Nocturama
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Feb 11, 2003
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17

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  1. drownsoda
    Aug 27, 2010
    4
    A slipperly slope for a genius of huge proportions, Nocturama is Cave's musicial rock bottom. Setting off a wave of amateur songs and an earthquake of lost potential, it builds up to nothing more than a half-decent lead single that makes those seeds look horrible.

Awards & Rankings

56
#56 Most Shared Album of 2003

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. CultureDose.net
    70
    Nocturama is as slight and as pretty as a walk through the snow on a sunny Winter day.
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  2. Launch.com
    90
    At first listen a morose rumination on the many shapes of love, the album slowly unfurls as a grand, almost gothic epic of vast proportion and luxurious significance.
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  3. Pitchfork
    74
    But with two (admittedly gigantic) exceptions, Nocturama reneges on its promise-- something's still missing from most of these tracks.
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