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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree - Album Review

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For my 621st review, I discuss the heartbreaking circumstances behind Nick Cave's newest album - and what makes it a modern masterpiece.
Best Songs: 'Distant Sky', 'Jesus Alone', 'Girl In Amber', 'I Need You', 'Magneto', 'Skeleton Tree', 'Anthrocene', 'Rings Of Saturn'
Worst Songs: N/A
10/10
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@amethystacevedo5579 8 лет назад

It looked like you had cried a fair bit before filming this video. Your eyes still look teary and your voice was very shaky at parts. A truly breathtaking review.

@RubixCube-nq4wi 5 лет назад

Amethyst Acevedo seeing his eyes with hopelessness & hearing his voice more vulnerable makes me want to comfort him for the pain

@iam9991000 8 лет назад

Just even listening to you talk about this album was enough to make me cry a little.

@glennpicardo2339 7 лет назад

Holy hell. I know that others have made the comparison but this really does remind me of your Blackstar review. The suit, the somber atmosphere, the shakiness of your voice. I swear that there were quite a few parts where it sounded like you were on the verge of tears (not to mention that your already beautiful eyes looked even more beautiful and teary) My personal favorite song from this album was I Need You. The 'just breathe, just breathe' part gets me everytime. If that song is on your 50 Best Songs list, I will not blame you if you start crying. Easily your best review of 2016.

@amiacevedo3858 8 лет назад

Goddamn Mark. This might just be your best review in a while. I could tell that you were fighting back tears at multiple parts, especially near the end. As rsfan700 said, reviews like this and your Blackstar review are the reason why I admire you as much as I do.

@davidrowe762 8 лет назад

YES!! If any album this year deserves that score, it's definitely this one

@TheNukeGeneral 8 лет назад

I didn't even listen to the album. Not yet at least. In fact, I really know nothing about Nick Caves. Perhaps too my detriment I never seem to be able to back catalogue artists very well. as I didn't do with the new De La Souls album. But your review itself hit me. Hard. How well spoken you are and the emotion you are not afraid to show, convinced me to grab this album instantly. Incredible.

@kelsieparks9227 8 лет назад

It looked like you were tearing up throughout this review, your eyes were bluer than usual. Absolutely gorgeous.

@RubixCube-nq4wi 5 лет назад

Kelsie Parks The poetry is this comment is so beautiful

@Breathingmachine 8 лет назад

Fuck man. I rarely ever cry, but the first few sentences of this album made me tear up in an instant. An absolutely heartbreaking record, and a well-deserved perfect score. Great review.

@Ravenscannotfly 8 лет назад

This is the most important review I've ever watched. I use the word important because I have no words to describe this review. Although I don't always agree with you. You're the reviewer who I learn the most from. You are a brilliant creator who introduces and promotes other brilliant creators. This review has me in tears. although my experience has been minimal with Nick Cave I will definitely be checking this out

@hankcyrus9776 7 лет назад

Jesus mark, you made one hell of a review about one hell of an album, please keep making these great videos

@heymynamesbrett 8 лет назад

I haven't heard this album yet, and now its a must listen. Not because the score you gave it but by the pain painted by just your words. It takes a strong album to do that

@danielrauch643 8 лет назад

woah.

@danielrauch643 8 лет назад

I got choked up even watching you talk about this

@NathFilms 8 лет назад

This album gets better and sadder after each listen, truly moving album can you review Matt Corby - Telluric

@squirtlesquad28 8 лет назад

this is the best review I've heard or read of this album yet, bravo

@FlipTrackz 8 лет назад

MARK WHAT IS HAPPENING!?! TWO!?! IN ONE YEAR!?!?

@liamcarmody4217 8 лет назад

Second 10/10 of the year. I wonder if there's not gonna be another 10/10 year, will this or the Southern Family compilation to be number 1 of the year

@zemimsky 8 лет назад

I known Nick since the '90's where his Red Right Hand was featured on the Key to the X files album; instantly fell in love and i been loving him as an artist ever since. This album is a whole new level of diving into his soul.

@drewmihans5266 3 года назад

Wow, been watching your videos for years now, but missed this as it took until now for me to finally give Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds a chance. This is your best review, thanks for this.

@rickthelai 8 лет назад

TWO PERFECT SCORES IN ONE YEAR HOLY SHIT

@xqueenofacorns5324 8 лет назад

Which was the other?

@amiacevedo3858 8 лет назад

+Sasha G Southern Family by Dave Cobb.

@xqueenofacorns5324 8 лет назад

Ami Acevedo Just finished the review, but thanks regardless!

@joshisonwheels 8 лет назад

And Run The Jewels 3 is supposed to come out this year. Let's go for 3

@countrymc7926 8 лет назад

You can tell how close he was from getting emotional holy shit.. Listening to this album right now.

@amiacevedo3858 8 лет назад

Yeah. You could also hear Mark's voice shake multiple times as well. Damn. I didn't think an album review could hit me in the feels but Mark has managed to do that twice (this and Blackstar) in the one month that I've been subscribed.

@joeallen2564 8 лет назад

Got goosebumps just hearing you talk about this album.

@RubixCube-nq4wi 5 лет назад

joe allen I will feel them forever

@rsfan700 8 лет назад

Reviews like these are why I have more respect for Mark than I do for Fantano.

@alphaxiro3845 8 лет назад

its not fair to compare. they both have strengths and weaknesses.

@davidrowe762 8 лет назад

I think I like them both equally for different reasons, Fantano is definitely very knowledgable and describes his feelings extremely well but in a more light hearted and comedic way. Mark on the other and has so much passion in his presentation and the reviews themselves are almost poetic. Both great RU-vidrs!

@andrewbianchi1294 8 лет назад

Fantano is the worst critic ever. Mark is amazing...

@twistedganondorf 8 лет назад

His reviews for Benji and Blackstar are pretty somber as well...

@adamjudge7974 8 лет назад

I think Mark is a better "critic" when it comes to analyzing music as an art form, and I definitely think he is extremely passionate, but I think Fantano listens to a wider variety of music and recommends more progressive music. I just think he has a much better taste in general. They both have pros and cons.

@swanlee6077 8 лет назад

This review was real af..... That's the only way I can describe it

@1080TJ 8 лет назад

I had a feeling this would get a 10 from you, not sure why.

@sameenshakya5188 8 лет назад

I love this review. I love this album. I love you.

@felixmeinert5191 8 лет назад

Girl In Amber is probably my favorite song of 2016 so far

@TheBenana 8 лет назад

This album was amazing. I completely agree with your 10/10 rating. It was definitely my favorite album of 2016

@4321Cameron 8 лет назад

As soon as I saw the suit in the thumbnail, I knew it was going to be something special

@sidewayssky17 8 лет назад

I plan on doing a review on this album myself, but I need around 5 more listens before I even have a chance to understand the emotional depth of this album. One of the best albums I've heard in a long time, that's for sure.

@gyroscope2181 8 лет назад

I'm doing that too, but I seem to be having trouble understanding tracks like "Rings of Saturn" and "Anthrocene" lyrics-wise.

@sidewayssky17 8 лет назад

Godofmoar Same here. They're so profound that I can hardly understand them, really.

@sycko8 7 лет назад

This review was almost as beautiful as the album. Awesome album (and album review), and I'm of course surprised with another 10 this year. Can you please review the brand new Craig David album 'Following My Intuition' ?

@bentn13 8 лет назад

"It's easier to talk around this album than talk about the album itself", in the movie (one more time with feeling) that's kinda what it felt like Nick Cave was doing about his sons death. It was only directly referenced like in two-three parts of the movie.

@MarKikiMadness 8 лет назад

So I've absolutely loved Southern Family after you reviewed it and gave it a 10/10. So now I have to listen to this... I'm actually super excited after coming back from Frank Ocean's album, which I gave an 8/10. Hopefully this album keeps up the good streak. I'd like to believe that outside the charts, this year has been absolutely great for music. What do you guys think?

@MarKikiMadness 8 лет назад

I'll leave my opinion on the album in a reply to this comment after I listen to it, by the way.

@keenanedwards7053 8 лет назад

I agree.

@MarKikiMadness 8 лет назад

+Keenan Edwards oh hey Keenan.

@inthefurnace 8 лет назад

whenever Speccy gives an album a high score, I tend to avoid it because I'm afraid I won't appreciate it as much as its story deserves

@superjchamma 8 лет назад

THANK YOU

@briancollins1296 8 лет назад

2016 might be the greatest year for music in about 25 years.

@calls7989 8 лет назад

Not in the mainstream

@briancollins1296 8 лет назад

Patrick McCarthy Debatable. Just look at the albums released so far this year and your mind will be blown. And that's not even counting upcoming releases like the new American Football record.

@giagonzalez489 8 лет назад

agreed completely.

@mikecraig2062 8 лет назад

Could you review Usher's new album "Hard to Love" and Mac Miller's new album "The Devine Feminine"?

@baxterbrown8088 8 лет назад

ANOTHER 10 WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO In all seriousness, do you think that overall this and Southern Family are the best albums you have ever reviewed or do you think that maybe you had different ideas of what made a 10 back in the years when the best scores were 9s

@Godunman 8 лет назад

For as awful a year as 2016 has been overall, it's been an amazing year for music.

@Omoizin 8 лет назад

I thought the beginning of 2016 started off slow, but it's really been picking up since May. Lots of incredible music.

@11LuStar 7 лет назад

Love how Spectrum Pulse gave out two 10's this year while most other music critics on RU-vid haven't given out any yet lol

@fullpowergrundle 7 лет назад

@sadgiraffe1914 8 лет назад

Wow, lots of dark music this year. Blackstar, Skeleton Tree, The Glowing Man, Splendor and Misery...

@miticaBEP07 8 лет назад

99c, A Moment Of Madness, AIM, Nothing's Real, ANTI...

@andrewbianchi1294 8 лет назад

Kind of fitting when you see how much the world has crumbled on itself overall in 2016.

@nixtblack 8 лет назад

I didn't like it at first, but absolutely love it now. I actually removed the 'context' from the album in order to enjoy it. Is just a beautiful album.

@user-fy5vz4bh9d 8 лет назад

OH SHITTT A 10/10!!!!! NEVER HEARD OF THESE GUYS BEFORE BUT NOW I GOTTA LISTEN

@duke86fan 8 лет назад

personally this isn't the best start into them, despite being amazing the art is very hard to access and thats why there is not really much of an intro road.. most recommend murder ballads, or henrys dream, as the first one for nick cave as a whole

@user-fy5vz4bh9d 8 лет назад

+duke86fan yeah, on first listen I'm not really impressed with it. I get why people would love it but it was a little too slow imo.

@duke86fan 8 лет назад

what kinda thing were you wanting, because he had reccomendations for similar stuff

@xshadowscreamx 8 лет назад

+The Giver Of L's s I would recommend their song red right hand and also his collaboration with Kylie Minogue entitled " where the wild roses grow"

@benallan2328 6 лет назад

9/10 Best Tracks: “Distant Sky”, “Anthrocene”, “Girl In Amber”, “Jesus Alone”, “Skeleton Tree”, “I Need You”, “Magneto” Worst Track(?): “Rings of Saturn”

@amiacevedo3858 8 лет назад

Two 10s in one year?!?!?! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

@countrymc7926 8 лет назад

HOLY SHIT 10/10??????? can you review They Don't Know by Jason Aldean?

@SquidofBaconator 8 лет назад

Agreed

@swanlee6077 8 лет назад

This must be the best year in music ever

@isaku7321 8 лет назад

Good albums but bad mainstream

@takeafuckingshower 8 лет назад

2015 was way better, both in albums and mainstream

@abond623 8 лет назад

Nah, man, 2015 and 2013 were decent, but this is the best year for music since about 2011. And what the f is "mainstream"?

@takeafuckingshower 8 лет назад

I guess we just have different tastes. By this time last year, I had changed my top 10 three times. We had Kendrick, Sufjan, Steven Wilson, Chelsea Wolfe, Grimes, Deafheaven, Algiers, The World Is a Beautiful Place, Chvrches, Julien Baker, Carly Rae Jepsen, Bjork, Vince Staples, Joanna Newsom, Courtney Barnett, Father John Misty, Jamie xx, Julia Holter, to name only a few. This year, I'm struggling to even make a top 5. The only albums that I'm really liking are Bowie, Radiohead, Car Seat Headrest, Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Nick Cave, Death Grips and Angel Olsen. And mainstream is what's on the mass media (radio, hot 100). A Bond

@abond623 8 лет назад

takeafuckingshower I got you, I think 2013 and 2015 were good, but this year (and 2011 in resent memory) is amazing. I didn't like most of the stuff you listed for last year, I loved Deafheaven, Sufjan Stevens, Pusha-T, Tame Impala, Alabama Shakes and Vince Staples, that's about it. This year though: Bowie, Kanye, Radiohead, James Blake, Moonsorrow, Frank Ocean, The Veils, Nick Cave, Vektor, Chelsea Wolfe, Jack White's Acoustic Recordings, Swans, SubRosa, right this moment digging the new Touche Amore, and all that while Bon Iver, Alcest, and Chromatics have't even released their new albums, and at least one of them is bound to be great.

@mbo3587 8 лет назад

I enjoyed the album a lot on my listen, though I didn't ponder over the themes like I did with Black Star by DB. I do think a few of the instrumentals are a tad bit lifeless to be either very Droney or more melodically experimental, so the album couldn't be a 10 for me, but it's definitely one of the best of the year or at least one of my favorites and a very dark, thoughtful sit through. 9.2/10

@sharpvonl201 8 лет назад

holy fuck 10/10.

@mutedjono6187 7 лет назад

Not sure if any one song on this album quite matches O Children, but this is my favourite Cave album either way. 10 is agreed.

@miticaBEP07 8 лет назад

Oh, D-dear...

@enricc1 8 лет назад

Great Comment

@miticaBEP07 8 лет назад

I'm either speechless or restraining some other urges I'd rather keep for myself. You take our pick.

@ActuallyNotHayden 8 лет назад

I need to lie down

@logankenny9696 8 лет назад

Have you seen One More Time With Feeling?

@donttouchtheac8651 8 лет назад

A 10??? WTF 2 10s THIS YEAR WTF MARK THIS IS CRAZY

@owenc5817 8 лет назад

HOLY SHIT

@chowpaueksakon6767 8 лет назад

10/10

@matthewviq32 8 лет назад

A 10/10 FROM MARK HIMSELF?!? I MUST BE DREAMING

@andrewbianchi1294 8 лет назад

This isn't even the first from 2016.

@virmati99 8 лет назад

another 10?? holy shit

@joshisonwheels 8 лет назад

ANOTHER ONE

@Aubry92 8 лет назад

THEY DON'T WANT ME TO HAVE ANOTHER ANTHEM, SO I MADE SURE I GOT ANOTHER ANTHEM

@derfgerps4016 7 лет назад

Loved this album

@cooper712 8 лет назад

WHHHHAAAAAT 10/10

@11LuStar 7 лет назад

10/10 Great review

@twistedganondorf 8 лет назад

Should I listen to some of his previous albums before this one?

@teddyhaines6613 8 лет назад

For sure. Murder Ballads, Boatman's Call, Henry's Dream. I'd say pick at least one of those, then Push the Sky Away before taking a crack at this.

@Michael-ov2bf 8 лет назад

Holy shit

7 лет назад

I won't lie - I was looking for him at Massey Hall the other day.

@quanopluto6675 8 лет назад

Can you do a review on young thug "no, my name is Jeffrey" please ???

@thema1998 6 лет назад

Why the hell does this video have 8 dislikes?

@lambovii 8 лет назад

What was the other 10?

@amiacevedo3858 8 лет назад

Dave Cobb's Southern Family.

@lambovii 8 лет назад

Thanks

@Aubry92 8 лет назад

i'm not crying, I-I just got something in my eye, that's all :,,,,, (((

@mr.felipiux6392 8 лет назад

Un comentario en español ?) pero esto que eh

@regularburns 8 лет назад

ñeryyyy

@haustreviance 5 лет назад

ok then

@inthefurnace 8 лет назад

BOI

@glennpicardo770 7 лет назад

I agree. Until the review of Saor's Guardians a couple of months ago, the Astoria review was, at least to me, the closest Mark had gotten to flat out fangirling over an album. It was adorable.

@thebetbetunderground9548 8 лет назад

Impolite as this may be, minding the context of it all, is this album really as great as the hype surrounding it makes it out to be? I'm just a bit dazed about the whole thing. Everybody's talking about how much of a masterpiece the album is. The hype it is getting is somewhat even more intense than in the case of Blackstar. Too much praise, it could make one cynical. To be honest, I haven't listened deeply to the album yet. I've only given it a couple of cursory listens so far. And as of now, I don't really get it.

@keturahspencer 6 лет назад

This album is an emotional punch to the gut. People don't expect that. It's intense enough that listening to it makes you feel naked. So you listen alone. Then you listen again, but give it a deeper listen, since it's too intense to take on all at once. You start to notice and appreciate things that you didn't notice before. Then, when something catastrophic happens, you go back to it, and understand in a way that you never wanted to. It's different in a genuine way. It evokes emotions like other albums don't. It doesn't sound like someone trying to comfort you. It's someone going through it with you.

@maciasantonia1970 6 лет назад

I came for voltorb

@romanyharman9250 8 лет назад

if nick caves son had not died would this album have been given a 10? maybe heartless to say but I really don't think it would of. I listened to this before I knew of the deceased and it was pain to my ears

@romanyharman9250 8 лет назад

but the fact is you gave it a 10 because his son actually did die...if he had not then it would of been a nine and eight..the weakness of humanity