Carnage
by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
  • Record Label: N/A
  • Release Date: Feb 25, 2021
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 78
  3. Negative: 7 out of 78
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  1. Telegindan
    Feb 26, 2021
    6
    Overacting NC voice above WE's demos. Thanks it's not The Bad Seeds records. But it's kind of better than Ghosteen.
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Jan 6, 2022
    6
    Pretty average stuff. Any new album with the name 'Nick Cave' on the cover is definitely worth listening to, and this definitely does not disappoint. Both Cave and Ellis are master craftsmen at the peak of their powers and this is a timely album with poignant, relevant lyrics .

    Don't anticipate any of the classic Nick Cave vibes and sound in this album. It's still a nice listen,    Pretty average stuff. Any new album with the name 'Nick Cave' on the cover is definitely worth listening to, and this definitely does not disappoint. Both Cave and Ellis are master craftsmen at the peak of their powers and this is a timely album with poignant, relevant lyrics .

    Don't anticipate any of the classic Nick Cave vibes and sound in this album. It's still a nice listen, probably having it in the background while you're having an adventure.    … Expand
  3. Jackson889
    Sep 5, 2022
    4
    Better than anything he did prior to this but still relatively soulless and mediocre.

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#5 Best Album of 2021
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#75 Most Discussed Album of 2021

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. AllMusic
    Apr 29, 2021
    80
    It's the work of two collaborative artists who are in the midst of a later-period renaissance that has spawned powerful, evocative music that speaks to its time without being confined to the crises that sparked its creation.
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  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Apr 1, 2021
    90
    Cave remains inspirational working widescreen miracles from cataclysmic events. [May 2021, p.85]
  3. Record Collector
    Apr 1, 2021
    80
    It is an album, certainly, that carries the magic and surprise that belongs only to strange times, that belongs to this moment completely: a record of the way we saw the world, once, the way it sounded, the way it felt, as we all stood still and watched.
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