Nick Cave - Good Son (Vinyl) (New (N))

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The Seeds followed up Tender Prey with the equally brilliant but generally calmer Good Son. At the time of it's release there were more than a few comments that Cave had somehow softened or sold out, given how he was more intent on exploring his dark, cabaret pop stylings than his thrashy, explosive side. This not only ignored the constant examples of such quieter material all the way back to from Her to Eternity, but Cave's own constant threads of lyrical darkness, whether in terms of romance or something all the more distressing. This said, the softly crooning group vocals and sweet strings on the opening "Foi Na Cruz" certainly would catch some off guard. The title track itself captured the overall mood of the album, a retelling of the Bible's prodigal son story from the other son, the one who stayed at home and did what he was meant to do. The elegant, reflective "Lucy" and the staccato then sweeping "Lament" are two further high points, but the flat-out winners come dead center. "The Weeping Song," a magnificent duet between Cave and Bargeld, starts out sounding a bit like Gene Pitney's "Something's Gotta Hold of My Heart," which the Seeds covered on Pricks, before shading into it's own powerful, blasted drama. "The Ship Song," meanwhile, equals if not overtakes the Scott Walker ballads Cave so clearly is inspired by, a soaring, tearjerking declaration of intense love that's simply amazing.

Track List

  1. Foi Na Cruz
  2. the Good Son
  3. Sorrow's Child
  4. the Weeping Song
  5. the Ship Song
  6. the Hammer Song
  7. Lament
  8. the Witness Song
  9. Lucy
  10. Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 6: The Good Son)
  11. the Weeping Song
  12. Sorrow's Child
  13. Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 6: The Good Son)
  14. the Weeping Song
  15. the Ship Song
  16. Lament
  17. the Witness Song
  18. Lucy
  19. the Train Song
  20. Cocks 'N' Asses
  21. Helpless
  22. Foi Na Cruz
  23. the Good Son
  24. Sorrow's Child
  25. the Weeping Song
  26. the Ship Song
  27. the Hammer Song
  28. Lament
  29. the Witness Song
  30. Lucy
  31. the Train Song
  32. Cocks 'N' Asses
  33. Helpless
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    Description

    The Seeds followed up Tender Prey with the equally brilliant but generally calmer Good Son. At the time of it's release there were more than a few comments that Cave had somehow softened or sold out, given how he was more intent on exploring his dark, cabaret pop stylings than his thrashy, explosive side. This not only ignored the constant examples of such quieter material all the way back to from Her to Eternity, but Cave's own constant threads of lyrical darkness, whether in terms of romance or something all the more distressing. This said, the softly crooning group vocals and sweet strings on the opening "Foi Na Cruz" certainly would catch some off guard. The title track itself captured the overall mood of the album, a retelling of the Bible's prodigal son story from the other son, the one who stayed at home and did what he was meant to do. The elegant, reflective "Lucy" and the staccato then sweeping "Lament" are two further high points, but the flat-out winners come dead center. "The Weeping Song," a magnificent duet between Cave and Bargeld, starts out sounding a bit like Gene Pitney's "Something's Gotta Hold of My Heart," which the Seeds covered on Pricks, before shading into it's own powerful, blasted drama. "The Ship Song," meanwhile, equals if not overtakes the Scott Walker ballads Cave so clearly is inspired by, a soaring, tearjerking declaration of intense love that's simply amazing.

    Track List

    1. Foi Na Cruz
    2. the Good Son
    3. Sorrow's Child
    4. the Weeping Song
    5. the Ship Song
    6. the Hammer Song
    7. Lament
    8. the Witness Song
    9. Lucy
    10. Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 6: The Good Son)
    11. the Weeping Song
    12. Sorrow's Child
    13. Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 6: The Good Son)
    14. the Weeping Song
    15. the Ship Song
    16. Lament
    17. the Witness Song
    18. Lucy
    19. the Train Song
    20. Cocks 'N' Asses
    21. Helpless
    22. Foi Na Cruz
    23. the Good Son
    24. Sorrow's Child
    25. the Weeping Song
    26. the Ship Song
    27. the Hammer Song
    28. Lament
    29. the Witness Song
    30. Lucy
    31. the Train Song
    32. Cocks 'N' Asses
    33. Helpless

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