Favorite Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Studio Album

badseed · 2016-12-23T18:26:00-05:00

Tis the season to be polly (pronounced pole-ee) here at the BEA forums. There's like nothing but polls on page 1 so I figure now's as good a time as any. But instead of doing the Beatles we'll be doing the real best band ever. So take your pick, or listen to a few first if you're one of those "I heard The Boatman's Call once and it wasn't my cup of tea" people - you're missing out! Hop over to Spotify or YouTube and enjoy. For the record I'm not voting yet. Sure, Skeleton Tree is the highest on my chart right now but it's so much harder than that to pick one permanent answer for this. I'll probably do a long reply after work with some thoughts on my top 4-5 before choosing.

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Poll: Which album is best?

From Her to Eternity:	3%	[1]
The Firstborn is Dead:	0%	[0]
Kicking Against the Pricks:	0%	[0]
Your Funeral... My Trial:	3%	[1]
Tender Prey:	3%	[1]
The Good Son:	3%	[1]
Henry's Dream:	6%	[2]
Let Love In:	6%	[2]
Murder Ballads:	6%	[2]
The Boatman's Call:	3%	[1]
No More Shall We Part:	0%	[0]
Nocturama:	0%	[0]
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus:	10%	[3]
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!:	0%	[0]
Push the Sky Away:	3%	[1]
Skeleton Tree:	48%	[14]

Total Votes : 29

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Norman Bates wrote:

I'm with the Skeleton Tree crew, AOTY for me.

1. Skeleton Tree
2. The Good Son

3. Let Love In
4. Henry's Dream

5. Tender Prey
6. Murder Ballads
7. Kicking Against the Pricks
8. Live Seeds
9. Your Funeral... My Trial
10. Push the Sky Away
11. The Firstborn Is Dead

12. From Her to Eternity
13. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

14. Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
15. The Boatman's Call

16. No More Shall We Part
17. Nocturama

Very interesting that Skeleton Tree and Good Son are at the top but all the other "softer" albums are in the bottom four.

Puncture Repair wrote:

I've only heard four studio albums from him though, so maybe I need to explore his catalogue a bit more.

Without a doubt, man. The thing about Cave is that if you haven't heard many of his albums there's a solid chance you haven't heard your favorite one yet. I honestly don't think there's a rock artist with more variety than him. All he's gotta do is spit a couple of dope rhymes at breakneck speed and drop the "n" word a couple times on his next album and he'll have pretty much done it all. And then the album after that will prove that statement false when he does something else completely fresh.

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Melbourne

One artist where it's hard to pick the best. For myself one of either From Her to Eternity, The Lyre of Orpheous and yes Skeleton Tree. All are such different albums it virtually depends on the mood your in. If I have to choose it's Lyre because it must be be that much harder to keep it hanging for 80 minutes.

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I listened to Boatman's Call, Murder Ballads, Henry's Dream & Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus (not exclusively in that order) all before I heard Let Love In. I thought they were all excellent but I felt hadn't properly resonated with Cave yet until Let Love In came around. So that's why it's my choice.

P.S. Skeleton Tree would definitely have to be a top 3. Probably even worthy of 2nd place.
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All of them but I vote for "Henry's Dream". Tender Prey,Let love in, No more shall we partand Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus are also strong contenders.

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Castelo Branco

A discography full of great moments, but "Push the Sky Away" and "Skeleton Tree" are simply masterpieces And over the years, they will certainly stand out.

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It has to be Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus for me, sheer perfection - my all time favourite LP.

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There's many great Nick Cave albums but only one outstanding one: Tender Prey; the Mercey Seat is a rollercoaster of a song.

QuietType

So many great albums but my favorite is No More Shall We Part.

(I couldn't submit an official vote in the poll because I'm still at level 1.)

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Henry's Dream.
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