Nick Cave’s Let Love In Trades the Bad Seeds’ Dark Sound for a Warm, Soft One
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds lighten their sound on Let Love In, trading dread for warmth across ten tracks.
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Album Reviews8.8/10
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds dig deeper on Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
A review of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' dark 2004 double album, weighing its highs against its middling stretches.
Album Reviews7/10
‘The Boatman’s Call’ Outtakes: 16 Leftovers, Mostly Worth Hearing
A record of leftovers from Nick Cave's The Boatman's Call — demos, alternate versions, and songs left out, mostly worth the listen.
Album Reviews8/10
Nick Cave’s 1997 Album Ditches Loud Guitars for Quiet Confession
A quiet, tender record of confession and faith, Nick Cave's Boatman's Call weighs stillness against the weight of being alive.
Album Reviews7/10
Nick Cave Repeats Half of Push the Sky Away — and the Gamble Doesn’t Pay Off
A long, patient record of repetition and stillness, wherein Nick Cave stays put and the listener sits with each song.
Album Reviews7.9/10
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ No More Shall We Part Earns Its Weight
A grim, solemn hymn of loss and grief, wherein Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds wander a weary road of sorrow.
Album Reviews8/10
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Turn Their 1992 Album Into a Film Score, Track by Track
A look back at Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' 1992 record Henry's Dream, a strange tale of grief, fear, and folk horror.
Album Reviews8/10
Nick Cave Turns the Screws on Tender Prey
A grim chronicle of tender prey: Nick Cave and his seed of tormenters confide their sins upon the mercy seat.
Album Reviews9.5/10
Grief Finds No Comfort in Eight Songs on Skeleton Tree
A solemn dirge of grief, wherein Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds mourn a fallen son through piano, percussion, and spoken lament.
Album Reviews7/10
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Review: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Split Dread and Beauty — 7/10
A grim chronicle of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' 2008 record, wherein a man risen from death sings of dread and beauty alike.