Name: The Good Son
Brand: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

5414939710612

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Colour

black

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Discogs ID

Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Mute

'The Good Son' from 1990 reflected a change in both Cave's art and his life. At the end of the '80s, he moved to Brazil, to distance himself from the drug-addled frenzy of his youth. His search for peace is plainly audible in these songs, which pick up where the most melodic tunes on 'Tender Prey' left off. laced with piano, vibraphone and choral backing vocals, songs such as 'Foi Na Cruz' and 'Lucy' unveil Cave the unabashed romantic, willing to go as far over the top as necessary to prove his emotional commitment to the material. it is this quality that finally puts him on an even keel with the balladeers whose influence he bears so strongly (Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, etc.). Despite the lush arrangements, it's not all sweetness and light. pretty melodies mask untold grief on 'The Weeping Song' and 'Sorrow's Child'. A near-religious transcendence is approached on 'The Witness Song'. 'The Good Son' is a strange, lovely diversion in the varied career of this complex artist.

The Good Son

Music US