The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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  • Release Date: 03/04/1997
  • Label: REPRISE / WEA
  • UPC: 093624653028

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The Boatman's Call

1LISTENInto My Arms 4:15
2LISTENLime Tree Arbour 2:56
3LISTENPeople Ain't No Good 5:42
4LISTENBrompton Oratory 4:06
5LISTENThere Is a Kingdom 4:52
6LISTEN(Are You) the One That I've Been Waiting For? 4:05
7LISTENWhere Do We Go Now but Nowhere? 5:46
8LISTENWest Country Girl 2:45
9LISTENBlack Hair 4:14
10LISTENIdiot Prayer 4:21
11LISTENFar from Me 5:33
12LISTENGreen Eyes 3:32

Editorial Reviews

Murder Ballads brought NICK CAVE's morbidity to near-parodic levels, which makes the disarmingly frank and introspective songs of The Boatman's Call all the more startling. A song cycle equally inspired by Cave's failed romantic affairs and religious doubts, The Boatman's Call captures him at his most honest and despairing -- while he retains a fascination for gothic, Biblical imagery, it has little of the grand theatricality and self-conscious poetics that made his albums emotionally distant in the past. This time, there's no posturing, either from Cave or the Bad Seeds. The music is direct, yet it has many textures, from blues to jazz, which offer a revealing and sympathetic bed for Cave's best, most affecting songs. The Boatman's Call is one of his finest albums and arguably the masterpiece he has been promising throughout his career. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Nick Cave - you gotta love him.by MAV-N

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August 09, 2009: This is a collection of songs to relax by like a poetry reading. The atmosphere throughout is consistant style. the music and the lyrics are wonderful to soak in and meditate. He's a genius.

Beautiful Darknessby Anonymous

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October 05, 2001: Nick Cave comes full circle with this album. Only a casual fan,I thought he had hit his pinnacle with ''Let Love In'' in '94. However, he takes the all-consuming extremes that made ''Let Love In'' and ''Murder Ballads'' the unique offerings they were one step further...he never quite achieves reconciliation, but he offers some hint of acceptance. Make no mistake...if you like Cave's brooding, dark, and at times maniacal albums like ''Henry's Dream'' and ''Your Funeral, My Trial''....beware. This is drastically different. This is spare emotion on display. If you are a fan of music that melancholic, dark and with substance, hear this album.