Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Good Son by Cave, Nick & Bad Seeds (CD, 2010)

speedyhenusa (47139)

99.6% positive Feedback

Price:

US $24.64

ApproximatelyEUR 21.30

+ $20.18 postage

Estimated delivery Mon, 1 Dec - Wed, 10 Dec

Returns:

30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

New

About this product

Product Identifiers

Record LabelMute, IMT

UPC5099996466025

eBay Product ID (ePID)3046061522

Product Key Features

Release Year2010

FormatCD

GenreRock

ArtistCave, Nick & Bad Seeds

Release TitleGood Son

Dimensions

Item Height0.40 in

Item Weight0.25 lb

Item Length5.60 in

Item Width4.90 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks9

Number of Discs1

Tracks1.1 Foi Na Cruz 1.2 The Good Son 1.3 Sorrow's Child 1.4 The Weeping Song 1.5 The Ship Song 1.6 The Hammer Song 1.7 Lament 1.8 The Witness Song 1.9 Lucy

NotesThe Seeds followed up Tender Prey with the equally brilliant but generally calmer Good Son. At the time of it's release there were more than a few comments that Cave had somehow softened or sold out, given how he was more intent on exploring his dark, cabaret pop stylings than his thrashy, explosive side. This not only ignored the constant examples of such quieter material all the way back to from Her to Eternity, but Cave's own constant threads of lyrical darkness, whether in terms of romance or something all the more distressing. This said, the softly crooning group vocals and sweet strings on the opening "Foi Na Cruz" certainly would catch some off guard. The title track itself captured the overall mood of the album, a retelling of the Bible's prodigal son story from the other son, the one who stayed at home and did what he was meant to do. The elegant, reflective "Lucy" and the staccato then sweeping "Lament" are two further high points, but the flat-out winners come dead center. "The Weeping Song," a magnificent duet between Cave and Bargeld, starts out sounding a bit like Gene Pitney's "Something's Gotta Hold of My Heart," which the Seeds covered on Pricks, before shading into it's own powerful, blasted drama. "The Ship Song," meanwhile, equals if not overtakes the Scott Walker ballads Cave so clearly is inspired by, a soaring, tearjerking declaration of intense love that's simply amazing.