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Today's album of the day

Tender Prey by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1988.
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Overall rank: 1,065
Average rating: 80/100 (from 292 votes).

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Tracks:
1. The Mercy Seat
2. Up Jumped The Devil
3. Deanna
4. Watching Alice
5. Mercy
6. City Of Refuge
7. Slowly Goes The Night
8. Sunday's Slave
9. Sugar Sugar Sugar
10. New Morning

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[LedZep]

Quite possibly the best album they've ever done. My favourite Bad Seeds album changes every few weeks, but Tender Prey has the best balance between the noisier, more experimental and crazy 80s work and the balladry, singer/songwriter and alt rock chops of Nick's 90s songwriting. I guess it's been my favourite Nick Cave album for the longest time, although it's not my top choice currently.
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[EyeKanFly]

The Bad Seeds have so many good albums, and I agree that this blends some of the best elements of 80s and 90s Nick Cave. "The Mercy Seat" is one of my favorite songs of theirs, just incredible from start to finish.

I know their recent stuff is incredibly acclaimed as well, but starting with Push the Sky Away, each subsequent Bad Seeds album started to appeal to me less and less (though Carnage this year I think combines some of the best minimalist/ambient stuff from the 2010s with his punkier stuff from the 90s/00s). I think Tender Prey launched the band into the 90s and started a string of incredible albums that really hasn't stopped yet. Every single album they've done since then has knocked it out of the park (with the possible exception of Nocturama which I haven't heard yet).

This is easily a top 3 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album for me.
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[CharlieBarley]

I only heard this album the one time but it impressed me.
real moody and mysterious
the mercy seat I knew and that has to be one of their greatest songs
but deanna is very good too
must listen to it again!

[AAL2014]

You guys summed up so well all that makes this record great. On my Rushmore of Bad Seeds records.
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[DommeDamian]

guess I'll have to listen to it, considering your write-ups
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