Grinderman/Dig!/Grinderman is a phase imo, and the piano tedium phase is Boatman/No More/Nocturama - Blues/Orpheus is a different feel (obv the two good songs on Nocturama are as well).
― boney tassel (sic), Saturday, 26 July 2014 11:39 (nine years ago) link
Everything between 84 and 94 is pretty essential, IMO.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Saturday, 26 July 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
For studio, I'm going with Lazarus. It feels like he was trying to make a Stooges album with lyrics - it's just front-to-back fun, which holds up more to me now that I'm out of my "I start my day with death march anthems" phase. After that I'd go for a live recording. Abattoir Blues Tour is great.
But I have little tolerance for his studio work, generally. Always have. I guess because I can't tell how serious he's being with the persona, like he's doing a bit he's not letting people in on yet.
― kaleb, Saturday, 26 July 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
At one point it was "The Boatman's Call" but the weak songs started to reveal themselves over time. Now it's "Abattoir Blues" - I still can't believe he made a record that good so far into his career.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 27 July 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
i'm still gradually getting into his catalog. i find tender prey to be much better than your funeral my trial, despite the brilliance of that latter's title track
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 27 July 2014 02:22 (nine years ago) link
still your funeral my trial.
in kind of related news, this is so great (i've watched it there times already) - http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3346835.htm
― stirmonster, Sunday, 27 July 2014 03:37 (nine years ago) link
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Murder Ballads and Kicking Against The Pricks are the most fun for me - big, melodramatic, campy, funny, dark, verging on self-parody but sharp enough to pull it off - all of Cave's most endearing qualities are there in spades. "Tender Prey" has a lot of the same spirit. I also love Cave when he writes in his full-blown story-telling mode - like "Mercy Seat" or "Curse of Millhaven" and "Stagger Lee". I should go re-listen to "Your Funeral", it never clicked with me in the way the rest of those early-ish ones do.
― brio, Sunday, 27 July 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link
all the late 80s early 90s stuff
maybe my problem is that I cannot listen to a piano/ballad-majority Bad Seeds album....at all
It is my problem though.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 27 July 2014 04:13 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 3 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
I'm with Stir on Yr Funeral and The Rowland film.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 3 August 2014 03:29 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 4 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Nothing with zero votes! Firstborn underperforms! Shock!
Maybe there should be a "what's your second fav Nick album?"
― StanM, Monday, 4 August 2014 06:30 (nine years ago) link
Who really picked "Nocturama"?!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 4 August 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
From my OP: "if you ask ten Nick Cave fans what his best album is, you will likely get ten different replies"
I underestimated by five.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 01:47 (nine years ago) link
Late 90s early 00s Nick is the worst
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 02:31 (nine years ago) link
B-but "Babe, I'm On Fire"!
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 02:53 (nine years ago) link
wow, votes for everything, the sign of a solid artist
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 02:55 (nine years ago) link
somebody should do a poll of all the no-zeroes artist polls
― j., Tuesday, 5 August 2014 02:57 (nine years ago) link