Bad Seeds, Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part

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Free Music Review: 'til we came along this road ...
Hit: 5 Stars

From the beginning, you are taken to a home far away from your own, but lacking in difference. Piano keys that sound like rain drops paint the perfect display of conversation between too lovers in " As I sat Sadly by her Side " - the first single, and a great step up from Nick's past works.

If you hadn't noticed it by now, you surely will in "And no More shall we Part" - Nick is singing with more passion and sensitivity. It is amazing how well his voice sounds. This track being one of my personal favourites is an almost reminder of "Into My Arms" from the Boatman's Call album.

"Hallelujah" begins with a mornful violin that just splits the ground beneath your feet and sucks you into an amazing song. No, it's not Leonard Cohen's - but it is still great never the less.

The next song was previously heard in the Secret Life of The Love Song lecture and here it stands high above the piano/bass version. Here we get a beautiful string section and wonderful singing from Nick ... breath taking.

" Fifteen feet of pure white Snow " came to me as a surprise, but a pleasent one at that. Unlike The Boatman's Call, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds return with some more 'rockier' tunes and this being one of them. It is incredible how far Nick has come in lyrical presentation since then, and this song will have you singing along in no time.

"God is in the House" could have been on the Boatman's Call - but it might have ran too close with "There is Kingdom". This really ins't one of my favourites but an elegant piece of music never the less.

"Oh my Lord" takes you through one helluva day with a man torn, broken, and beaten down. It hits everything from the kids sleeping silently to being at the hair dressers with a maniac in antlers mooning you.

The next song, "Sweetheart Come", has to be one of Cave's finest pieces of both music and lyric. Words cannot truly represent this song. Amazing ...

"The Sorrowful Wife" has some unexplainable catchiness to it. The way the piano falls right into it is quite interesting and the picture painted by Nick and the Seeds is extraordinary.

With Murder Ballads long gone, you thought Nick would never be back to his killing ways - but - it seems his impulses return in "We came along this Road". A great song with great simple lyrics and wonderful musical devices. Nick at one of his best.

"Gates to the Garden" is another one of those songs like "The Sorrowful Wife" that is intriguing and spell binding. Just one of those tunes that pulls you in and makes you listen.

Finally, in nature of "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry" - "Darker with the Day" seems to take it's place. It is incredible the simularities between the two and how this song just blows you away. The ending to the song is surprising and you would have never expected it.

Well, thank you for taking the time in reading this. I thought Nick was 'mellowing out' but this album shows a brand new side of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - a side that I hope stays in sight. But all in all, it's just another romantic, dark, and morbid album. 5 stars ...

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