From Her to Eternity

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After the Birthday Party ended in a manner similar to a train collision, frontman Nick Cave emerged from the wreckage and hooked up ex-bandmate Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld (on loan from the industrial group Einsturzende Neubauten), Barry Adamson (fresh from Magazine), and the lovely but corpse-pale Anita Lane. Thus the Bad Seeds were born, second only to Cave's former band in their ability to create a rumbling caterwaul. What makes the Bad Seeds stand apart, though, are the elements of delta blues that Cave dredges up from the darkest recesses of his black, black heart--blues unlike any you've ever heard before--and his Faulkner-meets-Lovecraft lyrical obsessions. "Well of Misery" shambles along drunkenly and eventually crumbles under its somnambulant pace. On the title track Cave exhorts, begs, and pleads like a whiskey priest begging for forgiveness after a bender while Bargeld's guitar shrieks and wails like a congregation of devils. Including two of Cave's more inspired covers--Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" and Presley's "In the Ghetto"--From Her to Eternity captures Cave at the noisy intersection between the punk-rock entropy of the Birthday Party and his later incarnation as the gothic Elvis. Amazing, scary stuff. --Tod Nelson --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Avalanche
Cabin Fever
Well Of Misery
From Her To Eternity
In The Ghetto
The Moon Is In The Gutter
Saint Huck
Wings Off Flies
A Box For Black Paul
From Her To Eternity (1987)

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After the Birthday Party ended in a manner similar to a train collision, frontman Nick Cave emerged from the wreckage and hooked up ex-bandmate Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld (on loan from the industrial group Einsturzende Neubauten), Barry Adamson (fresh from Magazine), and the lovely but corpse-pale Anita Lane. Thus the Bad Seeds were born, second only to Cave's former band in their ability to create a rumbling caterwaul. What makes the Bad Seeds stand apart, though, are the elements of delta blues that Cave dredges up from the darkest recesses of his black, black heart--blues unlike any you've ever heard before--and his Faulkner-meets-Lovecraft lyrical obsessions. "Well of Misery" shambles along drunkenly and eventually crumbles under its somnambulant pace. On the title track Cave exhorts, begs, and pleads like a whiskey priest begging for forgiveness after a bender while Bargeld's guitar shrieks and wails like a congregation of devils. Including two of Cave's more inspired covers--Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" and Presley's "In the Ghetto"--From Her to Eternity captures Cave at the noisy intersection between the punk-rock entropy of the Birthday Party and his later incarnation as the gothic Elvis. Amazing, scary stuff. --Tod Nelson

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Classic goth-rock.......2006-06-18

It's hard to qualify music like this with a category without using prefixes like 'post-' and 'art-', and I know that Nick Cave himself objects to being associated with the 'g' word. However, I think goth-rock fits this album best. There's the dark theatricality that you find in all of Nick Cave's work but also unpredictable, frenetic bursts of noise that are more like the work of the Birthday Party taken to even further extremes. For example, some sections of "Cabin Fever!" sound like they were recorded in some insane sawmill... IN HELL!

The album may at first sound like a mess, but stick with it and you'll be rewarded with some great moments. After a few listens you'll be joining in the weary bar-room choruses of the more restrained tracks (Wings Off Flies, Well Of Misery). The braver listener may also attempt to sing along with such higher-volume tracks as 'Cabin Fever!' and the title track, but be warned. Anyone overhearing you will think you are certifiably insane.

Ballads like "A Box For Black Paul" and "Saint Huck" point towards the more restrained, narrative form Cave's work would take later on down the road, and the cover of Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" is also a killer. All in all, 'Tender Prey' is probably a more accessible introduction to the Bad Seeds, but this one is my personal favourite. A crazy ride.

Cave's masterful solo debut.......2004-10-29

This debut solo album by Cave has grown in stature down the years. The mood is Goth, the songs are mostly folkie laments, both lyrically and melodically impressive, his voice is like dark red velvet and the whole is dark, brooding and atmospheric. With the superb backing of Bad Seeds Blixa Bargeld, Mick Harvey, Barry Adamson and Anita Lane, this album is just perfect in its blood-cuddling rawness. I love the eerie cover of Leonard Cohen's Avalanche, whilst the striking images in Cabin Fever elevates an ordinary tune into the unforgettable. Well Of Misery stands out for its interesting vocal arrangement. Cave's cover of Elvis' In The Ghetto is quite stunning. The title track is an anguished and harrowing love song with atmospheric vocal samples and industrial infusions. With these songs Cave established himself in the great tradition of artists like Cohen, Richard Thompson (in his dark moments), Tom Waits, Peter Murphy and Michael Gira, as a master of the deep, dark lament.

CD Contains Three Bonus Tracks.......2004-09-27

A number of people have been discussing the cover track "In the Ghetto." Keep in mind that that track is a bonus track included for the CD re-release. The original album from 1984 just included seven songs: Avalanche, Cabin Fever!, Well Of Misery, From Her To Eternity, Saint Huck, Wings Of Flies, and A Box For Black Paul. Several years later, the CD came out and added three bonus tracks: "In the Ghetto" (a 1984 single), its b-side "The Moon is in the Gutter," and the 1987 version of "From her to Eternity" which is from the soundtrack to the movie "Wings of Desire."

one of Cave's most haunting works.......2003-12-09

The use of ambience and noises as essential elements are emphasized than on any other album, and the more rock-like songs continue the thrashing crashing colliding work of THe Birthday Party, while Cave's ventures into Americana and Delta Blues and balladry start to make their appearance as well. The result is a very atmospheric album that can't really be explained in any normal terms other than incredibaly scary, supernatural music that stands up to other works by post-punk bands that were popping around the same time---Sonic Youth's "Bad Moon Rising" and THe Swans "Children Of God...". "Saint Huck", "Cabin Fever", and the title track are long, thought-out aggressive masterpeices, but my personal favorite is the so spooky it hurts "Box For Black Paul". A frieghtening listen from beginning to end.

An explosion.......2003-06-10

This album is divine for its storming and pounding. We have strong evidence here Cave is the last great romantic poet. The music focuses on a kinetic and roiling set of rhythms over which Cave sings his dirges. My favorite is "Wings of Flies" which has some pretty darkly humorous imagery ("she loves me, she loves me not!") as well as an adolescent flare.

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Bridge Across Eternity

Manufacturer: Celestial Sounds
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IIUX
Release Date: 1994-06-14

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Sheep May Safely Graze/Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Simple Gifts/O'Carolan's Draught
Sinfonia
Innsbruck, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
Paduane ala Venetine
Gymnopedie #3
Primavera, from the Four Seasons
Ocean Waves
Ave Maria
Lauda
Fur Elise
Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie
Ascension

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Bridge Across Eternity exemplifies the range of passion Cynthia brings to her musical recording. This predominately classical album features Cynthia on the Celtic harp, with a rich accompaniment heard on woodwinds and strings.

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From Her to Eternity
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Manufacturer: Dead Line
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008F1LX
Release Date: 1990-07-03

Tracks:

Avalanche
Cabin Fever!
Well of Misery
From Her to Eternity
In the Ghetto
Moon Is in the Gutter
Saint Huck
Wings off Flies
Box for Black Paul
From Her to Eternity [1987]

David & Ginger Hildebrand: Music of the Charles Carroll Family

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David & Ginger Hildebrand: Music of the Charles Carroll Family

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Finale: Finale, From The Poor Soldier
In Gaudy Courts: In Gaudy Courts, From Rosina
Fy, Gar Rub Her O'er with Strae
Flowers Of The Forest
No Scornful Beauty
Voluntary III: Adagio, Allegro
An Thou Wert My Ain Thing
The Carrollton March
Carroll's 2 of April; Carroll's Thoughts on Eternity; Carroll's Maggot
Katherine Ogie
Maggie Lauder
Gala Water
Gig
When Bidden to the Wake of Fair: When Bidden to the Wake of Fair, From Rosina
Water Parted From The Sea: Water Parted From The Sea, From Artaxerxes
Variations On God Save The King

This Sceptred Isle: Music Inspired By the Events of the 20th Century

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I HAVE seen this CD and really like it.

This Sceptred Isle: Music Inspired By the Events of the 20th Century

Manufacturer: BBC Legends
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00004KDFI
Release Date: 2000-09-12

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I HAVE seen this CD and really like it........2003-10-31

This is a two CD set on which, though several of the cuts are edited, more than half appear in their entirety. What a splendid set they make! I've always been a fan of the musical grandeur evinced in British Imperial music. This album, particularly the first disc, offers music from this genre in spades, both instrumental and choral works. Hubert Parry's "I Was Glad" shines out in dazzling brilliance. Listening to Walton's warhorse "Crown Imperial" and Elgar's "Coronation March" we can visualize the full ceremony of state. And listening to Coates' "Dam Busters March" brings to mind all the hope of a proud people fighting, down to its last collective drop of blood, a mortal threat being wrought by an invader's ruthless forces. I'm sure this sounds melodramatic, but after all, total emotion is what this music is all about. I might ask for a cut or two less of Coates or Walton, not because those recordings were not excellent, but because, instead, I'd have liked a cut from Bridge, Tippett, or even Rutter. But, excepting that slight objection, this CD duo does its job most excellently and well.

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Delightful light baroque; a great find

Parry's English Lyrics

Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Locatelli is, of course, an exceptionally tasty sheep's milk cheese related to Romano, but he was also a very important and talented composer of violin music. Later generations looked back at him as the "Baroque Paganini," and his music abounds in technical difficulties and flashy writing for the soloist. Of course, instrumental virtuosity alone doesn't make a great composer, but in this collection of concertos and orchestra suites we see that the challenge of writing other types of music didn't faze Locatelli composer one bit. The so-called "Theatrical Introductions" are what we now call "overtures" or "suites," consisting largely of dance movements arranged in a pleasing sequence. The whole collection is expertly performed by this excellent "authentic" instrument group. --David Hurwitz

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Delightful light baroque; a great find.......2007-01-31

I stumbled on these pieces by hearing one on the radio, loving it, and buying this CD. These are bright, inventive, concerto-style compositions in a style very reminiscent of Vivaldi. From the first bars of the first track, you know you're in for a treat. The first CD contains six "Introduttioni Teatrali", or theater introductions, which were apparently played before theater productions. They are in typical baroque concerto style and might better be called concerti for orchestra. The second CD contains six concerti with varying numbers of movements.

The playing is excellent, full of life and energy. The recording quality is fine, and the hall has a full, rich sound. After listening to this CD a few times, the pieces feel like old friends I've known all my life. If you like Vivaldi concerti, I'm sure you'll enjoy these.

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