Howard the Duck

i hardly even communicate with Trollheart until recently, but we have mutually agreed on the albums

his suggestion was this:-



which of course I am very familiar with, and is probably my fave Nick Cave, so here goes:-

famous for giving Kylie Minogue some sort of artistic "validity" in the duet "Where the Wild Roses Go" and is also a minor hit, this album is probably his most accessible, it is also essentially very maudlin and reflective of Cave's own introspections on the inter-relation between love and crime

it's composed of mostly ballads, and is slow and furtive, only picking up speed in "The Curse of Millhaven", and has a Dylan cover - "Death is not the End", which is nowhere my fave Dylan song, but his cover is good

the peak of this album is the 15-minute "O'Malley's Bar" and is pretty good for this sorta stuff - its arrangement is "strophic" but that doesn't stop it from being engaging

this is my fave Cave, followed by "Let Love In"

9/10

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Although we may not have communicated personally, as he says, I have been following Howard's contributions to various threads over the last few weeks and I have to say, for a duck he's pretty damn sharp! We had a little SNAFU on the album he had recommended for me, as I had already reviewed it on my journal, so this is what we settled on.



I'm not at all familiar with UFO's work, though I do know of them, so will take a little time to listen to and form an opinion of this album. At the moment there's a medical semi-emergency going on in my house (when is there not?) so it may take a little longer, but I'll get to it.

Am I to assume there's a general format, a la how Howard has reviewed "Murder ballads", or am I allowed to let my creative muse run free, ie run off at the mouth until everyone wishes I'd just shut up?

Thx guys
TH

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