Henry's Dream
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bestography
Henry's Dream is ranked 13th best out of 30 albums by Nick Cave on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nick Cave is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 380 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,418.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 03/26/2026 19:36 | LittleM1971 | 5,937 | 81/100 | |
| 03/12/2026 18:26 | Jakor | 5,253 | 68/100 | |
| 01/15/2026 22:33 | glebrus | 194 | 86/100 | |
| 12/01/2025 00:48 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 | |
| 11/24/2025 08:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,788 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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Intriguing narratives are matched by the music, whose dramatic nature is accentuated by strings and eerie backing vocals. Great songwriting and vocal performance as well from Nick Cave. Mostly very enjoyable, though I didn't care for some of the rockabilly moments, e.g. "I Had a Dream, Joe". Overall I find the album very cinematic, and quite a unique achievement (at least for now, this being my first Nick Cave album).
Jboy56 02/26/2022 09:02 | #281941
This is definitely music that I DO NOT care of. Listened to it only because it is in the 1001 Albums book. Box ticked
VictorVale 04/26/2021 21:46 | #269005
Imensamente criativo!
Favorite Tracks:Brother My Cup Is Empty
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"
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.
badseed 04/13/2015 03:39 | #139411
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"
meccalecca 05/04/2014 21:56 | #110807
And everyone joined in for a drunken sing-a-long at the biker bar.
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