The Indie & Alternative Recommendation Thread

[Sneer]

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I think this belongs here, I'm looking for some more Nick Cave albums..

In the same vein as Murder Ballads, them lyrics and chilling melodies. Anyone got ideas?

Tender Prey is an album you should get. I personally think it's his best and The Mercy Seat in particular is fantastic, you'll love it.

[TheCunningStunt]

Originally Posted by Stu

Tender Prey is an album you should get. I personally think it's his best and The Mercy Seat in particular is fantastic, you'll love it.

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll be sure to give both a listen. Them lryics in Muder Ballads were just brilliant, story telling at its best.

[Bulldog]

You should think about getting Henry's Dream as well if you liked the sound of Murder Ballads. Also, Your Funeral My Trial is probably the darkest of his 80s albums, so it might be worth looking out for that too.

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll be sure to give both a listen. Them lryics in Muder Ballads were just brilliant, story telling at its best.

The Mercy Seat is a song on Tender Prey, here's a really cool video video of Cave singing it live, it's absolutely immense, wait until the end it's breathtaking.



But yeah, lyrically the whole album is very dark, case in point:

O My O My
What a wretched life
I was born on the day
That my poor mother died
I was cut from her belly
With a stanley knife
My daddy did a jig
With the drunk midwife

Hope I've sold it to you.