Reviews (page 12 of 13)
It was alright. Nothing too notable.
I was feeling the first few tracks on this album, but I think this is the kind of sound I don't want or need an entire album for. I can see myself enjoying some of these songs in isolation, but an hour is just too much for me. Not wild about this one overall.
Bit of a mixed bag, some songs on here I really enjoyed having never heard of the band before. There are some songs that I really struggled though as well though. Best song - Supernaturally
Australian band
I don't think this is my kind of music. I can appreciate how it's objectively good, and there were moments I enjoyed, but the whole thing seemed kind of melodramatic in an exhausting way, and no individual track really stood out to me.
I don't get Nick Cave. And I don't get this. This is like Bruce Springsteen without the talent. It's just sort of this one note show tuney way over the top single note thing. Not. Good.
was a bit too long for me but it had great song but it didnt took me on a journey
Very theatrical with a lot of big sounds. Unrelenting power which felt overwhelming at times.
Background music but yay Harry potter song 🤣 it's okay but nothing special
Didn't have much of an identity to me, however I haven't listened to the entire album. Gave me background music vibes.
Reminds me of Springsteen and someone else that I can't put my finger on. No song stood out for my. It isn't bad, but it did not do anything for me. Most of the songs feel like they were written for some poignant moment on a show. 2/5
This is probably the most pretentious thing I've ever listened to. There's maybe 4 solid songs on this double album.
Favorite tracks: O Children and Supernaturally I like the genre, this just seems a little too disorienting.
Nice storytelling and tones throughout, but didnt keep my interest much
It's interesting but not really for me
I'll probably never listen to this one again. 80 min of songs that really don't compel me at all
Too long 2.5
Finally tackled this one because fuck is it long for no reason. Not bad but not interesting, better than the Nick Cave’s other group album that I got on this list (2.5/5)
Dosadnoooo
Probably best enjoyed off your tits and yearning for depression. Quite unorthodox without being experimental. Both interesting and dull. Not made to sound catchy. a bit self-indulgent.
This album was not super bad but not something I’m going to be seeking out again.
Considering this is a Nick Cave creation (the guy who is behind The Birthday Party and their trash heap of an album Junkyard), there were some actually decent songs on this. None of it was good enough to make me a fan of him or their work. I'm hesitant to give this a 2 based on his other work, but this might actually deserve that. 2/5
I don't really like his singing voice - musically this is decent. This album goes on a long time though, overstays it's welcome.
Скукотень. Только пара песен хотя бы заинтересовали. Вообще не хочется переслушивать.
I appreciate the weirdness, but it’s not my type of weird.
Thanks, I hate it Stefan likes it
not for me
There were actually a few tracks on here that I liked, but a lot more that I very much disliked.
Meh
Second time around with this guy. Wasn't impressed the first time. 2nd time around, I thought, he just trying to be annoying with the double album, 2 hours thing. Cut it short and move along, please. Nothing outright terrible, except the flute part halfway through the album, but nothing that made me want to revisit either. I found myself bored. He did make me think of my beautiful wife, with Babe, You Turn Me On. But even then, I didn't like the song much. I kept calling him Nick Cage over the weekend and it got me thinking, what is worse, Cave music or Cage movies. Turns out, I can't really remember much of either one of these guys output. Nick Cage was in Fast Times. He wins. 2
2 Nick Cave is an artist I really want to like - I mean, the guy is supposed a brooding, lyrical icon after all - but I’m still not impressed after listening to this album. After being disappointed with his effort at piano ballads on The Boatman’s Call, I thought I just had to hold out for something more conventional to really understand his charm, but unfortunately I found this even more boring than his piano stuff. As suggested by the title, this is really two separate albums paired together into one release, and I gotta say, there is nothing interesting going on in the the first half, Abattoir Blues. This is rock music at its most generic, and even though I really tried to attach myself to the topics and themes he’s writing about in these songs, the overall songwriting seems to alternate between goofy and bland in such a way that it made it hard for me to dial in on anything he was trying to convey. I picked up that there’s a religious angle he was going for on a few songs, but between the cheesy choruses on songs like Get Ready For Love and Hiding All The Way or his weirdly numerous references to fingering women, I just really couldn’t get too into it. The saving grace from this side is the Johnny Cash-dedicated elegy Let the Bells Ring. The Lrye of Orpheus marks the start of the second album, titled the same, and the change in sound is immediately noticeable. From what I’ve read online, this half is much more indicative of Cave’s typical output, featuring songwriting that I appreciated a bit more - it reminded me of a heavier Leonard Cohen in some ways - but even then I feel like it was only a small improvement above the first half. It has its highs with the title track (best lyric on the album by far is “Eurydice appeared brindled in blood/And she said to Orpheus/If you play that fucking thing down here/I'll stick it up your orifice!”) and my personal favorite song here, Supernaturally, which has the most enjoyable chorus of anything on the album, dare I say bordering on epic. Unfortunately, my least favorite moment is also here in the awkward and out-of-place ballad Baby, You Turn Me On (seriously why does this guy keep mention fingering?) Also, despite being the most popular track on Spotify across his whole discography, I wasn’t too impressed with O Children. I mean, it was effective enough for a closer, but the best this guy has? Really? I really feel like either of these albums released individually could have gotten a 2.5 or even a 3 from me on a good day, but mushed together as is results in an album that feels too long to be this mediocre. I’m still open to listening to more of Cave’s stuff, but let it be known this is Strike 2.
Bad bad seeds.
Jesus .. 1 hr and 22 min .. Not even going to try to break this down by track, just gonna go for bulk effect and highlights / lowlights. Hiding All Away is a pretty cool, bluesy song. It has a rawness and groove that reminds me of White Strips. Weird lyrics, but I'm into it. Builds to quite a climax at the end whose bass line almost reminds me of a Whamola solo I saw from Primus years ago. The next couple of songs are kind of meh. Nature Boy reminds me a bit of Bowie in his delivery, but the song itself is pretty standard / boring. Kind of spaced out for the next several. Nothing much jumping out at me until I got to Spell. Something about that song I really like. The closer O Children does a good job of making its own space to expand into. Probably the most effective song on the album. I think overall, this album does fine service, but is not anything that I find particularly compelling. Maybe I'm not into the Nick Cave aesthetic, but generally I find the songs to be kind of boring in structure and execution.There's nothing outright "bad" here, but nothing compelling me to listen closely or ever again. 2 / 5
Skipped a few songs. I also was not really actively listening to this just had it on in the background I found it hard to focus on it
Зачем было выпускать двойной альбом, если можно было сделать два отдельных?
да, я зумер, который не вывез 82 минуты альбома
I didn't get it.
Gah, what a bloated corpse of an album. Nick Cave is such a tryhard gothy boy and it's a real turnoff. That said, this some of the best musicianship I've heard on a Cave joint. If you pulled his lyrics off of these songs, they'd probably be fantastic. Unfortunately, it's got the stank of Nick's garbage, self-indulgent, "ooh, I'm so dark and edgy" songwriting all over it. And that's a lot of garbage songwriting because this album is WAY too long. Cut a third of them and you might have a half-decent album. Kill your darlings, Nick. You write songs about it all the time. You should be good at it by now.
Don’t love Nick cave but the album seemed ok
I don’t hate it but boy is this a long album that all starts to blend together way too early on. I honestly think there is a good single album in here but the double was not for me.
Uninteresting. I will never get the hype about Nick Cave. His voice isn’t great and his songs can drag out.
It was really boring with slightly odd lyrics and just kept on losing my interest: for what it was I felt it dragged on quite a bit and ended up sounding like a really shitty rock musical
Not my jam!
Not bad but not really my thing
Very bland
No me copó mucho la verdad. Siento que el disco es exageradamente largo, y las canciones suenan bastante parecidas entre sí, sin mucho matiz dentro del disco. 4/10
Thought I’d like it after the second song…nope. So long and singer’s voice is the same throughout and boring. Couldn’t wait for it to be over. 5.3-10.
A couple good songs I liked
Honestly I think getting the murder ballads album first soured me a lot on this band. I would usually say I like darker, melancholy music, but apparently not all of it! Problems for me include the slow pace of almost every song, the singer's voice, and the small variety in style between songs. The end of Supernaturally was my favorite part of this double album. That's another thing, if this was one album I would have rated it higher. As a double album, it was tooooough for me to finish.
This could be the best album ever, but I just don’t like the dude’s voice or the style of music very much. Can’t get into it.
A couple songs I enjoyed and I can see how some people would find this album very good, just not my vibe
Irgendwie nichts für mich
One petty upfront gripe before listening: I really hate it when albums have multiple or dual names. It's just so pretentious and obnoxious. You really couldn't figure out ONE name for your fucking album?? C'mon! Now that I’m actually listening, here’s my legit gripe: an hour and 22 minutes?!? That’s too long! Damn. It’s too much. I enjoy the brooding intensity of some songs, but had it been kept to a tight and focused 45 minute album tops, I would have been able to enjoy it more. It was such a slog. And there’s a serious lack of variety here, there’s long stretches of monotonous droning that are hard to endure. My husband mentioned that the vocals have a later years Eddie Vedder tone to them, which I liked. I think I could get into Nick Cave, but not this album.
I don't believe I was familiar with any of these songs previously. There is no reason for a double album. This is the second Nick Cave album on this list and this one was better than that one.
Not a fan
- not doing it for me. Something about the guy’s voice?
I was expecting so much more given the hype about Nick Cave. Very disappointing.
This album had moments that made me think Tom Waits snuck into another band. While I appreciated the rock aesthetics, I found myself skipping most songs.
A few good seeds in this album from the bad ones. Never been a fan, but I know many are.
I stopped following Nick Cave when Blixa left the band. This record is not as great as the 12 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds records leading up to Nocturama. Doubt I’ll listen to it again but if it comes on I won’t turn it off.
Really liked the first song, and realllly didn't like the rest. Scrapes by with a 2.
Mid… Except Oh Children.. Harry potter
At this point it's clear I simply don't care for Nick Cave. His voice is great but there's not enough going on for me to truly enjoy his style.
I got in to the alternative stuff for a bit but this wasn’t part of it. Can see how it influenced some bands though
this is ok. feels really long. not really my vibe.
As soon as i saw nick cave again i was infinitive on giving a 1, however between a mixture of some not so bad songs and the last one (harry potter!) i’ve decided this album is not nearly as terrible as his others. maybe if i had a few more listens with me he could even get to a 3, but for now he stays a strong 2.
Well I can say that it's not *anywhere* near as bad as the previous THREE albums with Nick Cave (there's no way he didn't blackmail the author/s.). I try to stay objective but thus far when literally more than 1% of the albums thus far are Nick Cave or his crappy offshoots I start to get a little itchy seeing his name pop up this morning... OK OK OK to be fair...this is different. And a different singer would have made this album pretty decent. It really is far better than the previous Nick Cave I've heard - bigger and better mixes, less dry, and better arrangements: in many songs there is clearly more emphasis on melodic craft and instrumentation than his typical gargling vocals. There are definite highlights here. Some songs like "There She Goes, My Beautiful World" even succeed despite him, or generously perhaps... his voice is mixed low enough to actually compliment the song and not be a distraction. There's almost a touch of David Byrne in this? "Nature Boy" is another nice one - a dash of middle/late Springsteen perhaps? A touch of Warren Zevon in some of the slower ballads? "Supernaturally" has a rousing feel to it, like a Spirit of the West shanty. It's all more creative than I'd expected based on previous (more punk/aggressive/noisy) recordings - points for that. I only wish the rest of this (long) album could be like the non-gargle-voice tracks, and some of the slower ones do plod a bit. Honestly - cut this down to a 7-8 song single album and I'd have definite interest. 5/10 2 stars.
“Life passes by at a low interest rate.” Damn, Nick Cave can turn a phrase. Still, I didn’t find the music as engaging as some other Bad Seeds albums.
je m'ennuie
Föll av
I know Nick Cave a little but this is the first album I’ve listened to. Very distinctive voice and style. Although ‘Let the Bells Ring’ sounds a bit like Looking Glass. The song Spell would be a good mix with ‘Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon’ either Urge Overkill or Neil Diamond’s version. So maybe not as distinctive as previously stated. Album a bit Halloween-y without being overly maudlin. The refrain (the singing, not the words) in Abbatoir Blues sounds downright cheerful. Hiding All Away is really good. Some songs went a little too long, as did the album.
10/03/2022 Retrospective listen. This one was.....definitely an album! It was a bit of a fight to finish this one. Some of these songs were unbearable for me personally. Others are pretty good actually, but as an album, this just does NOT work for me. I also saw Nick Cave's image on his spotify artist profile and I was like "oh, so THAT'S who that vato is." I feel like I have seen him everywhere! But yeah, did not enjoy listening to him and probably won't listen to him again! He is obviously very musically tapped in to whatever his vision is/was, but it just doesn't work for me and my tastes and preferences
Meh. I’m not a huge fan of Nick Drake’s voice to begin with and just wasn’t excited about any of the songs on this.
I forget who it was that described The Bad Seeds as punks who can read music. Albums like this show up the inadequacy of the ranking system. I can appreciate the craft that went into this album, and it seems obvious that this collection of songs will speak to people in a way that no one and nothing has ever spoken to them and change their lives and etc etc. So, saying "I didn't like this" is both correct and uselessly subjective. A couple of songs did catch my attention, but it's more abrasive and/or less melodic than the Nick Cave stuff I do like ("Push the Sky Away" and "The Mercy Seat", as respective examples). Oh well...
I have always considered Nick Cave a bit pretentious
Koffor e da så masse nick cave her
Unfortunately I knew as soon as this started that I was not going to enjoy it, and I was mostly correct. One song saved this from being 1 star for me: “There She Goes, My Beautiful World” and to a lesser extent, “Nature Boy.” The rest of it was not my taste.
didnt finish tooo white
Just couldn't get into this one.
Never really a Nick Cave fan, Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus is okay, not really my scene though. 2/5.
Intellectually I feel like this album is decent but I just didn’t enjoy it that much. Maybe I felt like it was trying too hard.
Not my thing
17 mediocre songs. 4/10
I don't imagine I'd be listening to this album again in totality
I always enjoy listening to a Nick Cave song. I never enjoy listening to more than one Nick Cave song.
Just felt pretentious and too much for me. Occasionally a song or two would have good moments, but not enough to bring me back to this one.
Shit... not this guy again. This was fine, I don't like this style of music.
Songs that are stories Fable of the Brown Ape was mad funny and I actually liked it The Lyre of Orpheus was also good Nature Boy was good Overall good, just not something I'd listen to really
Not a fan of nick cave and his repetitive melancholy.
0/3 for Nick Cave albums for me. Lead off track was fine, but the rest was more of the same. Double albums are exhausting.
Some good stuff here. A bit bloated with non-essential tracks. That's what a double album can do. I'm sure people out there love the whole thing.
Enjoyable. But don't need to listen again.
Couldn't get into this. Nick Cave's voice doesn't do it for me, and I just wasn't feeling the emotion behind the songs. 2.5/5 stars
This album is musically excellent. I can hear that this should be a classic, but for some reason I just couldn't get into the vibe of this one. Individually I think some tracks would be enjoyable, but as a whole the double album feels like a bit of a slog to sit through. Maybe I'm in the wrong headspace, maybe it's just not for me.
Too long, didn't Listen
Not a great singer, backing singers overused, just annoying after not too long. Enjoyed Let The Bells ring (no backing singers - thank fuck). It's ok, doubt I'd listen to it again. Oh and it's a long listen. Brevity Nick, brevity.
Not my favorite story album. Some decent songs but some are quite abrasive and melancholy without being touching.
Couple of great songs but most songs were a miss
This double album is the 13th from Australian alt rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The first half of the double album - 'Abattoir Blues' - is the more rock and roll themed side with a bluesy feel. While the second half - 'The Lyre of Orpheus' - is gentler, quieter, and more elegant. This album was an interesting step into gothic rock for me. Not sure how I like it, but the music on this album was a great listen either way.
I only knew 'Into My Arms' before this album - I expecting more of that vibe. The gothic rock took me by surprise! Not for me, but I can see what they were going for. I enjoyed 'There She Goes, My Beautiful World', it was more upbeat than the rest. 2.5 stars, really but I doubt I'll return so 2 stars it is.
2/5 naaaah
It certainly wasn't horrible to listen to, but I wouldn't want to hear it again. No recognized songs
Not a lot of enjoyment out of this one. It just kept going forever.
Fuck this shit man
This was my first time listening to a full album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. I've heard a few tracks from Nick Cave, and the band The Birthday Party was a previous suggestion on this list - so I've heard music from Cave before. I still don't like it. Most of the album was trying to reach up towards okay. Cave's music is dark and gloomy, putting many of his tracks in the "don't like" category. "Fable of the Brown Ape" sealed the deal on this album. It's the worst of what I don't like from Cave.
Oli jo vähän parempaa Nickiä, kun vertaa siihen älämölölevyyn, joka kulki jollain toisella nimellä. Mutta ei tällä kuuhun menty
Oh no, it's another Nick Cave album. And it's a fucking hour and a half long, oh god. Okay, I'll give it a go, but if it's as bad as the previous one I will just skip my way through it. First song is decent, but song 2 is already annoying again. The music is okay; every time a song starts I start getting into it, but I guess there is just something about his voice that is not for me. He just sounds very constipated on most of the songs, especially those on Volume 2. Overall Volume 1 was ok-ish, but just not for me. 2 stars, I guess?
Absolutely not a good fit for my mood today. Under other circumstances, I still wouldn't like it very much, but I wouldn't loathe it the way I do 1 star entries. 2 stars.
it was fine
More aggressive out the gate than I was expecting. Get Ready For Love is a wall of noise. Got an oogy-boogy psycho circus kinda feel. Track 2 is a ballad with mouth harps. Ooh, the drums just kicked in. It's a good one. Feels deserty. Track 2 is thumping, yes melancholic and beautiful. Track 3, There Is A War Comin, has big stomps and gospel choirs. Track 4, Messiah Ward, brings more chill and interesting sounds. Steady slow beat. There She Goes My Beautiful World, big production, not very interesting. All these songs are too long. All in all, I dislike the bombastic songs and much prefer the quieter ones.
2/5 - Nope.
Meh. I didnt finish
Kinda reminds me of Leonard Cohen. Not much of a fan. The melodies are not very melodic, and I like that in a song.
Just awful. Clunking and dull. Voice is painful to listen to. Some of the lyrics OK so should probably have just written this stuff down and entered high school poetry contest instead.
This really isn't it for me. Kind of surprised how many track plays some songs have too on Spotify to be honest. 4/10.
Nada que resaltar
Con éste vato es raro a veces me late a veces no... en éste me dio weba terminar el disco.
Not my bag
Meh
The lyrics are interesting and I generally like the music, but combined they create something that I definitely wouldn't listen to again.
Bastante medicore
This album is white rice. Bland. Could I live off it for every meal? Technically yes, although likely with some severe vitamin deficiencies. Would I ever choose it for my next meal? No, not unless there were a tasty main dish paired with it. I know 1001 albums are a lot, but I cannot understand how this is on the list. I do not care for the lead singer’s voice. Even the Wikipedia page had nothing remarkable to offer. No ground breaking aspect to speak of. Just plain white rice.
This album was both loud and annoying. A few lyrics kept it from being a 1.
boring
Listening to an album shouldn't feel like work.
I listened to this whole fucking double album and I don't remember a single thing about it
Everyone's favorite edgy guy is back! Honestly didn't like this as much as Murder Ballads, even if I was kinda looking forward to hearing his (more) normal music. This didn't make much of an impact on me, and was too long to focus on it well enough
A mí como que no me entonó este trip. Soy muy fan de Nick Cave pero este disco doble está muy cansado de escuchar y no enganché realmente. El coro femenino tampoco me gustó. Me gustó Cannibal’s Hymn y Hiding All Away del Abattoir Blues. The Lyre of Orpheus es brutal. Carry Me también me gustó. O Children es Bella. Creo que no es una buena forma de entrarle al Nick Cave pero bueno.
Didn’t really get on with this album. Seemed like there was too much going on in every song.
How to rate something that I couldn't listen to for more than 3 songs? Its not necessarily bad, just not to my taste. Trying to be as objective as possible
Interesting...needs another listen
Had good moments but overall not great
A good record, but not my bag. A bit too long, but some songs make for some serene night driving. STANDOUTS: -Get Ready for Love -Cannibal’s Hymn -Hiding All Away -The Lyre of Orpheus -Babe, You Turn Me On -Supernaturally -O Children
Hard to get into. Feels like you need to really absorb lyrics but the music and voice doesn’t make me want to dive in. Feels like it insists upon itself.
Didn’t listen to all of it, but wasn’t a big fan of what I did hear
Can be powerful at times, but overall not my thing.
Couldn’t get in
Weird
Nick Cave has the same vibe as Tom Waits which doesn't work with me as much as I want it to
i kept listening thinking it might be good eventually 😭
Yeah, not a fan. This the second or third Nick Cave and I find the music to be dull.
Love O Children but the rest isn’t really my cup of tea
not a Nick Cave head, not even a little bit
Not for me
Ass
Just no. I'm done. Nick Cave can have one damn album that must be listened to. Literally every one of his songs is interchangeable. Pick your favorite depressing story; that's the album, listen to it, and you're done. Now you've heard all you need to of Nick Cave. If you want more, go find it, but don't subject the rest of us to this nonsense.
🤮
Not for me
This sucks, every song is too long, I don’t care about what the lyrics say, worst album by far. I don’t understand what all the 5 star reviews see in it, I wish I did so that I could’ve enjoyed that hour and a half of my life that I’ll never get back
Un poco caca, disco indie standar, estoy un poco cansada de escuchar siempre lo mismo en este género.
couldn't wait for it to be over. mostly bad.
I don't fully get why this is on the list. Maybe at the time it was created, it felt like this album did something specific, like bringing an older rock sound into the 21st century. However, to me, this sounds very generic. If I hadn't read that this was an Australian artist, I would have thought it was an American band. Rock is my main genre but not this rock.
Please stop with Nick Cave. In no way does he warrant this many albums, if any, in the top 1001
Nobody wants to hear the twelve bar blues - also zumindest ich nicht von diesem Kerl.
3 tracks in, doing absolutely nothing for me.
Pretentious
I just don't like it, its so coarse and thick and not very musical. There seems to be some message I don't feel interested in deciphering.
não gostei
ssnnnnzzz
Não consegui escutar
not my thing at all. got tired of it very quickly
Nick Cave seems to be a really nice dude, but the music is just insufferable. Boring blues rock with the theatrical / circus shit meter cranked up to the max ... aka the worst of all possible worlds. This is the first time I stopped an album of the day prematurely. How anyone can willingly suffer to 1 hour and 20 minutes of this is beyond me.
Absolut grässlich und never-ending. Damit hat Nick Cave jeglichen Tatendrang für heute eliminiert
Histrionic
O children lo unico rescatable
Me no likey. Bro is just whiney
boring again
Jedinica iz principa. // Bila bi jedva dvica jer ughhhhhhh Nick Cave.
I feel Nick Cave's value was in live performances rather than audio recordings. Just not good listening for me.
Some of the choruses were kinda catchy but the album was a bit weird to me.
No pop filter?
This is divorced dad music. Never seen the appeal in nick cave from any angle. Devoid of anything particularly interesting but no major faults as in it’s not gratingly bad I just can’t fathom why anyone would put this on. Mediocre
I still do not understand Nick Cave
Not for me.
Ni lo voy a acabar q coñazo
Oh my… yeah this is a no for me dog.
Ughhh I wanted to like this, and was excited when it popped up but man it was a struggle. It’s partially his voice, and how un-melodic it is but also the music is pretentious somehow, like he’s trying to make “cultured punk rock” and for me it just falls flat.
This is a carryover 1 star from the last Nick Cave album I had to suffer through. This one was not as bad, but still: 1.
This was truly a drag to get through. I found myself wishing most of the songs would come to an end as quickly as possible. There are a few tracks that I didn't feel the need to skip, but they felt like a breath of fresh air from the other dismal, confusing songs. Certainly not for me.
Not my cup of tea
The only thing I can say about this is that my teacher loves Nick Cave, and she has awful taste.
Meh
Ok so uh I know I said I liked Ghosteen a lot but what the hell is this. What if we took all the self-reflection and replaced with a song about Orpheus's skull getting smashed? The blues and rock are too simple in composition so they're nothing worth listening to. There's some snippets of good music (adding a choir to any song will do that) but yuck. Why was this a double album? First one I actually started skipping songs on.
An album with a couple songs that were not the worst songs I ever heard. Congratulations, Nick!
I don’t really feel like listening to 1 hour and 22 minutes of Christian rock… I’m good. I’ll skip around this one to get a sense of the vibe I guess
No ei kyllä lähtenyt yhtään. En varmaan sitten ole vaan tarpeeksi älykäs ymmärtääkseni tätä, mutta jotenkin tulee mieleen että Nick Cave vaan trollaa ihmisiä. Ihan hevonpaskaa omaan korvaan.
This was a slog
Never again
Awful.
Why the fuck are there multiple Nick Cave albums? The audacity to make this ear rot a double LP is even crazier. I genuinely have no interest listening to some guy moan Christian rock like this ever again.
Nick Cave, what a bore, man, wow. I think it is so interesting, like Santana action happening here, and guitar work. Nature Boy is straight up like Santana literally. It sounds nice, playing-wise, but it is so, So repetitive and forgetful. O children is very forgetable the back half of this after the lyre song is kinda boring this really is a 1 I did not enjoy this I will never remember you Nick cave and your singing style is droney and so bland.
Doesn’t do it for me. Repetitive and stabbing ad naseum
Couldn't even finish it 😭
A few interesting moments. Did not finish the whole thing
Not for me 1/5 didn’t finish the album 2/5 didn’t keep the album 3/5 kept it and will listen when songs randomly show up on shuffle 4/5 kept it and will listen to it again front to back on my phone 5/5 buying the vinyl
The best thing about this album is it's the fifth and final Nick "overrated" Cave and the Bad Seeds album on this list. HUZZAH! I deserve a merit badge.
Another Nick Cave, another 1
Too fucking long. Didn't listen.
Did not like
Enough Nick Cave already!
I don’t CARE if he’s Australian he makes music for WANKERS. If you make an album this fucking long it better not waste a single minute of that runtime. Nick Cave you have ROBBED me of PRECIOUS time I could have been listening to trains going past or construction noise.
The Fosters Beer of musicians, popular overseas but you will never meet any tolerable person in Australia who listens to him. Two discs, seventeen songs and not one of them has answered for me why this guy is so popular. Instead of going on a massive tirade about how fucking boring and long this was, I am just going to say the quest continues to answer that question.
Definitely bad seeds. 😳
Do not like the voice
Real nothing burger
Rock/rockabilly style music. Didn’t feel it was representative of 2000’s and something that would have been performed by local band at a dive? Wasn’t a fan
Das erste Lied und das Cover passen nicht zusammen. Sagen wir es so, das war jetzt nicht so meins…
Not for me.
Lead singer has a really limited vocal range. Paired with the pretty repetitive instrument usage, I found the songs to be pretty bland, uninteresting, and uninspiring. Wasn't sure how I felt about the ties into scripture, but they were very prevalent. 3/10
More like Nick Cave and the Bad Songs, imo. I hated this album so much I stayed at the album an hour late just so I wouldn't have to listen to the rest of it in the morning.
Not all seeds need to grow into flowers, not all things in caves need to see the sun
No more God Damn Nick Cave.
If only there was a zero score button
I hate this. The first album has all the shitty parts of blues rock and southern gothic tropes. There's a bit of Rolling Stones in here as well as Elton's rhythm and blues pastiche. Jumpin Jack Flash meets Crocodile Rock. The second album is some acoustic gothic ballad crap.
nice but little depressing
I really didn't like nor enjoy the listening of that double album
Wait. What? 82 minutes of this dude again?! Cruel and unnecessary. While this thankfully wasn't as artificially macabre as "Murder Ballads", the overdramatization was still about as compelling as a high school musical. And like such productions, it ran painfully too long. This should have been two shitty albums instead of one large pile of crap... or better yet, not have existed at all. Seriously, I might have considered giving this a 2 for the quality of its instrumentation and production, but the combination of its unconvincing delivery and relentless length fail it.
This guy again? This was nonsense. I’m thankful this was a double album though. If he split it into two separate albums the creators of this list would have been inclined to use two slots on this list. Which two slots more than it should have.
not a fan
Not a fan of nick cave
I am clearly not hip enough to love Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds as much as the critics from Pitchfork or the people that made this list that are trying to cram Nick Cave down my throat 6 (6! fucking 6!) times. The music is ho hum modern gothic blues done better by other artists. The lyrics float willy nilly between 'almost great, where is this going' to 'did 7th grader write this for his poetry class'. This feels like the kind of group its fans would hate if they sold 8 million copies of an album. I wouldn't leave the room if it was playing but I am most certainly never going to purposely play any of it.
too long
Had higher hopes. This sucked
Not my jam
Boring.
I did not listen but I don’t like his name
I don’t like Nick
made it halfway through wasnt for me. sorry I tried 😓😓😓
I found this quite boring.
Well they can’t all be winners. A double album of this nature is a lot of music, I think I just don’t Vibe with gothic rock if that’s what this is. A lot of the music in this style is not for me. 1 of 5.
Not my cup of tea
Why was this so long
I am hating this!!!!!!!! Too long! Easy Money is the best song, but that’s not saying a lot. It is easy to work while listening to this in the background. Not distracting.
I guess I just don't "get" Nick Cave or the author of this list's obsession with his music. I've had 3 or 4 of Nick Cave's albums so far and I haven't liked any of them. This one is just like the others. I don't like his singing and the music is nothing special.
just no
Disc 1 is like a 3/10 Disc 2 yucky
Not for me. 1/5
not a fan
Are we done with the Nicks yet? Pretty please?
nah not my jazz
Brutal
Nick Cave sucks
It took a while (lol, because it's a long album) to figure out why this didn't lock in for me. It's all very technically competent - no question, these are very proficient musicians - but it's like music for music nerds. Like, yeah, they're doing Good Musical Techniques, but it somehow falls short of Good Music, because it's ... boring. It's showing off.
Nope.
this was really not enjoyable... all the way until "fable of the brown ape," and then it was torture. i did not listen to the second half.
This was a slog. And long. Saying more would be too give more time to an album that has already taken enough of it.
I just don't like this band. I've tried, it never works. I think it might be his singing because some of the music is great, or at least interesting. But that talk singing gets so old so fast. I'm not totally anti-Nick Cave, I like Grinderman, but every time I've tried the Bad Seeds I bounce off of it. This band almost certainly deserves a better rating but hits my internal rule: if you can't get all the way through it, it's an automatic 1. You know what? I went to listen to Grinderman to make myself feel better and I don't like them all that much either, really just a couple of songs.
oh my god what the fuck i don’t think i can finish this album😭😭😭💔 THE OPENING TRACK IS ALREADY PISSING ME OFF. sorry i can’t afford to finishing this monstrosity xx
Hate it less than The Verve, but still hated it.
Not a fan. The lead singer's voice is very unpleasant to me and the songs all blend together, each one is individually repetitive and that makes the whole album boring. Favourite tracks: Spell, O Children
Skipped it, I already know, based on the 3 other album he has that I've reviewed, that it's not my thing and I have NO idea how he keeps making this list. Weak sauce!
Seemed way to try hard and it all sounded the same.
Now for the 4th time: I don't need the experience listening to Nick Cave!
Not a huge Nick Cave fan. A few catchy songs, but not memorable.
Not good
I’ve already hated the two albums of this group I’ve gotten already, so not even going to try to act like the 3rd time is the charm. 3 fucking albums of this shit already on this list. 1001 albums and we need 3 of them? And this is 1 hour and 22 minutes…. Come the hell on already.
While I appreciate Cave’s zeal and originality, I really hate this. I really try to listen to each album through but this one I’m bailing on.
maybe the most unnecessary double album i've ever encountered? not much deviation from the standard nick cave experience
So much promise that repeatedly gets squandered. Instrumentals start out interesting, plateau for ages, then finally start to build just in time for the track to end. The same choir is pulled out over and over to add drama but it falls flat the more the same trick is used. The singer has neither range nor an interesting tone and sings like he thinks he's doing something when he's really not. Sometimes the stars align and things sound great for a bit, only for it to slip away again. Lyrics extremely hit or miss, like if Ian Dury woke up one day and decided he was Leonard Cohen.
I don't like don't understand give 1 star its like about love don't like love songs boring beat doesn't hype me up doesn't make me move just boring. I don't recommend the song
Do you like horrible songs that don't make sense, and have a horrible band? Then I don't know what you listen to, because this is complete trash. I can't understand what they are saying. Also the band is horrible, it is too loud with the singer. The only thing I like about it is the beat. DO NOT LISTEN.
Why? Just. Why? This is one of the WORST albums I've ever listened to. The lead singer's voice is just not good, and he doesn't have a very good range. The only good thing about this album in my opinion is the drums in the background and guitar. The beat is okay as well, but still, I do NOT like this album. I think you should NEVER listen to this album, in my opinion.
beyond bad, 2 albums of hot trash
Has writing about these albums become an exercise to ward off the onset of dementia? Probably. Anyway, here’s 90 minutes of your barista’s favourite singer. I expected crooning of the bat. I instead got rock. It’s fine. Kind of Vegas-y which I’m sure is ironic, but it sucks. Don’t say defrock. I am NOT in the mood for this. This song fucking sucks. This one is better. Slightly more interest building with this kind of vibe. Psychobilly feeling. I like it. This song ALSO sucks. Santana backing up Fat Elvis. Why is this the most interesting music ever written to some people? Boring. What can I say about this. It doesn’t really elicit conversation. It’s just simple rock with a glittery, yet somehow painfully dull sheen. Glen Danzig type beat. This really is fat Elvis if he was trying to hit on a Zooey Deschanel character in an early 2000s romantic comedy set in New York. It’s better when the Vegas rock fades away but here’s the deal. I have decided that Nick Cave sucks as a vocalist. That’s going to be an obstacle here. The lyrics aren’t even cool. I thought that’s what I would be the one saving grace. It is not. Let the bells ring has started promisingly. He does less of the throaty warble. And back into big airy Elvis rock. It’s dead. This thing sucks too. There really are interesting alt-rock outfits out there. This isn’t one of them. Skinny rat faced guy = interesting. Ok. Actually weird start. I like the first couple seconds. WHY. No Vegas flourishes, please. Ah you know, the verses are so interesting here, this one gets a pass. I actually like this song. Part 2. Oh god am I starting to enjoy this?? Am I the barista? I like this song so far again. If Nick isn’t singing that much, there are good ideas there. Storytelling quality to the last two songs. Could do without saying “mama” ever, but hey it’s not that bad. It’s getting worse. This really doesn’t need to be 4 minutes let alone 6. Ruined by the end. Thanks Nick. Oh my god something that isn’t annoying and grandiose?? And then he sings. Honestly, run a blender instead. Worked for Lou Reed. Man this puppy morphed into a Margaritaville for fans of Scott pilgrim really quick. Big thumbs down. Nah. Ante (deeeeep sigh). This is disgusting. Ah well. Obviously I’m a shitty writer, so I can’t criticize, but I will anyway. The lyrics are lame and at times highly cringeworthy and the music sounds like what you may hear in the waiting room at a tanning salon. There’s something so unlikeable about this. I almost wish I could hear it rearranged by a different artist. There’s almost something good happening at times. But the singing and the flourishes are too much. The lyrics are also revolting just stop talking about anything you do physically/carnally. I’m going to be ill. Also, every song could cut two refrains off. Easy money. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I’m about to tap out. Lumineers with a drunk Elvis impersonator at the wheel. Three left. He can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing he can’t sing. He thinks he can though, and has therefore made a living. Isn't the free market the best? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 6 minutes to go baby. Happiest I’ve been today. It’s started off predictably horrible. DoOoOoOne, RuUuUuN. STOP. I’m obviously a big dweeb who likes discovering music myself and maybe this list wasn’t the best way to go about things. I’ll persevere because it’s important to hear what people think is good. That way I can roll around in my straitjacket and cackle as I wrestle with the realization that I’m an alien. 2 good songs and 15 self-indulgent, empty, unappealing and bombastic (for no reason) journeys through the mind of a man too boring to be fully weird. 1-1.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Hiding All Away, Fable of the Brown Ape
I think this is, by some miracle, the 4th album by this group that has appeared on this list. I don't know who they had to bribe to get this many but I have to assume it cost them a lot of money.
Dire. Why is this album even on here? I am sure it's not the first time this artist has appeared either. I don't get it.
I have to admit - there was a brief moment where I thought that this album could get a 2 (it’s better than the last one). Then I realized there was still 45 minutes left of the album. Trash
Do you think if Nick Cave just played music in a garage instead of in recording studios that he would get welfare checks called in by his neighbors? Because I do. Not nearly as bad as Murder Ballads, but way too long and still not for me.
Nope. Still not a Nick Cave fan. I enjoyed two songs off this album. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World" and "Nature Boy". But for every one of those we get a "Fable of the Brown Ape". I liked 2 out of 17 songs or 11.7% of this album. I guess that puts this in the 1 star range.
Sucks big fucking dicks
Not my taste in music
Hipster Bruce Springsteen
I did not like this album
I can not imagine anyone that could listen to the first track and think to themselves: This is pretty good.
Do not like
Not for me. Did not vibe the 45 year alternative for dads vibe.
It feels like the dudes were just trying to play something lyrical but forgot to tune the instruments or maybe I misunderstood something. 1/5
I know Nick Cave is highly revered, but this is my first time listening to one of his albums and it did nothing for me. Honestly, it sounded pretty boring.
Hard pass... Nick Cave thanks for your effort, but you are not for me. This album is like Lulu before Lulu
hate his voice, and the music was not my style
I was creeped out the whole time. The vibe was not for me
Do no like this one, Sunday morning, is it just me?
I know there are many fans. I am not one of them.
Feh
Oddly some songs were really bad while a few were decent. I didn’t think I’d like any of them at all.
This does nothing for me
Started out reminding me of a contemporary church service ended wanting me to throat punch this pretentious goth blow hard
So boring and uninteresting that it borders on being offensive, and I would call if offensive if it was able to elicit any kind of emotion out of me.
Turned off this LP halfway through the second side after suffering through my ears being shattered on the first. Terrible mixing means being absolutely assaulted by undetailed guitar noise at all times, blitheringly pretentious lyrics, a corny and unhelpful gospel choir parroting Cave's lurid voice constantly. Incredibly long with nothing but vague meandering at all times and the same same same same same tone means I didn't know when one song led into the next. Horrid.
I think Nick is angry
Not fun at all.
I wanted to like this but no…
Not good whatsoever
This was only on the list so you could appreciate how good albums can be
Did not listen to very many songs. Not my type of music here
Couldn't listen to more than two songs,.... How did this get in the list?!?
It feels so slooooow
glad its over
Hard no! Hard to listen to…too angry
hated it.