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ARTIST BINGE #1 : NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, PART 7.
What a wild turn for Nick.
We are in 1992 when "Henry's Dream" - Nick Cave's seventh album - is born. Two years after "The Good Son", on which the Australian singer seemed soothed and in love, "Henry's Dream" arrives as its exact opposite: violent, visceral, black and particularly Rock 'n' Roll. Nick Cave is for me one of the best artists of all time. Henry's Dream is one of the few Bad Seeds albums that ... read more
Nick is in full preacher mode for parts of this record and it is a joy to behold. His vocal delivery here straddles all of the different eras of his career and is spectacular. The production has always felt a little off for me on this LP and accordingly the score suffers a little because of it, but this is rollocking good fun and has one of his all time great songs on it.
Essential Track - Straight To You
"Henry's Dream" isn't the most consistent Nick Cave record, but it's still very entertainingly-written and enjoyable throughout, with lots of stories to tell and, despite the band rejecting it, it's still another great in his discography.
Fav Tracks: I Had a Dream, Joe; Straight to You; Brother, My Cup Is Empty; Jack the Ripper; Papa Won't Leave You, Henry; Loom of the Land
Least Fav Track: John Finn's Wife
Score:
9
Outstanding
First 4 tracks are amazing, after that the album is definitely less consistent but still good with the occasional song that matches the quality of the first 4. Great album.
Favorites: Papa Won't Leave You, Henry; Straight to You; I Had a Dream, Joe; John Finn's Wife; Brother, My Cup Is Empty
My Dad's fav album so i'm a little biased. While super messy at parts it just goes hard af imo. I love that drunken chaos he portrays here. Good one Dad
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Track List
| 1 | Papa Won't Leave You, Henry 5:55 | 88 |
| 2 | I Had a Dream, Joe 3:42 | 85 |
| 3 | Straight to You 4:34 | 90 |
| 4 | Brother, My Cup Is Empty 3:02 | 84 |
| 5 | Christina the Astonishing 4:51 | 77 |
| 6 | When I First Came to Town 5:21 | 86 |
| 7 | John Finn's Wife 5:13 | 87 |
| 8 | Loom of the Land 5:07 | 80 |
| 9 | Jack the Ripper 3:45 | 81 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
Added on: February 15, 2013