lovely Straight To You.
nooomol eis?? papa won't leave you henry findi eig reeecht geil. biitz pirate mitgröl song aber au halt chli dark. moll cool. i had a dream joe au ziimli bangin eigentli. e huere wand vo background vocals. straight to you macht de nick cave uf nostalgie melancholie irgendwie. brother my cup is empty isch chli naja. ah du bruchsch en drink okay. nick cave isch immer chli s glich, sini text sind super. ich wird glaub au immer es 3 vergeh (weiss nöd ob das stimmt) aber jo ich ha etz glaub gnueg vo dene ghört.
tönt nach nick cave! aber auno fun wemmer ehrlich sind christina e verdienti churzi pause loom of the land sehr sön! jaa bö hett sicher au genauer chönne lose aber villes isch chli glich gsi für mich? au wenn er sis ding macht, BÖÖ knapps 3
This would work if I was working on a major bender at a dive bar - otherwise it’s somewhat irritating..
Not his best work (feels like it lacks cohesion at times) and yet it still gets four stars because most bands would kill to make a subpar Nick Cave record.
My forst experience with Nick Cave and I'm pleasantly surprised and also irritated 4/5
Überraschend gut
Ein etwas "rockigeres' Album der Band. Durchgehend gut. Wenn ich die ganze Diskographie der Band ranken würde aber eher in der unteren Hälfte.
Storytelling with interconnected tracks in folk rock. Poetic and unique at times, and I enjoyed Straight to You and Brother, My Cup Is Empty but didn't care for the rest.
Robert Dimery can take Morrissey and Nick Cave and fuck right off.
#207/1001. This is my first Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds review in this project (hopefully not the last) so I talk more about my relationship with his music than just this album. That said, I do remember when I was about 19 and at a student bar asked the dj to play the latest Nick Cave album which just had come out, and he did! I’m pretty sure not many people except me owned Henry's Dream yet in my city at that time, but I might be wrong since basically all the goth / punk / hippie chicks I have ever met from the 90s onwards have had a crush on him, and some (or all?) still do, and they knew his music and had his albums. This includes my wife btw, from whom our household has still kept Tender Pray and The Good Son. And why not have a crush? With some artists as time goes by their music starts to lose meaning, or it starts to sound dated. That for me never has happened with NC atBS. I did sell my Birthday Party albums though, and haven't really missed them much. As for my favourite Nick Cave album that would be a tough choice: this one or Do You Love Me bang hard, then again Firstborn is Dead and the cover album Kicking Against the Pricks are ones I keep returning to, and then our beloved Tender Pray and Good Son... But anything newer than Murder Ballads sounds to me like just another Nick Cave album. They seem to be nice, but they are not embedded to my life as the earlier stuff was. Nevertheless, this album is still and forever will be a banger. A banger with ballads and one and only storytelling journey.
We all know that Nick Cave is a critical darling with his knack for artful brutality.† But what surprises me continually as I hear albums of his that I hadn't before (especially all the work with The Bad Seeds — I'm more of a Birthday Party & Grinderman listener) is how they write from a place that has a gothic but ultimately popular appeal while maintaining a unique vision and perspective. For me, each record is like discovering you had a cousin living abroad who is fierce, darkly comic, and unquestionably cool. He's been here all along, just out of your personal orbit, but now he's visiting (again) with some stories to tell. Henry's Dream is an excellent collection of tales, there might be a miss or two preventing an easy five-star rating but it's damn close. † Sidebar: if you somehow doubt me, then you are not far enough into 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die...
An artist I really just don’t get. I’ve heard similar done better by Tom Waits. Not a bad record but one that just doesn’t float my boat
Not my favorite Nick Cave tbh.
Henry’s Dream has always been one of my fave Nick Cave records. It doesn’t really have many of his "hits" (though there aer a couple), but the whole record works for me, and I think it’s actually one of his more accessible records. I’ve always loved this one. Let Love In and Murder Ballads and Abbatoir Blues might top it, but it hangs in there with them. Admittedly, the cover art is terrible for this one. Of course, this has no bearing on how I regard the album...but it's sorta goofball vibe gives the impression that the music will also be kinda goofball, which it really isn't; I guess there's some incongruity for me there, but whatever. I love this record. 5/5
Really enjoyed this - dark and brooding, but melodic and hooky enough to be accessible. Good album.
ja, jag tycker det här är ganska bra. men jag vet inte det är något med rösten eller något som gör att det inte riktigt landar där det borde.
A little different and weird. 5/10
He has a unique voice. Reminded of the lead singer from the National. I enjoyed the album.
This is the Nick Cave album I’ve liked the most so far. The songs just connected more for me (it’s also significantly shorter than the other ones). Still, this is the third or fourth Nick Cave album on this list. I like the guy, but did he deserve that much representation here?
Great stuff.
This is my FOURTH nick cave album. WTF, there's no way this guy is worthy of that many entries. Pick 1-2 that are best and leave it at that. It's fine. Very western.
Okay, yeah, the Nick Cave thing has fully clicked for me now. What a voice, what a way of writing, what songwriting. It’s diverse, passionate rock music with stories to tell. It’s directly up my alley. One of my favorite Cave albums I’ve gotten so far. (It’s still edged out by ‘Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus’.)
Ég held ég verði nú barasta að viðurkenna að ég hef lengi haldið að mér finnist Nick Cave leiðinlegur en ég hef augljóslega bara haft rangt fyrir mér. Þetta er bara mjög fínt. Mér finnst þetta ekki það besta þannig að ég set þrist á þetta en þarf greinilega að kynna mér Nick betur
Raucous start! Liked it right out of the gate. Dark. Cool. And in places, even beautiful (Loom of the Land) despite the sometimes unsettling lyrics.
Henry's Dream - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 3/5 - some strong and good lyrics held back by bad mixing. Papa Won't Leave You Henry 4/5 - Strong lyrics and vocals with interesting instrumental. I Had A Dream, Joe 3/5 - No comments. Straight To You 3/5 - A welcome slower love song. Brother, My Cup Is Empty 3/5 - Funny lyrics contrast against the rock voice of Nick Cave. Christina the Astonishing 2/5 - Random lyrcis that don't work eith the instruments. When I First Came to Town 3/5 - No comment. John Finn's Wife 3/5 - He CUCKED John Finn and then got scared when got caught cause all he had was Brass Knuckles and a Bolo Knife. Loom of the Land 3/5 - No comments. Jack the Ripper 3/5 - bad mixing.
I expected to like it more than I did. Raw and emotional. I felt like I was missing some context. Who is Henry? Who is Joe?
This is the third album I've tried from Nick Cave, but I just can't get into his music. I can't even describe why that is. 4/10
Denne var vrien å komme seg igjennom.. Ikke objektivt sett dårlig eller noe og hadde positive sider for meg og, men greier ikke denne type rock(?) hvor en fyr synger noe poetisk/lyrisk over noe halv-generisk komping.
Ikke dårlig, men heller ikke min greie 2/5
Classic intensive sound that you want to sing along with.
I don’t know what he’s trying to accomplish with this one. It feels like vocally he’s trying to go for a tough guy vibe throughout. The instrumentals are just kind of average. Not great.
Not my favourite Nick Cave album but still quality music.
Crustina the Astonishing
Another Nick cave album and another one I like!
Great album! Even though I've listened to a fair amount of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, this was mostly songs I was unfamiliar with. They're real bangers though!
interesting
There's really brooding intensity to Nick Cave's music and "Henry's Dream" is no exception. I found this one a little more accessible than some of his other releases. But I've gotta say that I can only really listen to the Bad Seeds in small doses. I should absolutely revisit this and every other album of theirs on this list, but I definitely need to pace myself before I get too sucked into that world.
пободрее чем обычно, но ник кейв это в целом просто не мой персонаж
this is a spooky sort of album very 80s/90s, I liked Straight to You quite a bit, catchy chorus straight to youuuuuuuuuuuu
This is basically Western themed poetry with a strong musical backing.
Did not enjoy his vocals or the songs
DNF.
I've never understood why Nick Cave is rated so highly. Although the music is OK, even good at times, I find his quirky vocal style depressing, and that puts me off.
Interesting album. The first album that caught my attention is "Christina the Astonishing"; it's mellow and melodic, but oddly it's one of the least played tracks. The album as a whole has a kind of "Americana" sound to me, which is interesting because Nick Cave is Australian.
High 3 for me. I tend to like the vibe of Nick Cave, even if I'm not super familiar with his discography. Sort of the "Goth troubadour performing murder ballads as he wanders between sketchy border towns" thing. But, none of these songs inidivually grabbed me enough to pull it into 4 range.
Sometimes artists or albums are not my taste, but I can get how they'd hit for someone else. But I have no goddamn idea who this is for. It's such a *weird* mishmash of bible tent revival vibes, tinges of rockabilly, all with a melange of goth theater kid. Maybe perfect for the intro to dark television shows about early 20th century gangsters, but unclear when the hell else it would be fun to listen to this.
not good
It's a grower
I once ate some bad seeds and had the shits for weeks. Had to go to hospital.
It was good, but not to my taste, I think.