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- Posted: 4 days ago
- Post subject: Album of the day (#5471): Ghosteen
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Today's album of the day
Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2019.
Country: 
Overall rank: 903
Decade rank: 128
Year rank: 7
Discography rank: 8 (out of 30 albums on BEA)
Average rating: 79/100 (from 340 votes).
Tracks:
1. Spinning Song
2. Bright Horses 
3. Waiting For You
4. Night Raid
5. Sun Forest
6. Galleon Ship
7. Ghosteen Speaks
8. Leviathan
9. Ghosteen
10. Fireflies
11. Hollywood
indicates a top-rated track.
Top voted comments:
"It pains me to rate this album so low. Not only is it a heartbreaking, deep look at loss and mourning, but it's also really beautiful. The shimmering synths sound just like the cover looks - alive and crisp. But there's just too much here, and there's not enough variety. The first couple songs are great, especially "Bright Horses." I had to stop listening after that one when I was at work for fear of breaking out in tears in the middle of the work day. The opener finds Cave in a mode that he's often in on this album, spinning abstract stories out of really specific, familiar components. Nowhere does he do this better than on the closer, "Hollywood," which is one of the 5-10 best songs he's ever written. It would be in that club even just with the first half, but the second half, and it's heartrending story where you can tell Cave is nearly in tears during his falsetto as he's both assuring us it gets better while also begging that things will get better, absolutely pushes it over the top.
So yeah, it's a shame that for the most part the rest of this album is so samey. I probably like every song here, but listening to it all in a row is, frankly, a chore. There are tremendous moments that catch you off guard, like "Mama Bear holds the remote, Papa Bear just floats, and Baby Bear is gone to the moon in a boat." These moments pull you back in as you're drifting off, but the great moments like this are too spread out in minimal repetitive passages. This album is a landmark and a career highlight. But unfortunately I have no desire to hear it again."
- babyBlueSedan
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"An album full of beauty but marked by tragedy. Nick Cave creates a fully visioned world within his palms and holds you captive there. The music is a great leap in direction for the band and showcases their gift for texture. Additionally it serves as the perfect end to the Bad Seeds’ 2010’s trilogy including; Push the Sky Away and Skeleton Tree. Honestly it is an album to be listened to, not read about. So sit down in a quiet room and let Ghosteen take you away from reality.
Five stars"
- thinwhiteduke97
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About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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