Title: Uneven, Raw, and Essential
Product review: I'll admit it took several years for this album to grow on me. At first I found it a rather uneven effort, with only sporadic bursts of greatness. However, over time it has become one of my favorites from the Bads Seeds catalog. It strikes me as the one album that maps out Nick Cave's entire career, touching on nearly every genre and subject matter he has covered before and after. There are more consistent albums, such as "The Good Son" but for sheer energy, originality, and breadth of scope, "Tender Prey" is hard to top. Of course, "Deanna" and "The Mercy Seat" are notable classics, but lesser-known songs such as "Mercy," "Slowly Goes the Night," and "Watching Alice" are all essential.
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