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| Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Label: Anti
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 1947
Format: Special Edition, Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 0.5
MPN: 86943
UPC: 045778694327
EAN: 0045778694327
ASIN: B0014DBZT2
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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 Dig a Hole, Fill It Up! April 9, 2008
Sally Rover
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
Another haunting, hilarious masterpeice from Cave and the Bad Seeds. Rich, textured, and complex, this album offers hours of fun, literary references, and songs to make love or revolutions to. Spooky and seductive, Nick's turn with the Grinderman crew has smoothed out some edges and roughed others up in exciting ways. It's so inspiring to watch a natural genius like Cave not only survive but thrive and mature. This record makes me want to say to every 20 and 30-something rock-star "THIS is how it's done!"
 Disconnect April 13, 2008
drew (Germany)
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is the first Nick Cave outing that hasn't moved me at all. Not one single song after several listens brought out any emotion in me other than disappointment. This feels like a collection of the very bottom of the barrel B-sides thrown together for the sake of fulfilling the Mute records contract. I think he had a hard time shifting back to form from Grinderman. I know I seem to be going against the grain here but I just love those slow and building Cave songs that just move your soul and there is absolutely none of that on this album. Hold On To Yourself is the only song I rated high enough for my itunes to play anymore and that's mainly since it's not a song with a bunch of noise in it. This makes me so sad...
 The Reviewers Here Are On Heroin! April 14, 2008
Robert C. Marcus (Delray Beach, FL USA)
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
You know, praising Nick Cave regardless of whether his tunes deserve it just means you are fawning, not being objective or critical. Five stars, are you kidding me?! I give it half that. I agree with the last reviewer that this is a major disappointment. I've listened to it quite a bit, so I've given it enough time to comment. Half this album consists of throwaway tunes and are annoyingly repetitive (i.e., title track and Call Upon The Author), for the devoted only. The other half are more in line with the last few albums (which means they're worthy of repeat listening). But this is probably the weakest Nick Cave album in a long time. Murder Ballads is even better than this. The standout tunes for me are:
- Today's Lesson
- Night of the Lotus Eaters
- Hold Onto Yourself
- Jesus of the Moon
- Midnight Man
Didn't DIG deep enough April 18, 2008
D. Cross (Hollywood, CA USA)
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have been a Nick Cave fan since the Boys Next Door. I wanted to like this. And I've given myself time for repeated listenings before writing this. But unfortunately, I just don't Dig it.
The first song wouldn't sound too out of place on Grinderman. It's kind of innocuous but fun. But on too much of this, the band settles in to a comfortable mid-tempo groove in which it becomes all too apparent that the songwriting is just not up to snuff. We Call Upon The Author being an exception.
Ever since Nocturama and the departure of Blixa from the Bad Seeds, Nick has been on a mission to "lighten up". And unfortunately he seems hell-bent on trying to recreate Lou Reed's Walk On The Wild Side by hook or by crook. There have now been 5 or 6 songs that use that song, along with 88 Lines About 44 Women & All Friends Who Died, as a blueprint. And it's just not successful, even if the occasional amusing line does pop up.
Missing is any of the brutality of songs like The Mercy Seat, Loverman, Oh My Lord, Do You Love Me, et cetera. Also missing is any of the tender sentimentality of songs like The Ship Song, Straight To You, Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For, et cetera. Gone too are the unique arrangements that often placed the Bad Seeds far outside the standard rock-type music. And none of what's missing has been replaced by anything more melodic, catchy, groove-oriented... it's just middle of the road.
It's usually a bad sign when an artist does a "concept" album. It usually signals an artistic drought. Such is the case here, where the story rambles through the entire album, and thus makes the songs very impersonal. It's a cerebral album with no heart, no soul, and no songs. Hopefully next time they will Dig deeper.
It's A Shame May 31, 2008
Stephen Weissberger (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of Nick Cave's music for over 20 years. So far, in my opinion, this is his only "dud". Nothing is really stinkeroo about it, it's just bland and boring and contains similar material already covered on previous albums. I hope he hops back up on that black steed and rides again--but for now, he and his mates are just slogging through the dung.
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