Seven Psalms
by Nick Cave
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. strangerthan
    Jul 7, 2022
    10
    A very interesting and inspirational insight into the man behind the characters he so brilliantly captures within the narratives of his songs
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Jul 2, 2022
    1
    this album is a stark dull affair that plays more as a poetry reading than an album .it is written well but unfortunately fails to justify itself .
  3. Orlando33
    Jul 8, 2022
    10
    What an incredible powerful collection. Crushingly sad but hopeful. Achingly beautiful.

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 5, 2022
    60
    You could, just about, call these psalms remixes, in that the thematic stems hold true. But there is respite, too, in the gentler notes and oscillations of Splendour, Glorious Splendour.
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  2. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jul 1, 2022
    80
    These are powerful nuggets. Whether he’s addressing God directly or meditating on the nature of religion in more abstract terms (you never quite know), Cave’s words are potent and evocative.
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  3. Mojo
    Jun 30, 2022
    80
    Each of them [psalms] is spoken word, less than two minutes long, and set to music that's ominous, ambient, spectral and spiritual. That's side one; side two is taken up with a 12-minute instrumental - a ruminative play of dark on dark, with a deep drone and synthesized choir of ghosts that's quite lovely. [Aug 2022, p.96]
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