Nick Cave

[kingcrawler]

20 minutes ago, Johnkhutch said:

Really need to get into earlier Nick Cave. My entry point was Push the Sky Away and loved all the albums since, but for some bizarre reason haven't overly explored deeper in the back catalogue bar the obvious songs.

Yeah I was similar, got into him through people on here raving about Push the Sky Away and his 2013 set but never properly got into his earlier stuff until around the time Skeleton Tree came out. I'd say all his albums have taken me a fair few listens to get properly into but I'd recommend trying Let Love In next, probably his best album and it's a good bridge between the most recent three albums and the early post-punk stuff.

[the wonderwhy]

Oh, is it all seated? Looks like it is in Manchester. 

Birmingham floor plan showing seated too so i guess that's that then. 

Edited October 18, 2019 by the wonderwhy

[Gilgamesh69]

5 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Oh, is it all seated? Looks like it is in Manchester. 

Don't think so. Second pic is for London though

[Nicklord]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

He's one of those artists I've never got round to listening to despite all the plaudits he gets on here.

Giving Ghosteen a spin as I'm WFH today, and all I wan to do is stop working and just sit back and listen.  This is glorious.

He had several phases. You can't really go wrong with any way you dive in cause it's an almost flawless discography. Like his arguably worst album is Nocturama and that album is at least 6/10

Edited October 18, 2019 by Nicklord

[Avalon_Fields]

One of the greatest performances I’ve seen, the last tour of Nick Cave. 
 

Can’t wait for the new album, and will be buying Manchester tickets. Boatman’s Call, Let Love In, Did Lazarus Dig, Murder Ballads, No More Shall We Part, Abattoir Blues, Skeleton Tree....the list is endless

[Zoo Music Girl]

And I actually love Nocturama! 

All the albums are great in different ways. I think the new stuff is some of the best of his career, but No More Shall We Part and Tender Prey are well up there for me.

[priest17]

Nocturama gets a lot of shit but has Babe I'm On Fire on it so might actually be the best album?

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, priest17 said:

Nocturama gets a lot of shit but has Babe I'm On Fire on it so might actually be the best album?

That's my funeral song. Cremation, obvs.

[priest17]

Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:

That's my funeral song. Cremation, obvs.

My dad always says that ahah. Full 15 minutes. It'd do my mum's head in. 

I've bagsied Death Is Not The End.

[PDAD]

I like Nocturama. Bring it On is a banger. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, priest17 said:

My dad always says that ahah. Full 15 minutes. It'd do my mum's head in. 

I've bagsied Death Is Not The End.

Your dad sounds cool! Mine is probably going to have Dire Straits. Or Deep Purple. 

[Tuna]

do I smell... an album ranking??

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, PDAD said:

I like Nocturama. Bring it On is a banger. 

It is that!

[PDAD]

Just now, Tuna said:

do I smell... an album ranking??

Grinderman and The Birthday Party included? This could take some time.

[priest17]

I don't have the heart to put any of the albums in last place.

[Quark]

8 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

That's my funeral song. Cremation, obvs.

 

6 minutes ago, priest17 said:

My dad always says that ahah. Full 15 minutes. It'd do my mum's head in. 

I've bagsied Death Is Not The End.

I would love to go out like this fella. What an exit.

 

[PDAD]

Okay...I'm going to keep it to Bad Seeds albums...To be honest, my list is pretty much correlative with how often I've listened to each album - such is the nature of 'grower' albums.  

1. Abbatoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
2.Let Love In
3. Murder Ballads
4. Push the Sky Away
5. Henry's Dream
6. The Boatman's Call
7. Dig Lazarus Dig
8. No More Shall We Part
9. The Firstborn is Dead
10. Tender Prey
11. The Good Son
12. From Her to Eternity
13. Skeleton Tree
14. Nocturama
15. Your Funeral...My Trial
16.  Ghosteen (I'm sure it will properly click soon)
17. No More Shall We Part

[carlosj]

48 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

That's my funeral song. Cremation, obvs.

Me too, with the bonus of it being so long and people can't leave till it finishes. MrsCJ  says she'll just click the off switch after a minute though. I won't tell her the insurance policy goes to the cats home.

[Zoo Music Girl]

3 minutes ago, PDAD said:

17. No More Shall We Part

What

[PDAD]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

What

Haha, I will have to give it another go. As I say, there's a lot of correlation with how much I have listened to the albums. That's just not one I've ever really been drawn back to yet. If I want to listen to that era / style of Nick Cave, I'd just always choose The Boatman's Call.

I will try again though!

[CaledonianGonzo]

11 minutes ago, PDAD said:

16.  Ghosteen (I'm sure it will properly click soon)

I'm similarly unconvinced by it. I'm hoping it'll click, but put it on again this afternoon and it still sounds like a waterlogged shapeless misfire.

[carlosj]

1 minute ago, PDAD said:

Haha, I will have to give it another go. As I say, there's a lot of correlation with how much I have listened to the albums. That's just not one I've ever really been drawn back to yet. If I want to listen to that era / style of Nick Cave, I'd just always choose The Boatman's Call.

I will try again though!

That was my first album and introduction, 15 feet of pure white snow with Jarvis Cocker in the video.

[CaledonianGonzo]

No More Shall We Part is generally top-notch, but it just goes on a bit and too many of the songs are quite similar. In chunks, though, it's #ChefFingers

[PDAD]

5 minutes ago, carlosj said:

That was my first album and introduction, 15 feet of pure white snow with Jarvis Cocker in the video.

Mine was Abbatoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus....

which probably explains the positioning of that...

[CaledonianGonzo]

I wasn't mad on the Q&A show I went to, but he played Breathless which is an ace deep cut.