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Tender Prey
Rock · 1988 · 10 tracks

Tender Prey

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

A feverish collision of Old Testament fury and post-punk grit. Cinematic, desperate, and anchored by the harrowing masterpiece The Mercy Seat.

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It's like a gospel choir and a punk band got trapped in a haunted cathedral during a thunderstorm.

A relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted tenderness.

Tender Prey · vs · Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Urban Night+1.3σ

Urban Night saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
The Mercy Seat
7:16
02
Up Jumped the Devil
5:16
03
Deanna
3:45
04
Watching Alice
4:01
05
Mercy
6:13
06
City of Refuge
4:48
07
Slowly Goes the Night
5:24
08
Sunday’s Slave
3:41
09
Sugar Sugar Sugar
5:01
10
New Morning
3:46
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless, mechanical build of strings and piano in The Mercy Seat that mimics the mounting panic of the electric chair.
The jarring, distorted harmonica blast that opens City of Refuge like a siren in a riot.
The shift from the chaotic noise of the album to the surprisingly tender, gospel-inflected hope of New Morning.
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