Live Seeds (Reis) [Limited Edition, Live, Original recording reissued]

Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Live, Original recording reissued
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B000003Z4N
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,867 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mercy Seat

2. Deanna

3. The Ship Song

4. Papa Won't Leave You, Henry

5. Plain Gold Ring

6. John Finn's Wife

7. Tupelo

8. Brother, My Cup Is Empty

9. The Weeping Song

10. Jack the Ripper

11. The Good Son

12. From Her to Eternity

13. New Morning

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the best introduction to Nick, April 20, 2006

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Herr Frog (Washington DC area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Seeds (Reis) (Audio CD)

Like your traditional "live" album, this is a collection of some highlights from several albums, rendered IMO perhaps better than the original versions. One of Nick's many mighty virtues is his flair for performance, and this album showcases him and the Bad Seeds clearly at the height of their powers -- not to say those powers have diminished.

I can go on and on about Nick and his abilities as a singer, a performer, or slightly less known, as a scholar of English-Lauguage folk music, but this album really demonstrates that wonderfully. OK, just one remark: I believe "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry," originally from "Henry's Dream," is in great part inspired from a much older English song, "Tom of Bedlam." For any Nick enthusisast who isn't aware of his bardic side, it might gladden your heart to study the original and to discover more of the history that Nick is so well-versed (literally) in. I was originally thrilled to see a pal of mine, a massive scholar of English music, play Tom of Bedlam at a coffee house one evening. I was stunned; it was Nick's song! It was clearly where Nick got it, or the greater part of it. To my mind, Nick is a great scholar of folk music, and a genuine great performer of our time. It is the darkness he dwells upon that has obscured him from broader acceptance, of course.

So let me just give wholehearted approval and not go on for too long. Five stars.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nick...live...need I say more?, January 19, 2000

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"nucleardriveby" (hell) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Seeds (Reis) (Audio CD)

I was very fortunate to get a copy of the "Live Seeds" CD/photo book set personally autographed by Nick, Thomas Wylder, and Jim Scavulos. But even putting aside my enthusiasm for owning an item which Nick Cave held in his hands and signed his name to, I find this album to be a testament to a great man and a great band. Nick has never sounded better than he does on this album. The songs all sound very different (and often much better) when recorded at a live Cave show...particularly "The Mercy Seat," which gains momentum as it rolls along, and "Tupelo," the version of which appearing on this album is absolutely stunning. These two songs have long been favorites of mine, but more so now than ever due to the brilliance of this album. I was very lucky...but you can be lucky too. All you have to do is buy this album...you can't lose.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing the Hammer Down, October 5, 2003

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Matthew Hahn (Austin, TX, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Seeds (Reis) (Audio CD)

I have enjoyed all of Nick Cave's work with his penchant for acting , drama, and the doggerel lives of the backwaters, the crooked, the low life characters that convince us of the rawness of life and the band's story telling ability. This CD is more convincing though because you can feel the band is really engaged and you feel that you are being sung to directly as a person. There are few instances in life, even in a live set, where we the audience become we the experience. The songs connect and take you into the rhapsodic balladic stories. This is grand rock and roll, people, it's just wailing and bringing the hammer down.

Matthew Hahn, www.movingtracks.com