Current Events > Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: recommendations?

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I tried listening to him on Spotify shuffle play, but he's got a lot of stuff that's wildly different from the songs I've heard from him.

I'm a Nick Cave normie - the song I know him from the most is Into My Arms, and my enjoyment of that song stretches into the rest of The Boatman's Call. I did some research into him, and apparently Red Right Hand is a big thing in his discography, but I dunno if I like it that much.

Even with some of the bands I'm ride-or-die with, I had to ease myself into their discography. With Counting Crows, August and Everything After didn't translate into This Desert Life, which didn't translate into Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings, and it didn't make sense to me even with bridging albums - now I like all their stuff through to that latter album because I'm accustomed to their journey as a band. It took me years to get into lo-fi Mountain Goats, and now Minnesota is one of my favorite songs.

So I think I can potentially get into Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, if I can find the stuff I'm used to before I branch into some of the other stuff.

For someone who's mostly into the low-key ballad stuff like Into My Arms, what are some good recommendations to expand into their larger discography?

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check out the good son (his best album imo) and skeleton tree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0spQCw35D4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAMZYpZi_M4


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The Boatmans Call is a deadset awesome album.

My wife walked down the aisle to Into My Arms so it has a special resonance for me, but you also cant go wrong with:

Dig, Lazarus, Dig
Push the Sky Away
Murder Ballads
Let Love In


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Tried Dig, Lazarus, Dig - wasn't too flash on it. I clicked off after 3 songs.

Listening to the Good Son. It's more miss than hit so far, but Foi Na Cruz really hit the spot.

Edit: The Ship Song is just wrapping up now, and it's a hit too. A bit rocky in the middle, but that ending was fan-fucking-tastic.

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Murder Ballads was where I got started years ago. It's a pretty rough listen though. (Highlights include "Where the Wild Roses Grow", "O'Malley's Bar" and "Lovely Creature")

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The latest album, Ghosteen, is incredible. It's probably my favorite album of last decade.

Any of the last three are spectacular. Boatman's Call is also really, really good. Hell, it's all good.

Added note on Ghosteen: It's the first album where all the songs were written after his son's death, so some of the songs hit like a fucking truck.

Skeleton Tree is so damn good.

I suspect you'll like the album No More Shall We Part

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