give me a good entry point to nick cave

toots · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:01 pm

i'm thinking of picking up 'from her to eternity' but i was wondering if there was another that was more essential.

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

From Her To Eternity was the second Nick Cave I picked up, I believe. I picked up Murder Ballads first. It depends on if you want stuff more like The Birthday Party, or if you've heard Crime & the City Solution, a side project of Mick Harvey. If you want the music to be closer sounding to those bands then pick up the late 80's to early 90's albums. His stuff gets softer in a sense, with his later albums, such as Murder Ballads and the Boatmans Call. Of course Nick Caves early albums still don't sound identical to his prior project, The Birthday Party, they still have the theatrical aspect to them.
My favorites are Let Love In, Tender Prey, Kicking Against the Pricks (covers) and From Her To Eternity. If you like the Birthday Party, listen to Scratch Acid as well. And if you haven't heard the Birthday Party, their albums are always cheap so invest in all of them. Junkyard and Prayers On Fire are my favorites.

palerecorddivision Wrote:

i was wondering if there was another that was more essential.

There are many essential Nick Cave albums.

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

where is a mighty good leader?

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:41 pm

Probably the roof of your mouth or your temple.

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Beat me to it

toots · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:29 pm

cemeterypolka Wrote:

From Her To Eternity was the second Nick Cave I picked up, I believe. I picked up Murder Ballads first. It depends on if you want stuff more like The Birthday Party, or if you've heard Crime & the City Solution, a side project of Mick Harvey. If you want the music to be closer sounding to those bands then pick up the late 80's to early 90's albums. His stuff gets softer in a sense, with his later albums, such as Murder Ballads and the Boatmans Call. Of course Nick Caves early albums still don't sound identical to his prior project, The Birthday Party, they still have the theatrical aspect to them.
My favorites are Let Love In, Tender Prey, Kicking Against the Pricks (covers) and From Her To Eternity. If you like the Birthday Party, listen to Scratch Acid as well. And if you haven't heard the Birthday Party, their albums are always cheap so invest in all of them. Junkyard and Prayers On Fire are my favorites.

thanks. i've heard a bit of crime, mostly from Wings of Desire, and i thought it was pretty good.

toots · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:47 pm

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:52 am

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Probably the roof of your mouth or your temple.

Aahh...I like Nick Cave, but this and the pic still made me LOL.

Thee Incident · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:36 am

Someone bump this thread in the morning since its title begs for OPA! to gay it up appropriately, K?
Thanks.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:10 am

palerecorddivision Wrote:

My god what a horrid photoshop job.

On topic though, I'm kinda partial to 'Murder Ballads' myself. This was the first NC&tBS album I spun at my college radio station, and while not really the quintessential NC album, it did however make me want to go out check what all the hullabaloo was about.

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

I'm not expert but have definitely grown to be a big fan.

The first thing I bought was the best of, which is usually not my style but I was kind of intimidated.

His latest is great and quite accessible if that's what you're looking for. It is one of my favorite albums in the past couple of years. Such amazing songwriting and instrumentation.

If you're looking for older stuff I'm sure there's a more seasoned fan around here who could help you out.

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