Reviews (page 7 of 7)
Imagine if the most annoying person you know forced you to go to an off broadway musical they produced. This is the soundtrack. The best thing I can say about this is that "Straight to you" sounds like an old Hootie and the Blowfish song. I don't like Hootie and the Blowfish.
Weird, didn’t enjoy it
Every shit thing he thought got recorded. And all of it made this list.
His music is really hit or miss for me. This was a miss
Not for me.
Is this a joke?
Despite the list owner loving Nick Cave, I sadly do not. Really really grating voice. Spoils every track tbh. Please no more, this is #3 and I'm only a third of the way through the list. Make it stop.
I don’t understand why so many Nick Cave albums are necessary. Emphasis on the BAD seeds because what is going on here. The very first sound of this album I immediately knew it would consist of 45 minutes of torture, and I was right. His voice is excruciating to listen to and the music along with it is just horrible as well.
Dumb. I mostly hate reading the off-putting and closed-minded Robert Christgau but he nailed it here: "...if this is your idea of great writing, you may be ripe for his cult. Otherwise, forget it—the voice alone definitely won't do the trick." also this is the 93rd Nick Cave album on this list. 92.5 too many. 2/10 1 star
Starting to think this guy might be more annoying that Tom Waits. That typical "troubador" type style that just doesn't work for me, at all. Opening with an absolute dud of a track, "Papa Won't Leave You." I think Henry would prefer a little alone time, maybe some peace and quiet (don't worry: I confirmed that Henry is not actually the name of any of his sons, this one's fiction so I don't feel bad poking fun). Aside from that, yeah the album is more or less just shitty goofy songs from a guy who's convinced he's in some higher plane relationship with music. Can you tell I'm becoming a hater? Ghosteen was great, I think I kinda liked Skeleton Tree too, but the bit has worn very thin for me, I just simply cannot be bothered with this, frankly, pretty awful music. Favorite tracks: Straight to You. Album art: Part of me likes this for the color and variety, but another part of me just sees it as a stupid picture of Nick Cave on a billboard. 1.5/5
Didn't even waste my time with this tone deaf BS. Imagine 2 albums of this garbage on this list... Geez. Hope they don't show up again
Same as the other nick cave albums, I just don't get it. Quite like his voice, the music is fine without anything really standing out but the lyrics get on my nerves. A bit like Paul Simon as Jack pointed out, the sort of random conversation/story approach to these songs doesn't work at all in my opinion. Wouldn't listen again, I'm just not a Nick Cave fan.
Nicht so meins
Not for me
Stopped after swearing started
Waste of my time. A million boos.
I had hope for this because I like the album cover but wow I hated that so much.
It sounds like the music that a band in a movie about the rise and fall of a shaggy glam rock band with a real bastard singer would play and you'd think, hey that sounds pretty decent for a band from a movie, they really nailed how a band like that would sound. Some good atmospheric reverb&tremolo guitar sounds. The songs are dark and moody with a driving propulsive energy that suits the histrionic spiraling vocals. He has a very vegemite hit or miss voice, and it's a miss for me. That makes paying close attention to the lyrics - which meant to be the selling point? The storytelling and the characters? - a bit tough since it means focusing in on the most annoying part of the music: his pseudo Jim Morrison goth crooning. I guess they have a cult following, from decent live shows and lyrical lore, but I wonder if it isn't maybe among people who, in general, prefer movies to music? Even the cover suggests that interpretation.
I'd accept this album as an outro ending track for a show -- nothing else. Edgy slam poetry for guys who like beer and westerns. 1/5 - "Not listening to this again."
Did not enjoy. Not my kind of thing.
One listen was enough, lacks musicality.
Not for me
So Nick was angry, got drunk, went to a karaoke bar, and somebody recorded it. Got it. Enough with the Nick Cave albums already, ffs.
My second album by these folks and I haven’t been a fan of either.
This guy has way too many albums on this list. How much depressing talk singing can one person make yet alone listen to. Nick cave is probably now one of my least favorite artists because of this list. 2.7/10
Do people think this is good?
Droney and not pleasant
2 Barely Eh fuck it 1
Couldn’t get a grasp. Sounds like parody music but worse.
Well. That's the last Nick Cave album on the list for me and at least it's over. 870-some-odd albums in and Cave has become my most hated artist on the list. Which is saying something because the list also has Neil Young on it and that guy's a total tosser. But Cave takes first prize due to his skeezy songwriting and fake "ooh, I'm scary" performances. Such garbage. Glad I'm done with it.
Old af