Henry’s Dream

Knöt inte an till det här albumet lika mycket som andra Cave-album jag hört, men fortfarande bra!

meh

Another great offering from Mr. Cave, so far on side 1 but it's great, so no matter what's on side 2 - it will still get 4 stars.

Nick's relationship with his children is interesting.

Turns out even a "meh" Nick Cave is still pretty damn good. Some songs were a little too commercial, and a few less ear catching, but I'll probably come back to this one. 3.6/5 -> 4/5

Intenst album. Høres ut som arbeidslag i helvete. Fett sound, men noget datert produksjon.

This one really just stressed me out

Has a theatrical quality to it! Very cool. Not quite for me, but I’m glad I finally got the motivation to sample a Nick Cave album after hearing about him for so long!

Holy shit

It is yet another good Nick Cave album. In a way, it does not feel as unique or fundamental as some of the later records. It is not subject to the harrowing melancholy of the latest part of his discography and feels strictly inferior to the three albums that come after it, which to me are the quintessential part of his oeuvre. I'm bent on whether this album should be included when there are so many better Nick Cave records.

8/10 [KEEP?]

I think I like Nick Cave, but I was pretty fatigued by the end of this record. It's even more high drama than the other Nick Cave albums I've heard, and perhaps we've found my tipping point.

the first few tracks were pretty cool but then it got a bit boring

For a change, I found the time to stop and read the lyrics as I was listening to this album.

Each track feels different and individual, even if it all comes from such a weird, dark place, full of grotesque imagery.

This is nothing like the Nick Cave of The Birthday Party, and for that I'm glad.
3½★

It's solid. Probably on here for the lyrics in particular. 3/5.

Let me say at the outset that I have never found myself joining those - Nick Cave amongst them - who worship at the shrine of Nick Cave.

There are certainly Bad Seeds songs that I like, but I bought the Greatest Hits compilation and that seems to have me covered.

To be honest I think that Cave's songwriting is stuffed full of good ideas, but - and we'll whisper it, so the worshippers don't hear - he does tend to overwrite his lyrics. He stuffs them full of ideas, then stuffs them full of images and then finds a spare pack of metaphors and subtext that he tosses in as well, all the while with a rhyming dictionary in hand.

He'd benefit from having someone willing to say, "Nick, just calm down!"

Solid Musicianship from the band and Cave sings like a lounge crooner with anger issues who's seen Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter a few too many times.

Your appreciation may vary with the whole theatrical "Prince of Darkness," Gothic horror schtick, but it certainly grabs your attention, probably by the balls, and doesn't let go. It dares you not to admire it.

But perhaps it's time Nick switches to decaf.

This was good, entertaining, music with the usual interesting lyrics from Nick Cave.

3.5/5.0: Very Good

i much prefer this version of cave over the sad brooding version

From the first song, I was transported to when I listened to Scott 2 with a country twang. I was really caught off guard by the one lyric, which reminded me of "Jackie". On a storytelling category that includes Bob Dylan, Scott Walker, and Tom Waits, Nick Cave totally fits into this storytelling troupe. Their cadences and lyrics can get very theatrical or verbose, which I'm realizing is my musical weak spot.

Throughout the record, the songwriting has a poetic, vignette feel to it. I like to use the word "atmosphere" a lot, but "Henry's Dream" definitely sets a macabre mood.

Don't really get what Wikipedia means by "punk blues". If we're talking about his time with "The Birthday Party", this record's not it.

Nick Cave and I just don’t see eye to eye anymore. With one exception — the mournful album Ghosteen — I have great respect for Nick Cave the artist, and for his unwavering artistic and personal integrity. Musically, however, on "Henry’s Dream" Cave remains exactly the ‘backyard Elvis’ that I’ve always perceived him to be (and I don’t mean that as a criticism). He is a storyteller who looks at the dark and dirty sides of the world, but musically, it's too much rock 'n' roll for me. There's too little pause for thought and too much prose. He's a good man. But not for me. With all due respect.

The Good: We know it’s all a dream…
The Bad: They could’ve been more forthright by calling it a nightmare…
The Ugly: Realizing that I have 1 more Nick Cave album to go through…

Fuck me this is a chore to sit through. The positive is that it is only 40-odd minutes long, so I do applaud that.
I also had to go check my history to find that I did manage to give Nick a 4* on one of his albums… but I don’t believe this one is going to be one of them.

My main issue with Nick is that I can’t stand his voice… So, I can understand that there are persons out there who admire him for his poetry et al, but I just can’t handle his voice… just like other people can’t stand Tom Waits, who I adore.

Anyway, I am way behind on rating albums… another 13 to go to catch up, and most of them are probably as shitty as this one… so here’s to me pulling out the straight razor and contemplating slicing open my veins…

2* for now… doubt it will go to 3*