#336/2016
August 18 1986
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Kicking Against the Pricks
Genre: Alternative
3.75 out of 5
Highlights:
I’m Gonna Kill That Woman
I’m Gonna Kill That Woman
Why did Cave follow up two great albums with a dank, dust bowl David Lychian collection of covers sometimes so somnambulant it feels like even he and the Bad Seeds fell asleep while recording them?
It’s a shame because it starts off really strong, with great promise, like a Tom Waits Off-Broadway Musical.
And then we get to a cover of “All Tomorrow’s Parties” and I’m torn. It’s plodding and could be a soundtrack to a flogging but I still prefer the original and am unsure as to why the world needs this.
The brilliance of the first two NC&tBS records set my expectations pretty high. This album didn’t quite meet them.
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