Henry's Dream
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

From badseed 04/13/2015 03:39 | #139411 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Despite Cave and company's thoughts that this album's sound was too tampered with post-recording, I find it to be one of his most fun, rocking albums. "Straight to You" is arguably his best song ever.

Favorite tracks: "Straight to You", "Jack the Ripper", "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry"

Henry's dream, was a return to the darker side of life after the meditative, the good son. Cave is obviously having a lot of fun telling these stories, and there are some fantastic songs here. Opener, papa won't leave you,Henry, is excellent, it has a kind of mexican/wild west sound to it, it reminds me of Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns. Other highlights are, straight to you, my favourite track here, and one of the more lighter moments. Then there's, brother,my cup is empty, and, when I first came to town. Henry's dream, is another essential Nick Cave album. Brilliant.

From meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/04/2014 21:56 | #110807 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

And everyone joined in for a drunken sing-a-long at the biker bar.

We are in 1992 when "Henry's Dream" - Nick Cave's seventh album - is born. Two years after "The Good Son", on which the Australian singer seemed soothed and in love, "Henry's Dream" arrives as its exact opposite: violent, visceral, black and particularly Rock 'n' Roll. Nick Cave is for me one of the best artists of all time. Henry's Dream is one of the few Bad Seeds albums that divide so much. The band itself rejects it - clearly showing their disagreement with a production they do not take and even remix a part of it - while the fans love it. Remains a major disc in the discography of the group, marking by its titles and the atmosphere that emerges. Personally, this album is one of my favorite Bad Seeds. Obviously this is not their absolute masterpiece such as "The Boatman's Call", "Blues Slaughterhouse / The Lyre of Orpheus", "Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!!" or "The Good Son". But this album will remain forever in the history of music and in the heart of the Bad Seeds fan.

9/10

Best track: "Straight To You"

From HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/02/2026 19:03 | #315148 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It's a shame that Nick Cave dislikes the production of this album. The band has never sounded as grandiose. After the lower key The Good Son, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are happy to come roaring back with their trademark aesthetic, this time with a little more oomph. Then again, maybe it is a mismatch for the writing as Cave insists. All things being equal, this is likely my least favorite Nick Cave album so far (with Kicking Against the Pricks as the other contender given it's a covers album). And yet, I still love this. What a testament to this group's abilities that their album might have noticeable dissonance in the content and execution and still totally rule. (Edited)