Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave remains the one 'big guy' I've never fully explored. A long and sprawling discography barely troubled is an exciting prospect. This album falls in his mid-era, chronologically speaking, which is fitting, as it quite accurately sums up my feelings towards it. Uninspiringly drab, unfortunately. Not his cutting best. I hope for better in the late-era.

Never thought that would end, enjoyed bits of it though

Not very good. 2.

Surprised to see this one as the Nick Cave to make it into the 1001 Album list Or maybe it's because the Nick Cave sound has moved on so much from the earlier albums I have always found Nick's albums need repeated plays to reveal and assimilate their emotional depth, and the single play-through today was not nearly enough!

Not at all what I was expecting

I liked a few tracks, but overall this one wasn't for me.

More intense than I expected

Musically interesting and creative — dark and sultry. I love the backup singers! But Cave’s vocals and presentation are two melodramatic for me. It makes the musical arrangements almost comical — a straight delivery would have been better. The first album would have been a 3. But add a second album and the effort to overwhelm the audience with overwrought vocals and dramatic storytelling succeeds. It’s too much. A 2.

Pari ekaa biisiä ei saanut innostumaan. 2/5.

Five! FIVE! That’s how many Nick Cave albums are on this list. Why?! It’s not as bad as the soul destroyingly depressing others. That’s the only positive.

Listening to the first part of this album was a drag. Nick Cave’s distinct voice makes up for the fact that he isn’t a very good singer. The music is moody goth that sounds like it could be the soundtrack for a miserably obnoxious French art film. The album gets a little more interesting (ie better) once it hits the Lyre of Orpheus. I didn’t hate it but certainly don’t love this album.

Really enjoyed Breathless and Cannibal's Hymn. I appreciate the love and care that went into the songwriting, but I think you need to be of a certain mindset (and familiar with Greek mythology) in order to fully appreciate the album, and I am not. I did enjoy the melodies of every song.

Praise Him!!!!

Started good, but began to put me to sleep. 'Carry Me' to bed, thank you.

2.5 stars. They seem to be having a good time. I’m not sure that passed on to me.

Hey, Nick Cave. I've always had an appreciation for Cave as one of my beloved Stroya's most prized cultural exports, though that love hasn't really extended to the music. It's just not my style - both in the vocals and instrumentals. That being said, I'm always down to crack another one of these albums open and give it a fair shake, so I might as well get on with it. An hour-twenner. Fuck my life. I have been getting bent over by long as fuck albums lately. It makes it real difficult for me to want to repay my crippling album debt, but oh well. Anyways, this is a bit of a change for Nick Cave. I don't remember his albums having this much of a heavy sound. It works decently - this album has a pretty good atmosphere and I like the choral theming as the album enters it's second half, though the album falls into a bit of a slump down the middle and none of these songs managed to hook me despite this sound being generally within my sphere of interest. "Cannibal's Hymn" is an interesting tune. Never thought I'd hear Nick Cave adopt a prominent funk influence, but then again I don't really have a feel for what genre he falls under. "Abbatoir Blues" has a good sound. I like the heavy, very 90s guitars, and it's paired nicely with the piano. The rest of the album is fine, but nothing really stuck out to me. Book time. Nothing much in there beyond this album having a bunch of good material. Over to Wikipedia I go. Charted well in a ton of countries. Warmly received by critics, though that's also just about it. I'm favourable to this pick. There aren't many late-career albums on this list, I'm already in Nick Cave's corner and the band appears to have maintained a high standard throughout their career. Five included albums seems like a solid number, too. I cosign this inclusion.

Kjedelig!

It’s all death, decay, heartbreak, and suffering with this shit. Like the house band in hell. What occasion warrants listening to Nick Cave? None that I’ve ever found. I’ve tried a few times and I just don’t get it.

2.5/5

Interesting sounds and lyrics.

This is...ok. Is it music? Sure. I don't know how to articulate what I don't like about a lot of this - is it really just his voice and delivery? The talk-singing? It might be. But sometimes it's pretty good. There She Goes My Beautiful World, Nature Boy, Let the Bells Ring, Breathless. A lot of the music is pretty great. Had to look up why on earth O Children has 200M plays as of this review. Harry Potter. -shrug- I feel like there are too many skips for me to call this a 3. It's a 2.5, but falls to a 2 just because I get too annoyed at too many tracks.

How the hell is this guy on here 7 times??

This felt kind of like Bruce Springsteen… is that just me? Bit to rock-y for me. I really like the album cover though.

For this to work Nick Cave needs to have aura and this just insane aura to me O Children is gas tho

um no i did not like that

Depressing and miserable slog

dull af

- Het was zeker niet slecht, maar Nick grot en ik zijn niet de beste vrienden. - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM

I think if I were to listen to all of Nick Cave's albums I may be able to summon a CDs worth of material I would want to listen to. As a whole, I did not enjoy this album.

I'm learning that I just really don't like Nick Cave. His vocals are what kills most of it for me. This album also highlighted how bad his lyrics are, though, as well. The song where half of the words were "well"??? Nightmare. I did do my best to be open minded when the album started, and I almost enjoyed the first few songs. The song below was my legitimate favorite. But the album just slowly gets worse and worse as it goes on top of being 80 minutes long. Favorite Song(s): Hiding All Away

A really tough listen. The singing style really is not to my taste. There is also just a lot of fat on this album; it could have been much shorter. As a big Harry Potter fan, hearing the last song was a nice memory, but that really was the only highlight for me. It saves it from the lowest rating. 2/5

J'ai trouvé ça boring et très long. Toutes les chanson se ressemblent, je pense que c'est pas un genre auquel je suis très sensible 2/5

I only really liked one song from this album. This guy just sounds like guyliner embodied. He’s great at what he does but it’s just really not for me

Couldn’t really get into it

This one’s goinna be difficult. I have a love hate relationship with Nick Cave’s music. It might stem from a time when i was a much younger man and my then GF loved Nick Cave. We’d booked a holiday together and she broke it off just before we were due to go. Stupidly we decided to continue the holiday. Fuck onows ehy she thought it would be a good idea. I think i was hoping we could reignite the flame while away. Anyeay, in a pub across from the Vic market, getting on it with some Melb mates, Nick Cave turns up, just drinking, not performing. She had puppy dog eyes for him all night and I seethed with jealousy at a man who probably didnt even look at her all night. Some time later, at the end of the trip when i was moaning about not getting back together, probably saying how heartless she was, she pointwd out that she had not gone home woth Nick Cave ao couldnt in fact be all that heartless. The ego staggered me and i may have had a chip on my shoulder about the king of private school goth punk Melbournr ever since. Anyway, i also cant decide if veing a shit ainger makes Nick Cave shit or it just fits the music and expression perfectly. I think the latter. I also struggle with the idea that a white boy average muso gets famous off the back of black musicians, often not even all that obscure. I saw a doco on Nick Cave once where he spoke about having a curator or librarian who looked after his musiccatelogue and i thought really would be better preserving aome of the original rwcordings he’s covered, the musi’s he’s ripped from in a fine tradition that stretches back forever. But thats a bit u fair to Nick and the Bad Seeds. Hes written plenty of iriginal materials. All in all this album rocks pretty hard compared to aome of rhe more cloying albums like Tender Prey or Henry’s Dream, etc. it displays a bit more range than other albums while still being Nick Cave. Listening to My Beautiful World i think its unfair to say Nick is a poor singer. I am a poor singer. He’s not always on note, but he’s got melody, he folles i tervals, he’s consistent in his flaws. Perfect ainging and the music might be boring as shit. His voice is distinctive, full of passion and feeling. The man can emote, which plenty of singers lack. And them you get a track like Abattoir Blues. Why bother. Is this like a Nick Cave rap? And the final 2 of the first disc. Maybe he cant sing on slower ballad like songs with littlw backing instruments, the voice gets exposed. He’s better in the higher register. Maybe he’s just singing in the wrong key all the time. There’s also some weird every syllable enunciated to one count type thimg going on in a couple of the songs towards the end of disk 1. Liked it for the first 5 or 6 songs. Second disk is a bit more familiar melancholic drone i would expect.

Start of the album is too noisy. Abattoir blues is a class name for an album but it didn't live up to the name.

Cannibal's Hymn was good. It all sounds like one long song after a while though. Not bad but not memorable

Not great.

It's the perfect double album. Abattoir Blues is Nick Cave at his absolute best, and Lyre of Orpheus is Nick Cave at his absolute most boring.

Timing of the lyrics/vocals and instruments seemed… off? I guess, kinda decent modern rock.

I don’t think I like Nicholas Cavern, but he did help make one of my favorite film scores: Assassination of Jesse James, which I listened to after & think that should have been on this list instead.

It started off well, the choirs really add something to Nick Cave’s usually monotone delivery. But apart from a few nice surprises, the album just drags on and to me, feels way too monotonous overall.

Music isn’t bad but it’s not really for me. Album is waaaayyyy too long.

I don’t know what to do with Nick Cave. Every time I’ve listened to him, i enjoy the music, like the energy of the band, appreciate the density of the lyrics, am intrigued by his persona, etc….and then never remember the songs or come back to them. I like “The Lyre of Orpheus” song, but this is essentially two short albums combined. There’s something about it that just doesn’t grab me, even though I know it’s good and similar to a lot of other music I like. TBH, an 85 minute run time probably doesn’t help make it feel more accessible. Idk how the band remembers these songs, or how his fans can discern their favorites. If “undefined” were a rating, that’s what I’d give it, but after about an hour, i was pretty solidly bored. Wish i could go 2.5.

Fine for background music, but not great for close listening. Songs could all benefit from being about 2 minutes shorter.

I kind of wanted to like this, but it mostly just does nothing for me. For some reason, "The Lyre of Orpheus" (the song) is particularly grating to me. "Breathless" is pretty fun though. I feel like being boring is almost worse than being actively bad. Having a harder time with this than with Nixon by Lambchop, though probably mostly because this is a double album so it's a lot more to get through.

It took me days to finish listening to this one. It has some good songs, but overall it depressed me. Don't want to repeat the experience

This was weird.

I think I like Nick Cave in small doses..? Some great lyrics and genuinely moving songs, but I wanted to like this album more than I actually did. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for it.

I like Eurydice’s wordplay, but otherwise had trouble getting settled into this world

For me when a white rock star reaches for a gospel choir, creatively speaking, the jig is almost up. It has its moments but this is the start of the break up for me and Nick.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus has some interesting moments and Nick Cave’s lyrics stand out, but the double album feels bloated and tiring.

I don't like this music style.

Would have been a 3 if it was shorter

a through and through snooze fest. the blues have me feeling blue

Couldn't wait for this to be over, which usually begets a 1. Since the unwarranted length was admittedly a big part of that, while the music here is more just typical dull pseudo-intellectual white dude drivel than actively grating 1-star fare, I suppose it can have a 2. Barely.

My first exposure to Nick Cave beyond Red Right Hand. I found it to be a bit uneven & long winded & over indulgent. When he hits though it can pretty interesting & dark. For whatever reason his voice sounds like a poor man's David Bowie to me.

Okay album. This is my fourth Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album on the list. At least Cave tries to sing on this one. But seriously - 4 albums? I’m taking away a star just because I had to sit through another album. Just kidding. It’s still a two star album for me.

Not my thing but fine.

It's just so bland and slow and boring.

not my favourite, listened while reading the poppy war in the car. carsickness and general atmosphere may have contributed to my dislike

What exactly is this missing? I can't figure it out. All the pieces seem to be there. I'm not a fan of the run time overall but that wouldn't affect the music if it was there. Something isn't there and the album just pushes forward without a hook, there's nothing to grab onto. It's weird, there's a core draw missing that make this just whatever.

Pretty dull, the vocals drag on but it's tolerable sometimes. 3/10

Think this is my 4th Nick Cave album and I just don't get it. Lots of re-invention but track to track on a album is always the same.

Dosta loše, ne mogu ovo slušati preko sat vremena, sorry not sorry. 2/5, jedva 3/10

My first thought was that this was an improvement on the last Nick Cave album I was compelled to listen to, but it quickly wore out its welcome. To my dismay it then continued for another hour. There are some interesting ideas here, but they are all ruined by someone Nick Caving all over them. His lyrics are dumb, actually. Listen to the title track of the second disc, and tell me those rhymes aren't incredibly forced. He also does this thing where most of his songs sound very reminiscent of a specific artist. There is nothing wrong with being inspired by someone else; most modern music is derivative of something, but I would always rather listen to whatever artist he is currently Nick Caving all over.

Another boring & mid white man album.

2.0/what was going on here

This is a bit shit. I've heard people talk about Nick Cave like he's some sort of mythical creature, so I expected more. Maybe I'm missing the point, but I don't care.

Honestly, I don’t get it. Yes, the songwriting is good, but it’s just so busy. I think a gospel choir can elevate a song if used right, but when it’s on every song it just becomes part of the background noise. I don’t like the singers voice, it’s a weird middle ground between Elvis and Roy Orbison, both of which I’m not really big fans of. It nails the gothic aesthetic I’m sure they were going for, but I don’t think it works without organs and heavier guitars. Maybe this all spins back to me not liking most Alternative music, but it just doesn’t click for me. On top of all that, it’s too long. If it was 2 separate records released close together like Load and Reload, I might enjoy it better, but I can’t take an hour and a half of this at a time.

It might be technically good, but I dont really know, and I did not like it.

Really wasn't a fan of this kind of singing with this kind of instrumental. Feels like two separate musical ideas.

Good but not for me

I didn't enjoy his voice at all, it felt pretentious to me. All the Songs sounded similar and the album was too long.

I’d heard of Nick Cave, but was expecting a more folk style, which might be why I didn’t quite enjoy this. His voice started to annoy me by the halfway point of this album. Favorite tracks: - Babe, You Turn Me On - O Children Worst tracks: - Fable of the Brown Ape

Some alt album trying to be more than what it’s worth just cause it’s an hour 20 long. Not bad just, alright?

It started a bit personal and experimental, and then it just mellowed and softened. If it maintained that feeling across the double album, I would appreciate it a bit more than I do. Too long for what it was.

** Don‘t like it, Not my music

Eh

wow ni me esperaba este estilo. Mola. Un poco lento pero está interesante. No lo acabé

Orkade inte lyssna klart. Helt ok. Började lite som the hives och gick över till springsteen. Kommer nog aldrig lyssna igen.

Not bad but not great either.

This came of as very pretentious and I just did not care for that.

Fine, not gripping

Really not my thing, but I can see why people would like it.

Long album. Never heard of Nick Cave, pleasant surprise! Not my cup of tea, the genre is a "folk/indie rock/experimental". There are a few good tracks, and in general a good instrumental, with great guitar and bass. But I cant't get over the vocal performance. I'm not a fan of his voice and style of singing. Out of all the songs, I guess i enjoyed the most the songs with a more lyrical tone, such as. Get Ready for Love, Messiah Ward, There She Goes My Beautiful World, Nature Boy. Didn't enjoy both title tracks, however.

Not a big fan of this album. A bit too repetitive

2/5

Not for me, but do know the last song from a Harry Potter movie.

That one song had big "the day Robert palins murdered me" energy.

Not super memorable

I just really don’t like Nick Cave and I don’t understand how his music can be considered some thing people have to hear before they die

Just don’t like

Unique, I didnt really like the guys voice

Not into it

No melody, no discernible message. Didn’t like singer.

Background music at best, repulsive and vomit inducing love songs at worst.

Too long. Hit and miss. Some good stuff in there though.

2.5

I think this would grow on me if I listened again, some good songs but I just don't love it.

not 4 me

I hate double albums. This album is well arranged, and decent. The story (to me) was hard to follow, but the songs themselves are fine. There was no standout hit on this album. They all blurred together.

like a cross between danzig and motley crue?

Not much to say on this one, didn't really like it but not straight up bad. It's an Aussie aiming for US rock and roll, but it just ends up being kind of bland.

Christian music is lowkey bad meow

Meh. 2,5/5

Not really my type of stuff. Listened to a few tracks. Others seem to like it though.

Maybe this could be 3 stars if I was in a better mood, but I was just annoyed by the end of the album. The lead singer doesn’t impress, the backing music is fine but bland. Some songs required skipping, and I don’t think there was a song I would want to listen to again. 1.25 hour album is LONG and maybe a tighter song list would have warranted a 3 - I like the artistic freedom expressed in the album, it feels like "new age blues". I'm not sure I really love the end product but I recognize what it's going for - long album at 1.25 hours. I don't think this really warrants the length - another streaky album. The good parts are good, but the bad is hard to listen to. - I like 'Messiah Ward' - The middle of the album is agreeable enough, maybe 3 stars through the middle -I’m not sure this counts as a 3-star for all the songs I’ve actively had to skip. -I’m so tired of this album by the end. Too long, not impressive

pas eu le temp de tout ecouter, j'étais pas dans le mood

Meh. Felt like the instruments overpowered the voice/lyrics on my most songs.

Truly, Nick’s masterpiece.

Meh. Nick Cave is like a pretentious Tom Waits. Did not enjoy.

Sounds old

This is music for people who wear fingerless gloves

This is the blueprint for Australia’s Tropical F*** Storm. It’s as if they took aspects of this album and added more punk rock to ultimately yield their sound. I have mixed feelings about this album. At times I enjoy it at other times I feel I’ve been coerced into liking it.

Not for me

Weaker cave

I usually love a dark and gloomy album. This was not my kind of dark and gloomy :( Too long and too boring. 2/5

The vocals in this are not great, the music is boring, and the album is really long.

This album was okay. It's a mixture of Lou Reed and David Bowie. The highlights were "There She Goes, My Beautiful World" and "Nature Boy". The album feels like something inside a Quentin Tarantino movie. Album cover is great though. 2/5

I think this was unlucky to be the second nick cave album in a row and I had enough of his style of music by the end of the last album and this wasn't as good.

Nature Boy fand ich richtig stark, drr Rest einfach net mein Geschmack

🎧So much of Nick Cave’s music is ass. And this is a double album. Just cut half the tracks, no one needs this much Nick. Favorite songs: Carry Me, O Children. These are the final two tracks, the end was in sight. Coincidence? I don’t think so.

I supposed this is great but it’s not for me

eh

3/10/25. Was having a weird day so will need to listen again in the future. Felt like I was forcing myself to enjoy this although I liked a lot of the gospel elements in this. But most of the songs seemed the same to me.

The album is way too long. O Children is the best one.

This was pretty bad, I just couldn't get down with it. DNF due to the length. Wouldn't relisten

Oude lullen achtergrond Beetje nummer 670 van de top 2000ish Niet per se slecht maar niet wat voor mij

Pretty good but not for me :(

I have been getting a lot of double albums recently and they are getting really draining. This one should have just been two albums. They are both good and both are pretty different stylistically so why do they have to be on top of each other? I don't need this much nick cave in one sitting. And he's not saying anything that two albums couldn't have done. Which is too bad because I think of all the authors obsessions Nick cave is probably the only one that warrants multiple albums on this list because his albums are so different stylistically . Certainly not Elvis Costello. I'm just tired.

It’s fine. I enjoyed the songs but it got a little tedious and lengthy. Song lyrics are tepid, but music is pretty crisp and tight

If you’re gonna make a list of 1001 greatest albums of all time you’re gonna have to include a bunch of filler stuff and this feels like filler to me it’s OK, not spectacular

Ugh, it just kinda rambles and gets close to good, but the fact that it never gets there is worse than something that never gets close.

2 stars. Would have been a 1 star if not for a few songs but still that's a no from me dawg!! The Lyre of Orpheus is possibly the weirdest song lyrically I think I have ever heard.

Just don't really do Nick Cave all that well. Was a little repetitive. 2/5

I made it through the whole album, and there were a couple of songs I enjoyed but overall not something I cared for the album.

best track by miles - there she goes. Otherwise perfectly fine but wouldn't listen again , which is surprising since i really loved Ghosteen .

The grandiose title and concept is betrayed by the fact the album just doesn't particularly go anywhere. A handful of good ideas are lost in a sea of the unremarkable. The lyricism was a particular catching point as it ranged from unnoticeable and bland to egregiously clumsy.

Less depressing than the other Nick Cave album(s) I've listened to so far, but I just can't get into this.

I guess I’m not into nick cave

I'm just not vibing with this album.

Sorry Nick, not for me. Boring… goes on for too long. There are a couple of tracks I can enjoy but I will never go back to this. 1 extra star for the Harry Potter song.

I usually try to write these ratings before reading my compatriot’s ratings. Today I’m glad I read theirs first. I too cannot get into this album/band. They feel like something I should enjoy but I just don’t.

It's fine. For me, it's too long and it reminds me of Tom Waits too much. I think it's the carnival barker/spoken word bits. I've tried with Nick Cave and I just don't really get it. Same with Tom Waits. So, this one's not for me. As an aside, does it feel like all the really good Tom Waits songs are the covers that other bands do? He's a good songwriter, but he should leave it to someone else to arrange and perform his stuff.

I remember seeing Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Lollapalooza a million years ago -- only band I liked less that day was The Boredoms -- maybe a studio (double) album will change my mind. It was fine, pretty decent Tom Waits like adjacent tunes, but nothing spectacular in my mind.

This was not a bad album, but it sounded like meat loaf and the velvet underground collabed.

The lyrics on this one really distract from the rest of what is going on. Would have been much, much better released as an instrumental track highlighting the band around the lead singer instead of his Talking Heads wanna be head ass. Lukewarm 3/10.

I don't really like this band

I don’t get all the fuss about Nick Cave. Best song is one he did with Kylie. Aside from that there are one or two others I don’t mind.

Can’t get over the fact that this is an Australian man imitating an old American blues guy. It’s not as bad as the other nick cave albums on the list but it just makes me cringe

Not for me

2.5

Ugh these guys again. Obnoxious and self-important. Noisy yet bringing no real value. 3.5/10 (1.75/5)

No es mi estilo

most bland and boring snoozer shit everrrrr

Wasn't a bad album. Just not really that interesting either. Kind of meh. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again

Som incomum para a época em que foi lançado.

Nick Cave is an artist that I like in very small doses, some great tracks and very distinct unique sound and style. It's just listening to a whole album and one as long as this one where that style becomes just too much. While I'm giving this album a low rating I could easily make a 5 star rated playlist of Nick Cave's music.

I don’t like Nick Cave.

Wasn't my thing. I don't think I've liked any of his stuff as much as I like Red Right Hand.

Would have been 3 stars if it was shorter!

alternative rock, definitely grew on me as I listened, my true rating would be more of a 2.5, it’s cool but it’s just not my taste

Sounds a bit like a gospel from a church. Nothing really stuck out to me on this album.

Not sure why this was released as a double album and not two single albums, as they don't sound connected at all. Nick's voice is something, and for the most part it works for the songs, though at times he does remind me a little of Peter Steele which I guess isn't a terrible thing. Each of the two discs as a solo album would probably end up as a 3 for me, but together, with the length it pulled it down to a 2. It was just too much Nick Cave for one morning.

Abattoir Blues was a decent disc. A mixture of blues, rock, and a bit of gospal in there as well. Honestly a nice blend of sounds. The Lyre of Orpheus however, not so great. A lot of skippable tracks in my opinion that brought the vibe down. By the end when I finally got to the most popular song, O Children, I was pretty sick of the sound and didn't even enjoy the track. Overall, I'd give it a 2/5

Too long and not my jam.

5/10

The first half of the album was hard to get through. The second half was alright.

Not my vibe but slightly better than the other Nick Cave album

Not as bad as Henry's Dream, but I still don't think he's a good singer. Most of the songs were okay.

This one didn’t quite make me want to gouge my eyes out like his other albums. A 2 because I made it to the end.

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It's like hadestown if I didn't like the music

did a light listen here so sorry nick cave enjoyable. this alt rock sound is more my speed for some reason reminded me a bit of the last shadow puppets, maybe bc the kind of theatrics-ish that pop out here

I just didn't really get anything out of this

It was okay, got a little long - being two albums - and I didn't really hate it, but I didn't really like it either.

Annoying

This album was just ok for me. There wasn't anything that I specifically did not like about this, but overall it did not really grab me in any kind of way that made me want more. I think the length did not help, but this is sort of two separate albums combined rather than one double album. Would not seek it out again.

have you ever heard a song and not liked it thats how this album get ready for love made me feel i did not like the lyrics or instruments they didnt sound good and i would much like to listen to something other than this i dont like this album and i would not recommend listening to this album

like the bass and the drums i dont like his voice i dont like the sound of it the piano was nice in the beginning

Not as bad, as I thought. Still like 2 and half stars, as it is pretty long.

just not for me. I’m not even halfway through but it’s long, kind of boring. Some songs are slow and some have too much going on

Not something I enjoyed. Sounds like a darker version of Neil Diamond.

Good, but not my kind of stuff, interesting songs here and there, but not well rounded I would say

niet echt mijn ding

I understand this album may have cultural significance but I didn't find it particularly interesting, certainly not interesting enough to ever want to listen to it again. Some catchy melodies, but not catchy enough for me to want to find them again. Would possibly put it on in the background if I had guests over and I wanted them to think I'm cool.

I respect Nick Cave and all but I did not like this 💀

Immediate reaction: Fucking Nick Cave (unflattering) Since this is my third Nick Cave album in 150 generated, I had to check how many more I have to subject myself to. Turns out, one of you finishing fuckers must have added Ghosteen, since that's not listed on the book site. At least 2 more. Maybe they'll pop up soon and soon I'll never need to listen to this pompous ass again. They Lyre of Orpheus is especially obnoxious.

I wasn't the biggest fan of this album. I've heard some of his other work and enjoyed it but this album was really a bit of a drag to get through for me.

Now I remember why I never liked Nick Cave.

Nick Cave fucking sucks!

Ok. Won't listen again. Whiney faux outrage look at me I'm so depressed/angry/profound.

Hiding All Away // 2.5/5

Like two weird albums in one! Nature Boy is the best song, Fable Of The Brown Ape might just be the weirdest song on the 1001 list so far. (The Lyre Of Orpheus similar but not quiet as weird…) It ran a little long for me, but I had to check out a couple of songs twice (2.5*s)

It seems like Nick Cave is appearing quite a bit in this list and I'm still not sold. He sounds like he's straining his voice and the music is generic. It's not wowing (and I really want it to), I mean is this man really singing about "hankies"? Yes. There's a few good songs on this album but I can't get past the weird voice affect and none made it to saved playlists. I'm on the fence so I'll keep trying with Nicky but O Mamma his time is dwindling.

boring

Somehow all right, but overall quite monotonous

yeah whatever

Groupe/artiste complètement inconnu. L'album commence bien avec : Get Ready for Love ++ très entrainant, mais ... mon intérêt a vite diminué, en même temps que le tempo. Et en plus c'est un double album. Quelques morceaux m'ont réveillé : There She Goes, My Beautiful World + Nature boy Mais vraiment trop peu. Et le second album est encore plus lent, j'ai sauté d'un morceau à l'autre pour le finir plus vite, à part : Supernaturally + Je ne l'écouterais pas une seconde fois. =>2/5

Some songs I actually didn’t mind. There she goes my beautiful world actually wasn’t too bad and I enjoyed ‘the lyre of Orpheus’ too. But, as the album continued on a lot of the lyrics got weird and there just wasn’t a lot keeping me in it.

Musically, this album is pretty good. It’s stylistically consistent, but still some variety. It seems that Nick Cave likes to tell a story in his songs, but still some weird/gruesome/cringe lyrics which I’m not really a fan of, and none of the stories spoke to me or really “meant” anything. Never thought I would hear “I put my hand down your panties” in a song. Maybe the trick is just to laugh at the weird stuff and enjoy the rest. Favorite song: Breathless.

I really wanted to give this a one for old times sake but I feel like there was some nice instrumentation here. But the gall to think people need an hour and twenty minutes of your music is unnerving

About 20 years ago, a good friend introduced me to the song "Into My Arms," which he was obsessed with. Great song, but now I'm saddled with the curse of forever keeping Cave on my radar even though I don't really like most of his stuff. This album put me off right away, but of course I kept listening and there are just enough positive elements to keep the pipe dream alive. Dammit, Nick, don't give me hope.

It's ok

This band makes me think that their fans are very insufferable, a lot of "you just dont get it, man" type conversations when you talk about their songs. Production is pretty good and you can tell they put a lot into it, if you like them you'll probably love this, me, not so much.

Self indulgent bleh. Too long and too up it’s own ass

Somehow dull and unpleasant. This rhythmic talking style singing, which probably characterizes the band, doesn't appeal to me.

I liked a few tracks, namely "Hiding All Away" and "Easy Money," but overall found this album to be a bit of a drag.

Hard work in places, can't sing though. Listenable but not again.

Cant say i really liked this album, can be very boring, with onky a few momenta of interest.

Really good album

The music is great, the lyrics are weird and the singing was very hit and miss.

I intentionally passed on this and giving it a 2 because I do not like Nick Cave. Promise not to do that too often.

Partly annoying, but in other parts enjoyable.

Maybe if this were 40 minutes it would be an acceptable album but I was just annoyed

Average. Won't listen again

Distinctive sound and some of it is good. Far too long and in no way justifies its length.

Another Nick Cave album that didn't interest me at all. Far too long. I did have a nice nap whilst listening to it though.

I found this a little boring and droney and it went on for far too long

I like Nick better as a TV/Movie composer (Peaky Blinders theme song, e.g.). A whole album of his dirge-like songs is a bit much to take. Quite liked the final track, though.

Nope

Hmmm mwah

Some good sounding songs.

It's alright but not gonna be included on my main playlist. 2.5/5

This album may have been a 3, except it was so dang long. This was much better than the other Nick Cave album we had, and his vocals on this one weren't terrible, but the songs all felt a little whiny+Pearl Jammy to me.

No. I didn’t need to listen to this before I die. Bad “singing.” Nothing unique or interesting here. Why?

I get it. This guy loves Nick Cave. I thought I did, too, from the few songs of his I knew but after listening to 3 of these albums I can safely say I just don’t care. 🤷‍♂️

I don't dislike Nick Cave. But I do find it it very difficult to key in to what I do like in music. Another of those artists that need more time and patience than I'm willing to give.

30% I liked Good artist just not for me

Not my jam

I listened to it. There was music. I couldn't tell you a single thing about any of the songs. None of them struck me in a positive way and the ones that aggravated me are stuck in my head. I did the lesson. I won't repeat it.

One needs to acquire a taste for this band; I lost that taste a long time ago.

Not great. 2/5

The songs were kind of boring to me

Not for me couldn't make it to the end.

La verdad es que me aburrió

I'm finding I'm not a fan of Nick Cave & the bad Seeds. How do they have 3 albums on this list? I don't enjoy the lead singers droning speak-singing. The lyrics sound like a stuffy poem I would have to study for an English class. The choir-style backing vocals and crashing drums are interesting, but it's not enough to elevate the album. "Breathlessly" wasn't so bad, but I skipped around through most of the songs. It was best when I wasn't paying much attention to each track and just let it play in my background. It's probably a more enjoyable experience live with all the elements together. 2.5 stars

No pude terminarlo, no me emociona

Couldn’t really get into it

Nothing exciting here. Second half of the album was better but still not my jam.

80 minutes of this guy?! On a Monday?! "The Lyre of Orpheus"!? Come on man, give me a fucking break. This album has the frantic energy of a mega-church band trying to whip the congregation into a frenzy with an overwhelming deluge of keyboards and big reverby drums and wailing. Sometimes that's pretty fun. The bass is really good throughout - melodic, driving and high in the mix. There's also some nice atmospheric/textural stuff and some cool guitar parts. I just find the songwriting to be very conventional big bland rock but with grand pretensions to it. And I don't like Tom Waits enough to want to listen to a pale imitator. Every song seems like it should be wrapping up, but then there's another verse/chorus, and bou does it start to drag in the moodier slower second half. It has a cool film-noir feel to it, but the whole thing really overstays its welcome. Favorites: Messiah Ward, Let the Bells Ring, Easy Money

This is interesting, but not really for me

He talks.

Not a huge fan of it, but grunge for my liking.

I think Nick cave is fine, I just really don't fuck with his vocal style, I don't know what it is. He's undeniably talented but i just can't stand how he sounds between this, The Birthday Party, or any other project, sorry

I enjoyed more of the hard-rock parts on the album, but the slower acoustic song "Breathless" might've been my favorite song. Overall the album just felt painfully average.

Long and it felt like Nick Cave was trying to hard

Crap. Another Nick Cave album. I suppose it might be better than the other 2 that have popped up in my first 140 albums… And then it started off pretty good, with a solid high energy rocker. A little long, but good. My hopes were rising! Sadly, that was just the one song. The rest was meh, at best. I don't understand how somebody can expect to be taken seriously singing lyrics like "we could comprehend our position by the moon / but they've ordered the moon not to shine"... Or "If you're gonna dine with them cannibals / Well sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten". Seriously? Anyway, this is miles better than Murder Ballads (1), and maybe a little better than "The Boatman's Call (2). on the other hand, it drags on for 82 minutes. My comments on Boatman's included: "Melancholy songs, atonal singing, stupid lyrics." My comments on Murder included: "As before, the music isn’t horrible, though it is overall slow and slogging and dragging. Cave’s vocal style is not really singing, but more spoken in a morose, I-hate-the-world-and-myself sort of tone." That applies here. 2/5

A perfectly average album, does this deserve to be on the list? no. Is it a bad album though? No

Enjoativo.

Mmm struggled to remember if it was any good after the album was over lol

Probably needs 10 listens in a dark room then becomes amazing. Once through doesn’t really cut it.

It's fine. Sounds like a mix of two styles that I can't really put my finger on... blues and rock? pop?

Only the most popular songs. The last one is from Harry Potter O Children

Never knowingly listened to Nick Cave. I happened to have to do a pile of work in a short period of time and put this on to listen to at the same time. I finished the work and realised that the music had finished a whole before. I have no real memory of any of it. I didn't turn anything off so it's not a 1, but unmemorable enough to make me unlikely to ever go back again.

Gives me some Hadestown vibes

Could be 2.5. I’ve heard so much about Nick Cave over the years but never really listened. There are some good aspects but generally I find it boring and too close to what sounds like folk or American South/gospel to me. Favorite song: There she goes, my beauty

This wasn't quite as bad aa I thought it would be. Side A actually has some good and decent songs on it, not that any od them are remarkable. Side B is a mess however. Didn't really enjoy this.

Not bad, but far from being my cup of tea. Disc 1 was quite decent, had the level stayed the same, I could have given this a weak 3, but Disc 2 was quite meh. Also this had no right to be this long.

Fine. Alternative early 2000s. Cave has a sort of Lou Reed + Psychedelic Furs voice.

Ummm. It didn't suck. Yup. That about it. Just good enough not to suck. Not one memorable track. Nothing I would add to my favorites.

Did not like it.

Koffor e da så masse nick cave her

Many of the songs have not a lot of melody. I found it very boring, but it’s easy to listen to. Raucous, energetic, and quick but not angry.

sikkert bra men ikke helt for meg

Meh

No me gusta ese estilo de música

Not a bad album, but not a fan

Like going to church. Not a good one.

Very very dark, lyrics… I do not like horror stories these lyrics echo them…

I vaguely remember when this album came out and a couple of songs got played on the radio. My opinion hasn't changed much since then, it still sounds a bit dreary, but now I can see how this would appeal to some people. But my god the album was a long one! Why did it need to be almost an hour and a half long??? Wouldn't really want to listen to this one again. Best: Breathless Worst: O Children

Boo

Another 'is this must hear?' And the answer is no. You can go your entire life without needing to hear this, though the song harry and hermione dances to in deathly hallows makes that scene something special. Nick cave should be on this list, I suppose, maybe. But not this album. 2 stars because it shouldn’t be here.

O children was good

Liked the intros, but not my style.

It's a very relaxing album. I wouldn't say it's exactly notable or innovative. I could hear this at a coffeehouse

I’ve tried to like Nick Cave for years, but it just doesn’t take. He bores me.

Meh. This really wasn't for me.

Just not my style

A lot of the elements that I enjoy (some blues, some alt rock, good vocals, fun lyrics) but the gestalt was unenjoyable

Not my vibe

Liked the gospel backup, lyrics were a bit dark at times

2nd disc better than 1st. liked gospel choir. overall kinda "meh"

Mostly did not enjoy, although this will be a theme in my upcoming reviews as well because I'm having a not enjoying music phase. But still I think this was bad

Score for this album just kept getting lower. I liked some stuff around the start then it was all downhill. Stop making albums this long, they would all be better cut in half. Will I listen to again: 0%

not great

Best Songs: N/A Listen Again: No

There's good stuff here, particularly instrumentally. Some lyrics are interesting but this feels like an anthem for boomers with only just above average music taste. Maybe earlier stuff was better.

I do like Mr. Cave and his bands music but not so much this album.

Not my jam, but background music okay

This is like putting Tom Waits through a grinder and taking off all the edges but still ending up with a (much smoother) ball of shit.

I had never heard of Nick Cave prior to starting this listening project. This is something like the 5th album that we have been subjected to. Literally zero Nick Cave albums are good, but can you imagine the albums he made that didn't make this list? That being said, this is not his worse album that I've heard. Hopefully we've exhausted his albums on this list... Really what I couldn't shake from while listening to this album was it sounded like Jason Segel's character from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, who wrote and performed a musical(s) in the voice of an exaggerated Dracula voice. A lot of this album sounded like that but it wasn't funny.

O cara ouve a primeira música e já pensa: lá vem mais uma banda genérica... foda. As músicas não são ruins, mas não chega lá pra se tornar um diferencial. Ainda por cima é gigante... mal via a hora de acabar para ir pro próximo. Nem a última, com trocentos like salvou. Foda, não curti não.

Álbum chatão, as únicas que se destacaram um pouco foram: Disco 1: 5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World: foi a melhorzinha até agora, a primeira que até que é boa, mas nada extraordinário também. 6. Nature Boy: essa sim é boa, melhorinha até agora, melhor que a última. Gostosinha de ouvir, boa melodia, coral massa no fundo. Disco 2: 1. The Lyre of Orpheus: é esquisita, diferente, não é ruim não, só fica um pouco repetitiva, mas o hey mama tem algo que chama um pouquinho a atenção 2. Breathless: uma vibe mais gostosinha, violãozinho, mas ainda faltou algo. De 17 músicas, gostei mesmo de 2 só. Achei o álbum extremamente sem sal. Parece que tô tomando um suco aguado. Não são músicas ruins, mas sempre parece que falta algo, falta uma personalidade mais definida talvez, mais forte, mais presente, não sei. O álbum é gigante e não tem nada realmente memorável em momento algum. Não dá vontade de ouvir de novo não.

Unique but not for me, won't give another listen

Niek Grot en De Slechte Zaadjes maken wel kwaliteitsmuziek, maar wat voelt het elke keer toch weer als een enorme stapel huiswerk waar je je doorheen moet ploeteren. Zo is dit album een uur en 22 minuten, waarbij het ook niet helpt dat bijvoorbeeld de eerste track al voelt als een aanslag op je uithoudingsvermogen. Of track 3, die bombastisch eindigt met 15x de zin 'There is a war coming'. Een beetje het theatrale van Bowie met de langdradigheid van een type Omtzigt. Een tik pretentieus. Het klopt allemaal wel maar ik haal er geen enkel plezier uit. Er wordt volgens mij een heel aardig verhaal verteld, maar in deze vorm heb ik helemaal geen zin om er naar te luisteren merk ik. Dat zal een stukje de vorm van de dag zijn, maar ik denk dat het ook wel een beetje aan ome Nick ligt. Bombastische musical.

I thought it was alright. O Children was the best one IMO.

Caven äänen vakavuus välittyy kritiikittömyytenä, jopa omahyväisyytenä, mikä saa minut tuntemaan koko kirjon negatiivisia tunteita hänen musiikillista tuotettaan kohtaan. Toisaalta olen tietoinen siitä, etteivät nämä tunteet ole aina täysin oikeitettuja, sillä näissä biiseissä on myös houkuttelevia puolia. Toisaalta taas nämä puolet tuntuvat olevan enemmänkin koristeellisia kuin sävellyksellisiä: kiva sovituksellinen oivallus siellä, fiksu kitarakuvio täällä. Mitä tulee obsessioon kuoleman ja sukupuuton kanssa, on harvinaisen selvää, että puhujan subjektiivisuudessa nämä toimivat repression kehittyneenä muotona. Ok, Cave ei ole yhtä kuin levyn "runojen" puhuja, mutta voisin lyödä vetoa, että sama pätee syvälliseen artistiin itseensä.

Uhh almost okay, just strange lyrics that I couldn’t get into. Singer almost sounded like the lead singer from The National.