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NICK CAVE'S GREATEST ALBUMS...#2
4:13 PM GMT 21/01/2009
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
(MUTE CD STUMM 277, 2008)
You said: “Probably his most adventurous music to date.” Ronnie Hatton, via e-mail
Cave described this most recent Bad Seeds LP as a “haemorrhaging of words and ideas”. He wasn’t joking. The lyrics touch on Homer, panda blood and “the weeping Forests of Le Vulva”. This free-range lyricism also takes in Bobby Gillespie and the poet John Berryman. If Bobby represents wired rock adventurism and Berryman refined literacy, it’s a pairing that equals this album’s own astonishing blend - blasted abandon plus deftly measured musical sophistication. It’s all at once avant-garde and traditional, visceral and cerebral. Alongside Lazarus, the rock form quivers startlingly back to life.
...AND AT NUMBER 1
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 4:13 PM GMT 21/01/2009
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Am I the only person who feels this and Nocturama are Nick's weakest albums? It's like the press have just awoken to his genius, grabbed the latest work and universally heaped praise on it. I don't get it!
Posted by DB at 1:44 PM GMT 04/02/2009 Report Abuse
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RE: DB
DB, I absolutely agree!
Best wishes, Doc S.
Posted by Doc Sanchez at 12:42 PM GMT 23/02/2009 Report Abuse
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