If your favorite Bad Seeds album is Ghosteen, Nick Cave agrees with you.
“By any metric, [it’s] the best album the Bad Seeds have ever made,” he said of the 2019 record. He also stands by “From Her To Eternity” (from the Bad Seeds’ same-named 1984 debut album) as the band’s best early song, “primarily because of Blixa Bargeld’s extraordinarily eccentric guitar playing.”
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Cave shared the revelations in the latest edition of his Red Hand Files newsletter after several new listeners wrote to him, asking where to start with his vast catalog after discovering the artist following his appearance on The Louis Theroux Podcast.
“I have to confess, whilst I know the name Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, I’ve not taken the time to listen to your catalogue. … can you recommend a chronological list of songs to help me get started?” wrote one person. “I am completely confused by your…
