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Nick Cave and
the Bad Seeds
Nocturama
label: Epitaph
released: 02.11.02
our score: 2.0 out of 5.0
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And so Nick
Cave returns once again with yet another studio album. Along with
his Bad Seeds, Cave has now unleashed 12 long-players on us, all
of them full of morose and depressive personal rants. There was
one optimistic point in Cave’s career when it looked as
though he might be destined for great things. When he collaborated
with artists such as Kylie and PJ Harvey to produce those enigmatic
murder ballads he really touched a nerve and his sometimes uncertain
vision became clear.
But with Nocturama
there is nothing so optimistic. Cave is back producing more of
the same. More morose songs, more depressive songs. And while
musically this may maintain interest longer than is normally the
case, Cave’s vocals are typically overplayed and irrelevant
in the big scheme of things.
Nocturama
kicks off with "Wonderful Life," which in a dark, rambling
seven minutes states that life can indeed be wonderful…
“if you can find it.” Nothing is hopeful is as it
seems on a Nick Cave album, and more miserable self-indulgence
follows in the guise of "He Wants You," "Bring
It On" and "Right Out Of Your Hand." When we get
to the insanely titled "Dead Man In My Bed," things
start to liven up but this is only a cue for Cave to start screeching
and shouting into the mic. I think I preferred him with his dark
head on, but there’s plenty more of that to come in the
last track, "Babe I’m On Fire." This is a track
that goes on and on for over fifteen minutes seemingly without
going anywhere; and that takes some doing.
Nocturama
was recorded last year in Melbourne, Australia, and mixed in London,
but I recommend you go half way around the way to avoid it.
13-Jan-2003
10:16 PM
If you
liked Nocturama...
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Tracklist:
1. Wonderful Life
2. He Wants You
3. Right Out Of Your Hand
4. Bring It On
5. Dead Man In My Bed
6. Still In Love
7. There Is A Town
8. Rock Of Gibraltar
9. She Passed By My Window
10. Babe, I’m On Fire
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