19-06-2014, 07:50
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NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS "henry's dream" cd, 1992
career stats:
studio albums.....15
singles...............31
this album......#41 AU, #29 UK
singles:
"straight to you".........#96 AU,#72 UK
"i had a dream,joe"....#75 AU,#85 UK
Nick and his Bad Seeds' seventh album...
this one,IMO, is probably the most accessable album of his for a first time listener...
its upbeat,its catchy and more commercialised than everything he has made,the exception being the "dig lazeruz,dig" album...
the experts call this his "americana" album, i hate that term 'americana'...it gets bandied around willy-nilly nowadays, but i guess to an extent it could fit that mould as theres a bit of blues and rock on here...
only one so-called murder ballad on this one in 'john finn's wife', in which Cave manages to rhyme 'confetti' with 'machete'...LMAO!, really, only Cave could envision that and get away with it.
elsewhere,there is probably the greatest ballad Nick Cave has ever sung in "straight to you" which almost comes across as a real love song,well, as close as you'd expect from Cave anyway!
all-up a brilliant,brilliant album from "the prince of goth".
its just a crying shame Nick Cave really hasnt achieved the commercial success he deserves, but thats probably the way he likes it!
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: john finn's wife
best track: straight to you
tracks:
1. papa wont leave you,henry ***
2. i had a dream,joe ***
3. straight to you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbOHXMtelU vevo video
4. brother my cup is empty ***
5. christina,the astonishing **
6. when first came to town **
7. john finn's wife **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADpHWOqE8i8 audio
8. loom of the land **
9. jack the ripper **
3s=4
2s=5
1s=0
rating: 2.4
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.