Ghosteen
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Universal acclaim- based on 283 Ratings
- Summary: The 17th full-length studio release for Australian rock band is influenced in part by the accidental death of Nick Cave's 15-year old son in 2015 and is considered the third and final part of trilogy of albums that includes 2013's Push the Sky Away and 2016's Skeleton Tree.
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- Record Label: Ghosteen
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 28 out of 28
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Mixed: 0 out of 28
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Nov 13, 2019It can only tower when it comes to naming this decade’s great albums; miles above and light years ahead of anything else.
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Oct 7, 2019It’s another masterpiece that will forever be enshrined in his ever-growing legacy. Absolute perfection.
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Oct 9, 2019Yes, it can be painful, but there’s a beautiful catharsis contained within Ghosteen that makes it one of the most essential records of recent times – a lifejacket for anyone surfing that dreadful wave of grief.
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Oct 10, 2019Ghosteen is a masterpiece of melancholy. You mourn right along with him and hope he finds solace.
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Nov 12, 2019The anguish a parent feels for losing their child is harrowing and Ghosteen masterfully captures Cave's grief and spiraling rumination on mortality.
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Oct 9, 2019At a distance, the album can feel like an ambient mood piece with some pretty moments rising from the mist. Listen closely, however, and something changes. The album becomes a meditation on pain and wonder, an apparent duality that Cave’s narrator turns into an acceptance of what it means to live.
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Oct 7, 2019In the face of enormous loss, Ghosteen finds comfort in what worldly wonders remain. It surely ranks among Cave and company's most ambitious efforts, and maybe among their most affecting, too.
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Positive: 41 out of 52
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Mixed: 5 out of 52
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Negative: 6 out of 52
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May 28, 2020
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Oct 4, 2019A masterpiece. Phantasmagoric, personal, raw, visionary. An instant classic.
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Nov 20, 2019
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Oct 5, 2019Poignant, Astonishing, Mesmerizing, Hypnotic Masterpiece that evokes more than emotions.
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Nov 9, 2019Simply, quite possibly the most perfectly fragile, devastating and hopeful album of the 21st Century. Exquisite in its pain.
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Dec 19, 2019
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