Music Review

Murder Ballads (1996)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Reviewed by Tony Scherman | Mar 08, 1996
EW's GRADE
A

Details Lead Performance: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds; Genre: Rock

Not for the squeamish, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds's Murder Ballads is the rare pop record that resonates with the weight of the ages. Sounding as drolly lugubrious as ever, Cave surveys a musical legacy of horror, mayhem, and madness, from the old British ballad ''Henry Lee'' (with PJ Harvey) to the African-American epic ''Stagger Lee'' (in a blisteringly X-rated version) to Cave's own brilliant additions to the genre. A

Originally posted Mar 08, 1996 Published in issue #317 Mar 08, 1996 Order article reprints
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