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[CRAZY-HORSE]

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS "no more shall we part" cd, 2001.

after a three year haitus after 1998s "the boatman's call" nick cave returned with his most lyrically friendly(and lyrically 'perfect') album to date....just straight love,life songs, none of the sarcastic, deep dark tracks of the past(or future)... well i guess you could call these "love songs" to some extent...well, as close as Cave ever got to 'love songs' anyway??!!??!
still cant figure out why Cave never sells albums in quantities to reflect his writing skills, afterall IMO he is the greatest lyricist since Bob Dylan!
this one barely made the top 200 in the US, top 50 in Oz, but got to number 15 in the UK charts...his highest placing over only eclipsed by 2008's "dig lazerus dig"...
Cave's vocals tend to lack his usual tones here, seems to be actually trying to be a "normal" singer...that aside this one contains two of his finest songs in "fifteen feet of pure white snow" and my all time favourite Cave track "god is in the house"...
not a great Nick Cave album, but still reasonably good with several gems on board!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: love letter
best track: God is in the house

tracks:

1. as i sat sadly by her side **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRnNMsfLyPI live
2. and no more shall we part ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nokGZZZmmmU live
3. hallalujah ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiX5hkdu2r0&feature=fvst live
4. love letter *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KZqfN9eh8w live
5. fifteen feet of pure white snow ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8Amv3_z34 live
6. God is in the house ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai4CUOLI7KA live
7. oh my Lord ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey74pev8qHk live
8. sweetheart come **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEX8A7QigOs audio
9. the sorrowful wife *
10.we came along this road **
11.gates to the garden **
12.darker with the day *

3s=5
2s=4
1s=3

rating; 2.2