Title: The spilled milk of human kindness
Review: Nick cave is perhaps the most brilliant rock poet of our day. I was less fond of Nocturama than previous releases mainly due to relatively weak lyrics. These two discs are as lyrically deep as they are musically. Nick is really a modern straggler from the romantic period. His words look as beautiful on paper as they do in song. The sound of these 2 cds is very mature...not to mean it's not still raw and experimental at times. Two very different albums in one package. Abattoir Blues simply rocks! This is powerful stuff. The only song I can't really digest is "Breathless". It rather amused me the first time I heard it, but now it's grown to be more of an annoyance. I don't think the reggae tinge works. That's just me though. I've seen others point to "The Lyre of Orpheus" and "The Fable of the Brown Ape" as weak points and those are favorites of mine. But everyone seems to agree that it's a damn fine release. Cheers Nick!
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