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Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
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06/06/08 (33 review reads) |
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Advantages: The really good songs are really good
Disadvantages: Couple of weak links
I'm shocked to see that this album hasn't been reviewed yet, it's one of the best albums so far this year and keeps Nick Cave in good form following the side-project with Grinderman (No Pussy Blues) which it actually has quite a lot in common with as keeps generally with a garage style throughout.
Dig Lazarus Dig is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 14th studio album and includes the line-up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Martyn P Casey, Jim Sclavunos, Thomas Wydler, James Johnston and Conway Savage.
1 - Dig Lazarus Dig -
The album, first song and hit single Dig, Lazarus, Dig takes its name from Lazarus who according to the story in the bible was brought up from the grave by Jesus. Nick Cave claims to have always wanted to know how Lazarus felt about this and this song shows the situation from Lazarus's point of view and also brings it to New York.
Dig Lazarus Dig is a great song with quality lyrics and a superb hook line. 10/10
2 - Today's Lesson - Catchy song that gets better and more rowdy as it goes on, intriguing lyrics. 8/10
3 - Moonland - Not really my favourite song on the album, sounds like Tom Jones doing Frank Zappa and it's all a bit dramatic and the song isn't really going anywhere. 4/10
4 - Night of the Lotus Eater - Back to form with slow psychedelic sounds and ghosty vocals, many might not appreciate but I think the lyrics are fairly thoughtful and I like the song 8/10
5 - Albert Goes West - Rockier than the other tracks so far, the closest comparison I could find would be a mixture of REM/David Bowie. Albert goes West, Henry went South, Bobby goes North and then East whilst "me" doesn't go anywhere and enjoys simply observing. Good tune 9/10
6 - We Call Upon The Author to Explain - Nick rants like a bit of a neruotic mad man here about the wrongs of the world, whilst the band rock along solidly throwing the odd psychedelic Grindermanesque sound and generally speeding up at the end. A little taster:
Who is this great burdensome slavering dog-thing
That mediocres my every thought?
I feel like a vacuum cleaner - a complete sucker!
It's f***ed up and he is a f***er
But what an enormous and encyclopaedic brain!
I call upon the author to explain
9/10
7 - Hold on to yourself - A slow paced song with twangs of brilliance and the constant sound of seagul aliens in the background (listen to it, you'll see what I mean), once again it's the lyrics that do it for me. 8/10
8 - Lie Down Here - quick paced song with the chorus "Lie Down Here and be my girl", it's not terrible but it's not up to the standard of the other songs on the album in my eyes, sounds like a mixture of Iggy Pop/Dwighty Fry (from the Alice Cooper song) crooning over a girl. Poor. 5/10
9 - Jesus of the Moon - Clear song, vocally and musically that has hints of classical and folk music and is generally quite a dramatic love song with good lyrics and Nick strangely has a simlar voice to Neil Diamond on this track. The voice is almost exactly the same as "Sweet Caroline".. it's spooky! 9/10
10 - Midnight Man - Oriental/The Stranglers style backing music which kicks into a bit of an anthem alongside Nick Cave shouting "Everybody's coming round to my place
Everybody's coming round to my place
Everybody's coming round, oh baby, don't you see
Everybody wants to be your midnight man"
Very good track and pretty fun too. 9/10
11 - More News from Nowhere - A funky kind of song, a real rock n roll track with a Johnny Cash style of rhyming and truly crazy lyrics that very people can come up with and fit into a song, this could prove a truly legendary song in time. 10/10
Overall a great album with some great tracks, often quite different from each other and some with truly superb lyrics. Definitely worth having!
9/10
Summary: Great album
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