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Beautiful music. Not for me.
My word...Ghosteen sounded like a ghost-town. Yawn!
this whole project would be much more exciting and enjoyable if there was a strict "1 album per artist" rule. I'm sorry for nick cave's loss and this isn't nearly the worst of his albums appearing on the list but i hate his voice, i hate his whole "deal," and i don't know what i possibly have to gain from listening to another 70 minutes of him
Somehow this is my 5th Nick Cave album. I keep hoping it's the last one
Even by Cave's standards, this is a heavy and dark affair. It's more like a gospel album than a classic Bad Seeds album, and sonically, the layers of keyboards and piano, with lyrics more spoken that sung, and very sparse background singing is just too homogeneous, and it makes me feel numb - which mightn't even be completely against Cave's intentions. But I honestly was glad when the album after this with Warren Ellis brought energy to proceedings again, and the next band album actually featured the Bad Seeds again not just in name.
Wel mooi maar heel erg magere Heijn vibes geen goed album voor een mooie dag
Well this was depressing I understand why this album is meant to be sad. I got lost on wiki reading up about what happened - truly awful But even with that understanding I didn't enjoy this album or think that it was any good. Beautiful album cover though I'll give him that Seems that this is more of a personal project to him, rather than something for people to listen to 2 ⭐️
Just kinda nothing?
Some good tracks, mostly moody and a bit boring honestly
Went on too long. Did not enjoy it.
This was sad and beautiful but I fear I won't be listening again. Boring and TOO sad for me lol. 2/5 (personally). Read my music journalism at annasmithwriting.com!
I expected an album of Nick Cave’s vocals would be my sticking point with this album, but i think it’s actually the music. The backing tracks are either so ethereal i drift off and stop paying attention to the beautiful lyrics or its jarring (synths) and actively annoy me. Leviathan was reminiscent of queue of wicker man at Alton Towers so st least retained some intrrest. Ghosteen the song lost me when synths start ed to sound like refugee from a jean-michel jarre song. Although my dislike for those did mean more of the lyrics in the second half made it into through my ambivalence. Overall the album was just background music Sorry Nick it’s me not you.
When I realized this was a very recent album from Nick Cave, I was excited to see what he had in store. I'll admit that this was neither what I was expecting, nor exactly why this was added to this collection, as it's not a strong Nick Cave album, and frankly not that strong an album overall (although I'll admit I must be a tiny minority in this opinion, given the nearly perfect Metacritic score reviews). He seems to be channeling his Leonard Cohen indulgences to a high degree here, and not really in an effective or appealing way to me (and there's some uncomfortable-fitting Bjork/Vangelis-like music too). I thought the stronger songs of the first part (the "children" of the double album) were "Night raid", parts of "Sun forest", and "Leviathan", but this is more than offset by how the album feels so much longer than its already-too-long 68-minute runtime, and how the second part (the "parents") endlessly floats away; even after reading that songs like "Hollywood" are radically shorter than the original recordings, I kept wishing that most of the album had been left on the cutting room floor. I usually enjoy Nick Cave's music quite a bit, so the disappointment here is doubly felt, and it certainly doesn't make me want to seek out the earlier albums in this trilogy ("Push the Sky Away" and "Skeleton Tree"). I feel guilty giving only two stars to this album, especially given how much of it revolves around the untimely death of his son years earlier, and how this dramatically affected the way he approached his music, but this album *really* didn't do it for me. I fear I'm just stuck on a past version of Nick Cave that no longer exists.
I'm a big Nick Cave fan but this is far from his best work. While he's none for darker, morbid themes. This album lacks the energy and cleverness of his better albums
The instrumental backing and production is top tier, but as usual it is ruined by the voice that is Nick Cave. It is also a bit galling to me that the one of the most overrated lyrcists of all time receives even more praise by the same critics who would lambast anyone else who would have created this kind of overwrought album about their dead kid who died due to absent parenting. A couple of the tracks, though pretty are nearly twice as long as they need to be to convey the point.
I thought I’d hate this but as the album went on I started to enjoy it a lot more. Still not one I’d play any time soon but wouldn’t mind if it was on in the background. I’m giving it 2 stars but it’s closer to 3
Great! I said on the last album that I would not be seeking out more Nick Cave, and the next on the list is... Nick Cave. Sigh. I'll listen, but I do not have high hopes. I do know that this album is very personal and emotional to him, so I'm trying to reserve judgment. Upon listening to it... he has some good lyrics, but I don't enjoy his voice. Good album, but not for me.
I'm sure there a time and a mood for this album. It is sad and depressing. Hard to listening to. Musically, a mixed bag. 3/10
2/5 Ei omaan makuun. En osaa sanoa 100% varmuudella onko tää musiikkia vai pelkkää puhetta, jossa taustalla jotain suhinaa.
I generally really like nick cave and the bad seeds but found this album disappointing.
Definitely felt pretty sad listening to this, knowing the context of this album. So if good art is supposed to make you feel something, I’d have to say this works. But I’m not sure it succeeds in speaking for itself. Some of the harmonies swell in a nice way, but the songs themselves are nothing special, and the poetry is sometimes affecting but more often maudlin, sometimes almost comically so. In fact last night when I was listening to this while walking the dog and walking around my neighborhood, I paused for a while and was staring mournfully at the sky, not noticing another dad walking by with his dog. Then Nick cave started basically sobbing on the mic about burning horses and spirals made of children and it was so over the top and macabre that I actually starting laughing out loud to myself right as the other dude walked past me in the dark. I bet he was fucking terrified.
I appreciated this less than last Nick Cave (Abbatoir Blues). A few interesting songs - Waiting For You was decent I could see how some folks dig the song writing and there were genuine moments where I was getting attached. I dont think im the right audience for the super serious poetry over this kind of music. Vocally, it can sound like jason segel singing his Dracula opera in Forgetting Sarah Marshall 😂 (iykyk) Props to Cave on this one. Sounds like he was going through some serious hell while writing this.
A brutal and challenging album on every level. Such a sad recording story, but Cave does an incredible job of bringing us into his experience of grief - in music and words. That said, an interesting art piece, but not something I really needed in my life right now.
I love this guy, I really do. But damn, it was hard to finish this album
Beautiful haunting music, with depressing vocals.
Wanted to like this but it just is too plodding.
As slow as molasses running down a hill ona hot summa's day. The 12-minute final song was complete cheap shot too.
This is an album meant to be listened to while driving alone in the dark through the woods and mountains of Pennsylvania with hours behind you already and hours still to go. Right now I'm not in a car, it's not dark, and this is not the best album for my mood.
This group is revered but I still don't know why after two albums. This album was the same ambient music with poetry for every track. Extremely slow and depressing.
Not really for me. I just didn’t find it very grabbing.
Songs so glacial they becomes ambient. Slow heavy mournful dirges on synth and piano with choral support and swelling strings. His voice is frail and thin, raw and tender, hurt. It's like watching the tide come in on a miserable wintery beach. Dark and despairing with cracks of light coming through.
Ya, ummm I’m not feeling this. What’s supposed to be taken from this album? Is it poetic verse over slow music? Is it just bad singing with good lyrics? I know Nick Cave and I’m not taken back by his musical delivery. I just can’t seem to pull anything all that good out of what I’m listening to. Maybe it’s my mood or maybe it’s the time of the day. I don’t feel any sort of inspiration or life changing moment arising out of this listening. Choice cut: Waiting for You
A man dealing with his mortality? Not my favorite album for them.
Alright this one is hard to be subjective on considering it’s a very personal album about a journey with grief. That being said, musically it’s not very involved, and it more of a spoken word album than a music album. Unfortunately, the poetry just didn’t resonate with me, and I didn’t find it to be that great. I appreciate putting something personal like this into the world, but it just hit mediocre for me.
Fun with a modern album, but this has left me with the feeling "Why?". There are so many modern amazing albums to choose from, and the author of the list chooses this one. That is baffling to me. Probably the author only have a certain set of artists in his color palette to choose from, and this was the newest album by one of those. Ridiculous. About the music then. Quite a snoozefest to be honest. Another piece of music that focuses entirely on the lyrical side, and I've expressed my views on this earlier. I tried to pay some extra attention to that, but didn't find anything noteworthy really. The only thing keeping this from being a one is the fact that it is at least quite calming. I listen enjoy electronic ambient music quite a lot, and this is not too far from that, so that is something it has going for it. But I still think it got a completely undeserved spot on the list.
We've had a lot of Nick Cave. Sometime I think his stuff is ok, sometimes I think it's quite bad. I just can't shake the feeling of him being a "I'm 50 and this is deep" type of artist. I can't really really review this though. I read that he recorded it after his son died. The heavy subject matter doesn't really get made justice when I'm listening to it while working after taking a sleeper train. Giving it a 2 star for now, maybe I'll come back to it some day.
First Bad Seeds album on here at last after 250 reviews. Love some of the others but I've never really connected with this even though I get what it's about. I just find it really boring.
Dark and depressing.
I understand the appeal, but the album just moved too slowly for me and didn't warrant its overly-long runtime.
Not for me
A bit depressing and pretentious.
Sounds like TSO but with mostly piano so it’s more mellow, and a little boring because it doesn't have the same kind of energy or emotional range. It seems like a controversial album, but I didn't hate it, I was just a little underwhelmed.
What a insanely emotional album. His voice reminds me alot of IronKid. regardless, these lyrics share the sorrow of Mr.Cave, and i love the body of work created through this grief.
mamma mia che angoscia!
I love the idea of Nick Cave and the post punk movement but this album is just slow angst and anger. I think this could have worked if the album was 42 mins long and better mastered or was more upbeat arc
And I thought Leonard Cohen's music was boring...
# 390 : Nice cover artwork - very pretty - as for the music, well… SNORE! ZZZZZ - have the people that rate something 5 stars actually listened to what they are rating? Extra star for the cover art.
Nick Cave is definitely hit or miss artist for most. A great voice, incredible songwriting, deeply harrowing music. This style of music in Ghosteen unfortunately does not work for me. It is probably some of the darkest and saddest music I can think of, but its the "Ambient" style of music that really takes most of the luster away from me. Hauntingly Beautiful is the description I would use for this. Best Song: Wild Horses Rating: 4.5/10 2 Stars
a nicely varied experience compared to the usual Nick Cave but it was heavy and difficult to listen to for most of it
the best part about this is the album cover and the worst part about it is the rhymey-wimey lyrics. please stop making my brain go "oh oh hoh let me guess no shortage of fools" shortly before that line is delivered because the AABB rhyme scheme is so tortured. I'm not sure why this is on here when the list has other, more formative/influential Nick Cave except that recency bias was probably a huge factor. I get that this is a big departure from past sound but there's a lot of other synth-sweeping music that came before and some of it is already on this list
This was a but much, even for me
I only ever liked one his records and this ain’t it
How’d he get an AI image generator for the cover in 2019?
I get it. Very emotional and some nice soundscapes. But not the kind of thing I could listen to over and over. Kind of had enough by the halfway mark too.
Painfully slow and boring
Thanks, No thanks. Got enough own problems
Okay. Look. I get it. He's been through some shit, and the lyrics and music are clearly shaped by that. That said, this album is dreadful. Overly long tracks, with very dim music, and something aproaching spoken word.Not for me. Somehow this got listed as one of the top albums of 2019? Did nothing else release?
A sparse album with electronic, spacey feel, and an almost spoken word vocal style. This feels like an album that’s deep, personal, and meaningful, but as a music album it was just okay. All of the songs sounded pretty much the exact same.
This album sounds like if trey parker and matt stone were to make a fake album and this would be their go to singing voice. The difference is that these songs are not funny and enjoyable at all. Long and boring listen
🎧Mostly mournful crap
He’s very dramatic… but didn’t hate it.
Poetry inspired by "Stranger Things" ... or something.
Didn't care for it much. Too mopey.
Okay?
Based on the Wiki article I was really looking forward to checking out something this highly acclaimed. I found it to be a soundtrack for suicide. No thanks.
Kam raus nachdem sein 15 jähriger Sohn von einer Klippe fiel und gestorben ist, merkt man auch, ist mir zu depressiv.
While I can see that this is for someone, it's not really for me. This is likely very touching for someone dealing with loss. Nick Cave has a very emotional voice that is backed up by an interesting band/group? that makes a for a very theatrical sound. Almost like a movie soundtrack. There is a lot of artistry here, just more of a performance than an album of songs.
Not for me.
I do like a bit of nick cave, but haven't really listened to many full albums. Id say I liked every track on this, but I found it a bit samey and whilst absent minded listening found one track could have easily been another. Liked the songs but not sure about the full album
I like Nick Cave. I don’t understand the inclusion of this album
See previous Nick Cave reviews. Great poet, but I don't care for the musical accompaniment.
not for me
Another Nick Cave album ! Really ? This one was easier to listen to than some of the others but I am still not a fan and can’t understand the appeal. However, having said that it was fairly easy listening first thing in the morning so somewhere between 2-3*
I just don't get the appeal. I can tell a lot of care and talent is put in this album, a lot of emotion too, yet it leaves me completely unfazed and it quickly turned into background noise. It does not grab me.
Ok album if in the right mood. Very slow and mellow. Kind of reminds me of something to listen to in a planetarium but with lyrics
Depressing. Did not enjoy listening to this.
The sound of the dreams the BFG uses to knock out insomniacs. Favourite track: Night Raid.
Not his best
somebody too much naval gazing
#288. This album sucks. Start to finish. Look, I get it he made it about his dead sin and all that, and that's fine if that helped him cope, but maybe he should have just had one copy made, and put it on his own shelf at home, and then carried on. 2/5: an extra star because I really quite like the album cover
Too depressing
This is not what I look for when I want to listen to music. I'd probably rate it higher if it was a spoken word performance. But apparently it's "Alternative" or "Rock."
I thought Nick Cave was better.
The world is indeed full of crashing bores.
Kinda slow for me.
It was... boring.
Not my cup of tea
Yet another from Nick Cave. This one more ethereal and seemingly more of a concept that has some profundity to it. But mostly I'm just glad there's no more of him on the list.
I want to love Nick Cave but I just don’t.
boh, particolare, ma lento e noioso. Non da buttare ok.
Really not my cup of tea.
Why is this on the list. His 'music' is not must listen unless you hear it in a movie. Not completely without value so 2 stars
Hey, tu sais quoi? J'ai pas envie de l'écouter. Congé d'album, en plus il avait l'air plate, j'ai juste écouté la première toune. Hey, en plus de ça, il était même pas dans la liste originale des 1001 albums, faque boycott bitch
So many of the reviews are praising the lyrics and I just don't get it. It's so fart smelly you could cut it like cheese. [Verse 1] Once there was a song, the song yearned to be sung It was a spinning song about the king of rock 'n' roll The king was first a young prince, the prince was the best With his black jelly hair he crashed onto a stage in Vegas [Verse 2] The king had a queen, the queen's hair was a stairway She tended the castle garden and in the garden planted a tree The garden tree was a stairway, it was 16 branches high On the top branch was a nest, sing the high cloudy nest In the nest there was a bird, the bird had a wing The wing had a feather, spin the feather and sing the wind [Verse 3] The king in time died, the queen's heart broke like a vow And the tree returned to the earth with the nest and the bird But the feather spun upward, upward and upward Spinning all the weather vanes And you're sitting at the kitchen table, listening to the radio I get it's about Elvis but is this really the tone that you set for a song about Elvis? The fuck?
It's a nice atmosphere, but the overall feel of the album is very angsty and slow. It broods a lot, which is a bit of nick cave, but it seems like it's constantly trying to be edgy, but only in the form of poetry. It's not hitting me in the right headspace today.
Quite a difficult listen. I've listened to it before and it's not something I'd really want to listen to again.
This is the first album after 1001. It's just not my thing. It's dark, moody, melancholy. Long. I guess it's some peoples' wheelhouses. I haven't understood it, yet.
I wanted to like this. Nick Cave typically has a style and attitude that is pretty interesting. This is really a curve ball, and it is the strangest sameyness with it's ambient lightweight almost non-existent music. Maybe there is something deeper in the lyrics that i'm missing, but the musical side of this album is pretty "one note" to me.
I thought I was going to like this more but wasn’t to my taste! I do like a few songs from our nick cave but nothing rlly stood out to me :(
I stopped listening after track 5 - couldn't get past listening to this from my mum's perspective and I don't like crying at my desk on a Thursday morning. Despite the obvious grief in this album, I can't give it higher than a 2/5 as this is simply not for me - my god I am so so so sad.
really enjoy this artist and like the dreamy tranquil vibe but could not get into this album... 4/10
I can't think of a situation in which I would enjoy listening to this, it doesn't sound bad but is just dull and doesn't really appeal to me. 5/10
3/10 - This is some of the weirdest things I have ever listened to. It is extremely chill Christian Rock that does not really go anywhere. So many of the songs dragged on and on and on it felt. There was no build up to anything. And a 12 minute and a 14 minute song for nothing is awful. All in all it was not enjoyable to listen to but in a completely different way when compared to most of the albums I have not liked so far.
Was pretty uninteresting, got pretty bored of it
I’m not a fan of post-Mick Harvey Bad Seeds.
Monotonous
I think I have found the album to listen to when you are having a hard time falling asleep.
Although I don't care for it, this fairytale album is the best of Nick Cave that I've heard so far. It's less self-serving and less performative than his other work. I keep asking myself, what occasion calls for this album?
I appreciate that music is art, but I can't imagine anyone thinking "ooooh ill listen to Ghosteen today" (and I listen to radiohead)
It's a beautifully sad album. I don't think I will ever want to listen to it again.
I do feel bad for the nature of the album however I still couldn’t figure out the greatness of it. I’ve definitely heard worse from him: this was the best album I’ve heard from him so I’ll give him that. Some songs I could listen to again but just not incredible.
More like spoken word poetry than music.
It's certainly a vibe. Just not my vibe.
A bit depressing, well produced
Every Radiohead album since OK Computer has been absolutely amazing. This isn't my favorite, but it's still in a class of its own. I think every single Radiohead album except Pablo Honey is a 10/10. I love Pablo Honey, but it's not in the same league as everything after it. In Rainbows has some of the cleanest, most satisfying production I've ever heard. The "In the Basement" live version of this album is so, so much better than the studio version.
2/29/24. Will see if I'm still keeping up with this on the next leap day in 2028! Unfortunately this album didn't resonate with me too well. I like the vocals and easy going nature, but was waiting for something to progress or change as I kept listening. Not terrible, but don't think it's my cup of tea.
I’m not with this one
I understand it's a grieving album, but that was really boring.
If he didn’t look so badass, people would mock him for this poetry slam claptrap.
The lyrics are way too "woo woo" for me. With each song, Nick Cave's alternative spirituality and mysticism went from bizarre ... to comical ... to annoying.
Relaxing, kinda moody, and extremely cringe
Felt like a spoken word album to me. Not usually my thing. I should probably sit and just read the lyrics to this one - prob enjoy it more.
Too dreary and depressing. Especially given the inspiration for it.
When I worked at Eventbrite there was a small, but loud group of Nick Cave stans who were insufferable. Kind of ruined him for me. 2
The first song was actually pretty interesting. Building a mood, setting a scene for what's to come. It felt like a solid intro piece. But then the next song and the ones to come kept feeling like intros. I kept expecting something to build but it just never happened. So its a great album if you like intros but no body to any song.
Acoustic sad boy music. Did not care for, but respect for Nick Cave.
Leur 17ème album! Un de meilleurs albums de 2019 supposément. Pas pour moi. C'est soffffffft, c'est relax, ça traite de sujets triste (la mort de l'enfant du chanteur), ça vient pas me chercher. C'est astral tout ça.
Track 1: Kinda like the story telling but the beginning noise is kinda interesting and adds a different element to it. Track 2: very somber tone. Track 3: kinda follows the theme of the other songs. I liked the industrial drum start and had good instrumentation. Just very slow. Track 4: another similar song to the album getting the vibe. Track 5: another long slow song. I like the end of the song though when it changes vibes. Track 6: decent song. Track 7: seems like a religious song from the god of the album following a lot of lyrics about Jesus. Track 8: kinda a different song with background vocals. Not bad. Track 9: another long song that’s kinda a slow build. The vibe of this song matches everything else except the long building of the first lyric showing up. Track 10: reminds me of the first track with the vocals. Different vibe compared to some of the album. Track 11: I like the bass of this song. Overall: 4.2/10. I really didn’t like this album. It was very slow for me and I really couldn’t get into it. It also just isn’t really what I like to listening to.
Upon starting this album I had a feeling this would not be for me, at least not now. But it was ok and I was accepting it for the first few songs. By the time Night Raid came on I felt the album was spinning away upward from me and I started to look for an escape. The rest of the album was uncomfortable and I was impatient for it to end. That was the first album, I did not play the second part.
Very emotional and fitting for what he was going through while writing this. Overall not something I would want to listen to.
Very emotional with some good lyrical imagery. Unfortunately it doesn’t feel like there is enough variation between songs, which, combined with the tone and his voice, makes this really drag.
what the hell. i guess the concept was cool but jeez louise, i will never listen to it again. i will think about it though which i guess is the driving point? it felt very self indulgent and long and i necessary but it doesn’t mean that it isn’t good deep down somewhere…
Enjoyed the synths in the first tune, the vocals were painful. Starting to doubt the integrity of this list
2/5 - individually the elements are quite nice and pleasant to listen to, combined this is just some bloke talking over a nice piece of music, not my cuppa.
Sad old man recites poetry. Not how I want to spend my Friday.
As strange as all Nick Cave's music
Uskon Caven kärsimykseen, mutta hänet ja minut on ohjelmoitu niin eri tavoin, että jokin hänen äänenkäyttönsä vakavoituneessa ylidramaattisuudessa valitettavasti vain hiertää. Kun levyn äänimaisemia ajattelee kappaleina, niistä jää jäljelle A-osia ilman B-osia, tai sitten yksinkertaistuksia, jotka on valjastettu kattamaan 4-5 minuuttia (tai 14:12) hidastamalla ne äärimilleen. Tästä huolimatta musiikissa on kokonaisuudessaan jotain kiinnostavaa, jonka vuoksi sille on valmis antamaan mahdollisuuden. Syyllisyydentunne, joka leviää kuin tartuntatauti?
Can't take him seriously. None of the songs were enjoyable, more of a narrative album telling a story over soft backdrop.
meh
I am not sure what to make of this album. It's not very musical. I would call it spoken word art if I had to pick a way to categorize it. There are some places were singing occurs but a lot of it was a guy with a cool voices telling a story. No effort to rhyme. But good imagery from the "lyrics".
2/5 - I don't get it, from what I've read I should be grateful I don't. Some of the sounds are cool man, but they feel wasted on devastation. It gets two stars because some of the music is very cinematic. Fuck this guy's lyrics and voice. I had to skip the first song w/ 90 seconds left. Second song off to a shallow, just learned how to write a story start. I'm going to switch to a different band so I can come back and see if it's just me. Ok so i switched artists for a bit, came back because i hate quitting. Couldn't dig it. Went into some of this guy's older stuff. Dug some of it, but felt like there was just too much in a song. Came back to this album. Fucking boring man. I've had to listen to each song twice because his singing jsut gets me off track. It does not come across as genuine. *This is two albums from Nick Cave that I've gotten in just 12 days, and I gotta say, not impressed by those two. Kind of reenforces the idea that critics have their heads stuck up their own asses. So, i asked myself if maybe my ass is stuck up my own head. I went ahead and looked into some of this band's other works. Some of it is pretty good, albeit drawn out. A lot of it is just downright pretentious. I hope I get another recommendation much later down the road so I can be proved wrong. But for now, no this music is fucking pretentious.
I don’t care for the ambient synths with Cave’s voice. The subject matter is kind of harrowing.
I want to like Nick Cave but his albums are just too slow for my tastes.
2.5 not a fan of the "talking" but like the actual music.
This is one sad guy. I can hear the beauty in this album but god damn is it a bummer to listen to. Maybe (hopefully not) someday I'll be more depressed and this will resonate with me better. Song going on my "1001 Songs" Playlist: Waiting for You Songs Going On My "1001 Albums Savelist" Playlist: None
"Bright Horses" was very enjoyable. "Ghosteen Speaks" was haunting and heartbreaking, but also one that I liked. The rest of it was an ethereal fever dream that would fit in well with some sappy montage from an arthouse film. It meandered. And I didn't really vibe with his vocals not really matching what was going on musically. I'll give it an extra star for simply not sucking.
A bit too melancholic for me
I recognize the talent but it's like sleepy time music
2.5 just not the biggest fan outside of the song they did for the dumb and dumber soundtrack
Over. Rated
The grief in this record is palatable and it is a complete mood sponge - a black hole of darkness that is very understandable - but maybe because I’ve never been emotionally where Nick Cave has been during the time of writing this album - it just completely overwhelms me with unhappiness that i don’t want to listen to it again- it doesn’t help that it’s long and very sparse - which although helps convey with Nick Cave wants to - but it’s not for me.
dark and brooding, but slow and plodding. electronic music with nick cave rambling nonsensically about who knows what? and when he hits a line that he thinks gets through, he repeats that line. tis a shame that i didn’t care much for this album, as i quite liked the last album that i listened to by them, 1997’s The Boatman’s Call.
Giving this 2 stars solely for the musicality and instrumental arrangement. But Nick Caves vocals are such a drag. I don't get the appeal.
Completely not my vibe.
Nick Cave is already overrepresented on this list, we don't need his sprawling 17th album as well.
I'm sorry your son died, but I don't want to listen to this.
I love Nick Cave, but this was just too sonorous for me.
This is sweeping and moving, beautiful orchestration throughout, but a challenging listen. Definitely need to be in like a meditative mood to play it through. Is the album cover a Thomas Kincaid painting? Also, how is this the same guy from The Birthday Party? He got range to say the least lol
too slow - not for me
This was a real downer at my Halloween party. Hey Nick... Boo! 👻👻
4/10 not for me
Epic, poetic and very boring. Was this just the same song for an hour?
Dark. Deep. Not for me
Super dark album. Not what I normally would want to listen to.
mesma coisa, som bem instrumentado, mas vocal chato
Ник Кейв продолжает вгонять в депрессию, но хотя бы вокал его теперь заставляют подтягивать. не моё
Eh
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: I will say the vocals and ambience were top notch but not for me in general Favourite song: didn’t have one
I genuinely don't know what I just listened to. The one thing I do know though, I did not enjoy it.
Maybe in the right mood and setting I would have been more receptive to this. I can appreciate the music but it was a bit of chore to listen to.
This is a sad, sad record. If you are in the mood to be sad listen to this record. If you aren’t already sad, you will become sad. It is beautifully sad, but sadly, it’s too much sad for me to want to listen to again.
Sparse. I didn't skip any tracks but i'm never going to listen to this again.
It's pretty and haunting. And I can't see ever listening to this again.
I feel sad
Not my cuppa tea.
This was ok, kinda sad boi, picked up at the end
Really just not my thing.
Had this come out when I was a teenager I would have been all over this playing it over and over. But I am not a kid and this is just fairly depressing for me, a good album but not for me.
I think we have gotten a Nick Cave album before and I'd venture to say I wasn't a fan. This one broke me because the album cover is one of the coolest so far of this entire list. But that's what you get by judging an album by its cover. I skipped most of the songs and found it very quiet and in some ways boring. If I wanted to hear some guy quietly wailing into the abyss I'd re listen to a Cohen album.
Ambiente. Insoportablemente aburrido.
Disappointed. The previous Nick Cave album was fsbulous, but this was a damp squib.
As a fan on the slower stuff, this put me to sleep. I’d call this spoken poetry with some pretty piano and modulation in the background. Not something you’d play at a party, or on a road trip for risk of falling asleep at the wheel, or a friendly gathering for similar reasons, or even a funeral for that matter. Perhaps I could listen to this while I take an afternoon nap, but I’m not eager to.
To me this has very strong theater nerd or art school vibes. Doesn't mean it's bad, 'cause it's not. Does mean that I don't like it. I don't have the patience for this kind of music. And it's long too. Favorite song: Waiting for you
i am legitimately sorry that your son died, Nick Cave. truly a terrible tragedy. there are some beautiful, ethereal and haunting moods on this album. it's the meandering, pretentiously lyricized singing that ruins most of it for me.
I didn't find my experience listening to this to be very musical
only listened to like first three songs, but i got kinda bored. might of been because i was driving home from work and was tired idk haha. but i feel like there are more essential albums in nick caves discography
Não curti nem o pouco o vocalista, não me relacionei com as letras, sinceramente foi um dos álbuns mais difícil de ouvir.
I just don't see the big deal
fome
I don’t know man, I get you’re proud of your words and all but ya gotta give me a bit more music. I’m not down to listen to ya talk. 2.5 stars
Every song sounds the same. Too many mentions of Jesus. Dragged on 30 minutes more than it needed to and I couldn’t wait for it to end. Really not my thing but I appreciate the effort.
I’m familiar with Nick Cave and I think I’ve listened to his music before while on a road trip with a friend who’s a huge fan. But I forgot just how much I do not enjoy this. This feels more like spoken word poetry than music, and for me, it was impossible to differentiate between any two songs. The background instrumentals and album art are pretty, though.
I had heard Nick Caves name a bunch but had no idea that his music was like that. I’m kinda torn between it being good or just im14andthisisdeep. It definitely grew on me later in the album. He wrote the album after his 15 year old son died, which gives some context to the dreary sound. Idk, I may have to give this one another shot.
The backstory behind this album is sad and tragic. I don't know why this album is considered a "must listen" as I can't imagine at what point would I listen to this album again. I feel Nick Cave's emotions but this is an album that feels "important" so therefore it is considered important. I feel sad for his loss, but there isn't much here to draw me in.
I really don't understand why this is rated so highly
For the most part its a broad expansive sombre album, with lyrics like a café hosting poetry night. I feel like I haven't grasped the true meaning and feeling but that's ok, it's not for me but I appreciate the artistry he was going for. Favourite tracks Waiting for You, Leviathan.
Just not getting this one
meh
Youve really gotta be in the right mood for it
Writing this review feels a bit like listening to this album... let's just get this over with. In general, I don't like Nick Cave's music. This album comes in at a solid 2.5 stars. Much of the music was okay and would have been good material to play at work to drown out the noise around me without distracting me from my job. The often spoken lyrics are a drag, and I don't know what Cave is trying to get at. The album was consistent, but I don't know why Cave would make a whole album of this. I thought about rounding up to three stars, but when it comes down to it my recommendation to others would be to skip this album. There's so much other stuff out there, why waste time with mediocrity?
Monotonous
Can't imagine how tough it must be
Not my thing. Never understood the appeal of Nick Cave.
2.8 - It feels like consoling someone you don't know very well, maybe a distant relative at a funeral, or a roommate that just got broken up with. Being a decent person you offer a tentative hug hoping it'll be brief. But as you wrap your arms around them, they collapse into you, slobbering and blubbering onto your shoulder, clinging to your back. Inside you're searching for empathy but you're desperately anxious to escape. When it's all finally over, you chastise yourself for not being kinder and more understanding. That guilt nibbles away at your soul for the rest of the day.
I had a hard time listening to this one. I can feel the anguish here, and I did not enjoy this. It was too one-note for me, but I can appreciate what's happening here. 2/5
My initial reaction to opening the Wiki was "What the Fuck Rob Dimery, an Electronic album from 2019 has zero place on this list" My sentiment remains similar, I think there are much better albums from the era that could take its place. It is not another horrible electronic album. It certainly leans more towards the Ambient genre it is listed as. The first three tracks are actually very good. It gets a little more forgettable after that. Didn't dislike the album, just not something that is a must listen. Especially considering he has four more albums on this list.
Not what I’d pick as a good Nick Cave album.
Meditation sounds with the voice of Nick Cave of them. Each of them ok, however I don't really understand why this is in the list. Bored to sleep while listening...
This album is a strange one to me. It is very obvious why it's made the list: the music is objectively beautiful and extremely well produced. But for some reason, I'm not enjoying it? It almost feels like an AI reproduction of all the things that it takes to make a beautiful album, but it cannot produce the feeling and emotion that goes into it. None of the tracks stood out to me in a way to have me pick a favorite one.
I just struggled with this. Lyrically I didn't connect.
Muutaman biisin kerta-annoksina voisi toimia ja olla tunnelmallista, mutta pitkäsoittona käy kovin tylsäksi ei fanin korvissa. Toimisi livenä varmasti paremmin kuin konttorirotan kuulokkeista.
Yksi hetki päivässä tätä jaksaa kuunnella ja se on nukkumaanmenon aikaan
This must be what taking a fist full of quaaludes is like. And the description that this is a double album with part two being two songs and spoken word. Oooff.
Rather dull, seemed very rambly without much sense of direction. I appreciate the album came about due to bereavement, but it's not an record I could get along with
Initially, I was upset about another Nick Cave album. Then the music started and it was not great. Still, I kept listening and somewhere, somehow, I started liking it. It is deep and emotional and beautiful. But still does this list need another Nick Cave album?
In all of my mis-spent youth listening avidly to Birthday Party, I never imagined there would be such a thing as a Nick Cave ambient album. I didn’t mind this, and probably should have focused more on the lyrics, but I just let it all wash over me. Nothing really jumped out, sadly. Wasn’t terrible, but it’s no ‘Sonny’s Burning’.
This album demands your full attention. I didn't quite follow the full story. It's all or nothing - I couldn't make that full commitment. The melancholy didn't do much for my mood.
The album is certainly interesting, but is it really one of the albums I must listen to before I die?
Does this really need to be on here?… The album opens with spinning song It is a spoken word track over a droning electronic noise, certainly interesting and a good choice for track one but it ain’t a favourite. I thought nick cave done a little bit of singing and not just talking? Well guess I’am wrong as bright horses is just like the first sonic but with backing singers and good ambient piano work. Okay the album’s evolved a little bit as waiting for you has cave singing and I know he’s not the best vocalist but this was a nice thing to hear. The piano in this track is also more frequent so I hope that occurs more with time. Night raid is a step back in quality in my opinion as he’s gone back to just talking at your ears ( well, for the most part) and it’s backed by an instrumental akin to if Radiohead’s treefingers was slightly more rhythmic actually the only pleasantry from this song are the backing singers so yeah not my cuppa tea so far. Surprisingly, I actually really like sun forest it contains a mix of cave speaking and singing over one of the best ambient noises I’ve ever herd but that noise only works across its time length because of the piano. The last minute seems to be like a hidden track of sorts and It just adds nothing. Galleon ship is also one of the better songs, it’s a slightly darker and gloomier song with probably the most singing from cave in the whole album. The creepy backing vocals also add a touch of greatness missing from the album. Ghosteen speaks has another set of the best instrumentals in the whole album and cave is singing which is good but it’s just too repetitive and being ambient music that isn’t really meant as much for the foreground of the mind this music is getting repetitive. The first act of the album ends with leviathan another repetitive one but still one of the albums best songs by a country mile having a sound akin to being submerged in the deep blue sea. Ghosteen would be the album’s best song if it wasn’t for the 12:10 time stamp that isn’t really filled with much. But it’s good background music. And Nick went back to just talking as now for one of the worst songs on the album, fireflies it’s just boring and feels longer than the two overblown epics either side of it. Hollywood is a 14 minute long epic and a grand/ satisfying conclusion to the album this song isn’t one of my favourites due to the time length but for people who are good with long pieces like this there is something to really enjoy! This album reminds me of if Radiohead's kid A was long, dragged out and sung by nick cave; where’s my red right hand at? Oh yeah the album with that song wasn’t even in the book.
Really? Of all the Nick Cave albums?? Very sorry for his loss, but this may be my least favorite of his mightily impressive oeuvre.
ganske sutrete, men ikkje på den gode morrissey-måten + for sang om hesta
Coveret ser ut som at da blei AI-generert. Føltes ut som at da aldri tok slutt. Begynne å bli klar for nåken effektive album på 35-40 min no
This is so slow and yieldingly bleak sounding that it will require many more - full concentration - listening sessions if I am ever going to have its pleasures revealed to me. Not enough evidence after two listens to say that it will ever merit more than 2.5 stars
I'm sure he is a genius, but not to me. Can't make it through any of this stuff
Helaas niet voor in de stemming.
quite dreamlike and peaceful. good music to dissociate to. perfectly produced but by halfway through it had reeeally started to drag on. This album might be better if you classify it as "poetry" rather than "music" I was feeling 3 about halfway through, by the end it was a 2.
Beautifully crafted and ethereal, but to my ears tough going.
Wtf serieux j3 comprend pas l'album, cest poetique mais trop c'est comme pas assez 2.5
Is this new age Christian music? I thought it was all 1 long song. Hollywood was decent
Very different and unique. As a concept album it's fine, the themes are pretty strong, even if the lyrics themselves are a little too esoteric in an "I'm 14 and this is deep" way. Standout Tracks Bright Horses Hollywood
Interesting, but too much of a downer
Im a fan of some of Nick's work butthis is just depressing and he barely gets out of spoken word.
Not my favorite Nick Cave Album
Overall was an ok album. It felt churchy quite a bit but his voice is very soothing. Don’t no if I would opt to listen to it again
I don’t know how to comment on this. It’s not bad, the music is beautiful it’s just a bit too slow and boring. Maybe in a movie it would fit on the background.
Much like some people think cilantro (corriander) tastes like soap, and others don't have an internal voice, I think I was born with something that prevents me from enjoying bands like this, Tom Waits and most of Leonard Cohen's work. The tracks were sleepy and the lyrics felt so packed that their density shrouded their meaning. I'm sure there are millions of people, for whom this is exactly what they are looking for, but I just couldn't connect with it. I couldn't even power through the whole album. I don't know why, but I feel like I'm letting someone down.
couldn't really get past the singing. Like Timbre TImbre, maybe if i listened more I could get into it.
Nope
Have to be in the right mood for Nick. I was not in that mood. Noteworthy track: Galleon Ship + Ghosteen Cover art is nice though
The newest album on our list so far. Appreciate the artistry but didn’t really do anything for me.
Meh. Some pretentious shite. Not really interesting listening
Did not like much. Some songs have great lyrics, Nick Cave’s chords are moving in Bright Horses, but don’t really enjoy it much even on the second listen
Good voice but every song is slow. No variety to keep me interested.
Es ist mir zu ruhig gewesen. Ich mag die Stimme von Nick Cave aber sehr gerne
Not stoned enough to enjoy.
Brooding. Reminded me of the fake musical the guy writes in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Just not really my style
1,2/5
I'll admit this started out ok for me. I can appreciate the instrumental work but after about 30min even that couldn't overcome the cons for me. I'm just really not into the free meter spoken lyrics.
This was truly such a boring and nothing album. I really don’t have anything good to say about it. barely made it through, by the halfway point i just started scanning through the songs. Really not a notable album.
Why
Es el segundo disco de Nico Cueva que me toca. Increíble que tenga más de 1 dentro de los 1001. Está ya la intro me hizo querer sacarlo antes de que empiece. Update escuché 4 canciones y me hace creer que "goodbye moonmen" de Rick and Morty puede ser un gran tema y no una huevada irónica humorística.
I just really do not like nick cave.
Uggh. I have sympathy for his loss. But, musically, this album is all but unlistenable for me: banal, Enya-esque, new age tracks with Nick Cave’s pretentious spoken word and atrocious singing covering almost every moment. No thank you.
1/5 Favorite Song: Night Raid
utter bilge. Self indulgent maudlin crap. Didnt finish it
Ooof another Nick Cave. I mean he's fine but just way too mellow for me. Great now he's discovered synth. Not sure I am going to make it through this album if this first song is any indication, it bad. Okay, I'm out - this album is just so damn depressing and slow I can't take any more. I know there is some Nick Cave out there that I like but this is definitely not it.
Spoken word poetry with backing music = no thanks
I really disliked this. Way too long. Way too brooding
Painful. I know this album was written in the wake of a personal tragedy, but it’s so far up its own backside that it’s difficult to care. Easily one of the worst albums so far.
I love Nick Cave, and I don’t want to take anything away from him dealing with his loss, but everything he has recorded in the last twenty years is unlistenable.
It feels like I’m in the corner of the room while Nick is mourning his lost child. I can’t relate to his grief so I just feel uncomfortable like I’m somewhere I don’t belong. Nice cover art. Rating: 1.4
Boring, as always.
darkie
An album exploring loss, death and existentialism, as well as empathy, faith and optimism with synthesizers, loops and ambient elements = really not for me
I understand powerful grief is entrenched in this album but it didn't make the listen any less excruciating.
Wie Öde und langweilig und immer die selbe Stimmlage. Warum verleiht der Musikexpress 6 Sterne dafür?
грустно, что у тебя корзина умер,да крутой альбом записал, но чееееееееееееееееееееееееееееееел мне скучноватьо было энто слушать почетная 1/5
Terrible
Couldn’t finish I fucking hated this
excruciating
Write a book instead.
he's just talking
Meh
Terrible music - could not get past the third song - felt like torture
Through this project I've found many new artists who I never heard of who I now love. I've also had a chance to learn about artists I had heard of, but never took the time to listen to, and now love. Then there's the other group, that Nick Cave falls into sadly. The group of artists I didn't know much about who I now dread as they're just so terrible. I thought this album would be dreadful and it indeed was. Overlong, overwrought, vocals that reminded me of a goat bleating, awful ambient background noises, songs that just drift along going nowhere, a total waste of my time when I could be listening to just about anything and it would be better. One star.
Overrated hype
Nick cave continues to be overrepresented here for how I didn't even know of him before. This album is insufferable. I listened to 4 songs (3 of which were highlighted by apple music), and I was just done. I don't need this to drag me down on a Friday. 1*
I really hated this.
this project has made it quiet clear that i'm not a nick cave fan.
ANOTHER NICK CAVE ALBUM WTF. What's with music critics loving this guy?
Nick Cave out here submitting his own albums.
lo peor q escuche en mi vida harcore
sorry, but this was simply boring
E.T go home auditory aesthetic, love the whimsical cover. Favourite track: Spinning Song
Music for English teachers with awful taste.
1 - I’m sure it tells a heartbreaking story but it was a slog to listen too
Not 4 me but not made 4 me
Just a bad idea. 1 star or F-.
Damn. I like Cave, but this was difficult to hear.
¿Por qué está este álbum en la lista? Solo porque es Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, nada más que por eso. El álbum es malo y punto.
Eu amo eles mas não peguei a vibe desse álbum
With all respect to the origins of this album, I didn’t like this.
this is cheeks😑
I don’t think I needed to hear this before I die
Awh hell naw
Who would ever put this on
Deep songs sounds like going thru a religious change Replay. No
I can’t listen to another album from this dude
I understand the reasoning behind the album and the grief he was probably feeling but damn it was borderline unlistenable. Every song essentially sounded the same with the 2005 emo kid diary poetry and the swelling shrieks from background singers. Might be someone else’s cup of tea but def not mine