Nick Cave (Featuring The Bad Seeds) — From Her To Eternity
Author: tracysigler | Posted: June 25th, 2006 | | Tags: 1984, Bad Seeds, music, Nick Cave, postpunk, singer/songwriter, vinyl | 1 Comment »
- Artist: Nick Cave (Featuring The Bad Seeds)
- Title: From Her To Eternity
- Year: 1984
- Format: Vinyl 12 in.
- Rating (1-10): 10
- Owner: Mary
- Acquired: 1984 – Olsson’s in D.C.
- Keeper: Yes
This is the first solo Nick Cave record. Most people would not recognize it as music. Of course, Mary and I do, but we’re not most people. “From Her To Eternity” is full of very original and very challenging music and lyrics, or stories. In many ways it sounds a lot like his work with Birthday Party. Mary can’t help but rate this a 10, even though she likes his later work more.
Below lies Black Paul
under the upper but
above and beyond the
surface flat-fall there.
* The original vinyl record had only seven songs. I see from this article about “From Her To Eternity” at Wikipedia that three more songs have been added.
“From Her to Eternity” is probably at the top of my list of Nick Cave songs, closely followed by “The Carny” and “Mercy Seat” in a race for second. I may have to dip into the collection this morning ;^)