Album
Tender Prey
1988 · Rock
27 collectors on Gatefold own this
Tender Prey is an Alt/Indie album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 94 pressings tracked, owned by 27 collectors.
About
Opening with the searing epiphany of a con ascending the electric chair (“The Mercy Seat”), <i>Tender Prey</i> marked a firm step in the evolution of the Bad Seeds’ sound, reconciling the dissonance of the band’s early albums with Cave’s growing interest in Americana and blues. As with most of Cave’s material from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the music here treads a provocative line between camp and gravity, gallows humor and genuine violence: Take the glammed-up gospel of “Deanna,” on which death figures as a punchline, and the Blind Willie Johnson interpolation “City of Refuge,” on which it’s anything—<i>everything</i>—but.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Mercy Seat7:16
- A2Up Jumped The Devil5:16
- A3Deanna3:45
- A4Watching Alice4:01
- A5Mercy6:13
Side B
- B1City Of Refuge4:48
- B2Slowly Goes The Night5:24
- B3Sunday's Slave3:41
- B4Sugar Sugar Sugar5:01
- B5New Morning5:07
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- raw
- intense
- groovy
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Comes with a printed inner sleeve.
Recordings engineered at Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin. Vielklang, Berlin. Trident, London. The Strongroom, London between August 87 and January 88 except "Mercy" and "Alice" at The Studio, Richmond, Aust.
Mixes engineered at The Strongroom in January 88 and The Power Plant, Carlton, Aust. in March 88. Except "Alice" at The Studio, Richmond, Aust.
This Album is dedicated to Ferdinand Ramos, better known as 'PIXOTE'. Remembered for his brilliant performance in the film of the same name. Killed by Sao Paulo police in November 1987, age 19.
Mastered at The Exchange, Camden.
Some copies were sent for promo use with an additional Ferret'N'Spanner sticker (see images).
Runouts are etched.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Blixa BargeldBACKING VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS
- Kid Congo PowersGUITAR BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Mick HarveyACOUSTIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS BASS
- Nick CaveHARMONICA LEAD VOCALS, LYRICS BY, MUSIC BY LYRICS BY , MUSIC BY, VOCALS
- Roland WolfPIANO BACKING VOCALS GUITAR
- Thomas WydlerDRUMS BACKING VOCALS HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS
- Audrey RileySTRINGS
- Chris TomblingSTRINGS
- Friends Of The Bad SeedsBACKING VOCALS
- Gini BallSTRINGS
- Hugo RaceBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUEST GUEST, BACKING VOCALS
- Ian DavisBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUEST GUEST, BACKING VOCALS
- Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsBACKING VOCALS
- Tony CohenBACKING VOCALS
27 collectors on Gatefold own this · 94 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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