Advantages: The "best" of nick cave and the bad seeds, Cave's vocals, great songs, wonderful lyrics Disadvantages: Some "bad" songs
NickCave and the Badseeds put their best songs together on an album and this is what we end up with. A sixteen track CD, wich has songs dating right through their career together (almost). Cave got with the Badseeds in 1984 and this album goes as far back as that an all the way upto 1997 (The boatmans call). The album takes songs from each of the albums in this time peroid (though as the inlay booklet confess, not in chronological order).
Cave and the badseeds, have been described as being "Post-punk", "alt-rock" and "rock" all of these and more could be used to explain the bands sounds. Caves deep vocals as well as the musical arrangements which spand from simple to incredibly difficult, mixed with the dark and deep lyrics, allow this album to be a show case of NickCave and The BadSeeds.
So the songs list from their rather ...
Advantages: Great lyrics, Great songs, Great Concept, Great Album Disadvantages: You will become a lifelong fan of Cave, costing money,
Murder Ballads is possibly NickCave and the BadSeeds most well known album, partly thanks to the duet with Kylie Minogue, but mainly because it is one of the greatest albums ever released.
The concept was that each song would tell a tale of murder, amongst other subjects, and the addition of some guest stars playing the parts of different characters (PJ Harvey on "henry lee" and kylie on "where the wild roses grow") simply adds to the effect. It also finds Cave at his best lyrically, not only with his own brand new compositions, but also when taking traditional songs and giving them his own sadistic twist, as on what is possibly his heaviest and dirtiest ever song, "Stagger Lee".
When you take into account that all these tales are completely seperate, it is amazing how well the album flows together. The heavier tracks such as "The ...
Advantages: stunning lyrics, and melodies Disadvantages: a couple of slightly weak tracks
Looking back I've missed a number of seminal albums, as they passed me by. I remember being at Glastonbury in 1998 but don't remember seeing the wonderful NickCave and the BadSeeds, as I only knew him from his duet with Kylie Minouge ?Where the Wild Roses Grow?. Fast forward eleven years and his beautifully sublime album ?The Boatman Calls? is one of my most played albums. Released in 1997 The Boatmen Calls? is Cave's 10th studio album and very different from the ones that have come before such as the ?Murder Ballads? Gone are the tales of violence, instead we have Cave in a very mellow, reflective mood pondering on love, redemption, spirituality and his previous, often failed relationships. From laments and odes to P J Harvey (Black Hair, West Country Girl and Green Eyes) to the unravellings of his marriage (People Ain't no Good ...
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Product details
Title
Live Seeds
Performer
Nick Cave/Bad Seeds (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Alternative
Release Date
08/1996
Recomended Retail Price
10.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1993
Label / Distributor
Mute / EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics
Guest Artist(s)
Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Live
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5016025911226
Catalogue Number
LCDSTUMM 122
Additional notes
Album Notes
The 1997 reissue of LIVE SEEDS contains all new packaging. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nick Cave (vocals); Mick Harvey (guitar, xylophone, background vocals); Blixa Bargeld (guitar, background vocals); Conway Savage (piano, organ, background vocals); Martyn P. Casey (bass, background vocals); Thomas Wydler (drums). Recorded in Europe and Australia from 1992-1993. Nick Cave has gone through many changes in his career: from his bellowing mad-singer days in the Birthday Party to blues-inspired-lounge-singer-in-Eternity's-waiting-room. In between, he recorded live shows in 1992 and 1993 for LIVE SEEDS, and it ably sums up the power of Cave's music up to that time. In his solo career, Cave has fallen under the spell of American blues and gospel and Anglo-American mythology, and his interest/obsession shines throughout these inspired performances. "Papa Won't Leave You Henry" is structured like a sea shanty, but the lyrics are about a dark journey of brothels and murder. "Brother My Cup Is Empty" is almost a creepy, bluesy country song (written by Kurt Weil and Bertold Brecht, if you can imagine that). "Tupelo" is another dark blues-drenched tale, and the gospel-inspired closer, "New Morning" finishes on a hopeful note. The Bad Seeds' playing is punchy and driven, with individual players punctuating the singer's tales appropriately. Cave is part weary world traveler, part sodden blues singer, part the demented preacher from NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (where preacher Robert Mitchum had "love" and "hate" tattooed on the knuckles of his hands)--declaring, raving, doing battle with his demons. With Cave, you can never tell who wins.
Album Reviews
Spin (11/93, p.133) - Highly Recommended - "...[Nick Cave] sings the hell out of songs he wavered or growled around before....for the uninitiated, it's a solid introduction to a genius-type..." Q (10/93, p.104) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...[Nick] Cave has theatricalized his performance...keeping the songs in focus, as abetted by the Bad Seeds...[LIVE SEEDS] breathes authentic brimstone..." Melody Maker (9/4/93, p.32) - "...LIVE SEEDS captures the full, red- blooded, blues-smeared, genius-streaked monty of a band 10 years into a career that continues to astonish and intrigue at every turn..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Mercy Seat
2.
Deanna
3.
Ship Song
4.
Papa Won't Leave You Henry
5.
Plain Gold Ring
6.
John Finn's Wife
7.
Tupelo
8.
Brother My Cup Is Empty
9.
Weeping Song
10.
Jack The Ripper
11.
Good Son
12.
From Her To Eternity
13.
New Morning
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