release date: Apr. 16, 1990
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,42]
producer: The Bad Seeds
label: Mute Records Ltd. Japan - nationality: Australia
Track highlights: 1. "Foi Na Cruz" - 2. "The Good Son" - 5. "The Ship Song" (4 / 5) - 8. "The Witness Song"
6th studio album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds follows 1½ year after Tender Prey (Sep. '88) and is the band's so far best album. It clearly marks a change of style to a more laid-back, and a much more melodic collection of songs with Cave as crooner, which he succeeds better with than on the covers album Kicking Against the Pricks (1986). There's no experimental rock, or post-punk here, and many of the tracks are piano-driven with strings and backing choir.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5, Rolling Stone 3,5 / 5, Q Magazine 3 / 5 stars ]
