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Drowned in Sound | 9/10[2] |
NME | 8/10[3] |
Paste | 8.2/10[4] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Record Mirror | 4/5[6] |
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Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[8] |
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Tender Prey is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band
Details
The album opens with frontman Nick Cave's signature song, "The Mercy Seat", which has been subsequently played at almost all of the band's live performances since 1988, and was later covered by one of Cave's influences, Johnny Cash, on American III: Solitary Man (2000). "The Mercy Seat" was released as a single in May 1988 prior to the album's release and "Deanna" was released in September. On the CD version, the video mix of "The Mercy Seat" is also included as the last track.
Upon its release, Tender Prey received positive reviews and charted in the United Kingdom and
Cave later said, "It was a nightmare, that record. It is reflective of a group—particularly myself—who was just writing songs and there was no larger idea behind it. Sometimes some of the group was there, sometimes they weren't. I hear bad production and I hear bad performances as well."[11] Cave later admitted that the album, "was made at a difficult time in my life when things were spiralling out of control in a lot of areas."[12]
In 2012, the album was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia.[13]
Track listing
- "The Mercy Seat" – 7:17
- Nick Cave – vocals, Hammond
- Blixa Bargeld – slide guitar
- Mick Harvey – bass loops, piano, guitar, backing vocals
- Roland Wolf– guitar
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- Strings – Gini Ball, Audrey Riley and Chris Tombling
- "Up Jumped the Devil" – 5:16
- Nick Cave – vocals
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar, backing vocals
- Mick Harvey – bass, xylophone, backing vocals
- Kid Congo Powers – guitar
- Roland Wolf – piano
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- "Deanna" – 3:45
- Nick Cave – vocals, Hammond
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar
- Mick Harvey – drums, bass, acoustic guitar
- Kid Congo Powers – guitar
- "Watching Alice" – 4:01
- Nick Cave – vocals, piano, harmonica
- Mick Harvey – bass
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- Hugo Race – guitar
- "Mercy" – 6:22
- Nick Cave – vocals, vibes, harmonica
- Blixa Bargeld – slide guitar, backing vocals
- Mick Harvey – bass, backing vocals
- Kid Congo Powers – guitar, backing vocals
- Roland Wolf – piano
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- Hugo Race – backing vocals
- "City of Refuge" – 4:48
- Nick Cave – vocals, Hammond, harmonica
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar
- Mick Harvey – bass, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Kid Congo Powers – guitar
- Roland Wolf – organ
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- Backing vocals – The Bad Seeds & Friends
- "Slowly Goes the Night" – 5:23
- Nick Cave – vocals, Hammond
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar
- Mick Harvey – bass, xylophone, backing vocals
- Roland Wolf – piano, organ
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- Ian Davis – backing vocals
- "Sunday's Slave" – 3:40
- Nick Cave – vocals, piano
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar
- Mick Harvey – acoustic guitar, drums, bass
- "Sugar Sugar Sugar" – 5:01
- Nick Cave – vocals
- Mick Harvey – acoustic guitar, bass, percussion
- Kid Congo Powers – guitar
- Roland Wolf – piano
- Thomas Wydler – drums
- "New Morning" – 3:46
- Nick Cave – vocals, piano, harmonica, tambourine
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar, backing vocals
- Mick Harvey – acoustic guitar, drums, bass, organ, backing vocals
- "The Mercy Seat" (video mix) – 5:05 (CD only)
Note: Early issues of the CD version of the album had a track indexing issue in which "Sunday's Slave" and "Sugar Sugar Sugar" were indexed as the same track.
Personnel
Writing
- Tracks written by Nick Cave, except where noted.
- Track 1, 5, 9 & 11 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Mick Harvey)
- Track 2 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Harvey / )
- "Deanna" is loosely based on The Edwin Hawkins' Singers version of the hymn "Oh Happy Day". Subsequently, Cave issued an acoustic version of a medley of both songs. Hawkins' version was later issued on Original Seeds Vol. 1.
- "City of Refuge" is noted in the credit listing as being inspired by a Blind Willie Johnson song "I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge". This was later issued on Original Seeds Vol. 1.
Personnel
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Nick Cave – vocals, Hammond organ (1, 3, 6, 7), harmonica (4–6), piano (4, 8, 10), tambourine (10), vibraphone (5)
- Mick Harvey – bass (2–10), backing vocals (1, 2, 5–7, 10), acoustic guitar (3, 6, 8–10), drums (3, 8, 10), percussion (6, 9), xylophone (2, 7), guitar (1), bass loops (1), piano (1), organ (10)
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar (2, 3, 6–8, 10), backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 10), slide guitar (1, 5)
- Roland Wolf– piano (2, 5, 7, 9), organ (6, 7), guitar (1), backing vocals (6)
- Kid Congo Powers – guitar (2, 3, 5, 6, 9), backing vocals (5, 6)
- Thomas Wydler – drums (1, 2, 4–7, 9), backing vocals (6)
Guests
- Hugo Race – backing vocals, guitar
- Gini Ball – strings
- Audrey Riley – strings
- Chris Tombling – strings
- Ian Davis – backing vocals
Chart positions
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart[14] | 67 |
UK Independent Albums Chart[15]
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References
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Tender Prey – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Nick Cave". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ Nicholls, Chris (9 April 2010). "Album Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Tender Prey (remastered)". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ISSN 0028-6362.
- ^ Vrabel, Jeff (1 June 2010). "Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey, The Good Son, Henry's Dream Reviews". Paste. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ISSN 0955-4955.
- ISSN 0144-5804.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ISSN 1368-0722.
- ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
- ISBN 0-7333-0115-0.
- ^ Dwyer, Michael (July 1998). "Album by Album with Nick Cave". Rolling Stone Australia. No. 550. Sydney, NSW: Tilmond Pty Ltd. p. 41.
- ^ "From AC/DC to Indigenous languages, ten new titles added to the National Registry of Recorded Sound". Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Artist". Official Charts Company. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Lazell, Barry. "Indie Hits: "C"". Cherry Red. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.