• Record Label: Ghosteen
  • Release Date: Oct 4, 2019
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 284 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 20 out of 284
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  1. Nov 6, 2019
    2
    I get that this is supposed to be an important emotional piece after the death of his son.

    But I can not understand how this is an enjoyable listen. This having critical acclaim blows my mind -- it's boring and way too niche a substance.
  2. Oct 10, 2019
    3
    nos presenta un aura minimalista, llevada a lo simple, un álbum sobre valorado, no logra hacer la conexión que se requiere para llegar al nivel de lo contemplativo. incluso por partes intenta ser pretencioso.
  3. Dec 7, 2019
    2
    This album is not that good, I understand that this album is about the tragic loss of his son, but holy **** it is so boring. Nick Cave reciting poems over 3 synth cords and some pianos for 6 minutes is not enjoyable in the slightest. The fact that this album is going to go down as one of the best albums of the decade is frustrating. I don’t have a problem with slower music either it’sThis album is not that good, I understand that this album is about the tragic loss of his son, but holy **** it is so boring. Nick Cave reciting poems over 3 synth cords and some pianos for 6 minutes is not enjoyable in the slightest. The fact that this album is going to go down as one of the best albums of the decade is frustrating. I don’t have a problem with slower music either it’s just that I find absolutely nothing about this album interesting at all. Dull album. Expand
  4. Oct 6, 2019
    2
    Drivel
    noun
    - saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver. - childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle. verb (used without object), driv·eled, driv·el·ing or (especially British) driv·elled, driv·el·ling. - to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver. - to talk childishly or idiotically. SEE MORE verb (used with
    Drivel
    noun
    - saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
    - childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.
    verb (used without object), driv·eled, driv·el·ing or (especially British) driv·elled, driv·el·ling.
    - to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
    - to talk childishly or idiotically.
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    verb (used with object), driv·eled, driv·el·ing or (especially British) driv·elled, driv·el·ling.
    - to utter childishly or idiotically.
    - to waste foolishly.
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  6. Dec 24, 2019
    2
    This is pretentious drivel lyrically, and mostly boring musically. Really sad what Nick Cave has fallen to by becoming so full of himself.
Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. The Wire
    Nov 20, 2019
    80
    Unsurprisingly the mood is melancholy and the louche, theatrical sexuality or carnal drama of earlier albums is replaced by a battered and searching tone, striving to make sense, or failing that, some poetry or beauty out of the tragedy. The narratives take on a less devilish tone here. [Nov 2019, p.46]
  2. Nov 13, 2019
    100
    It can only tower when it comes to naming this decade’s great albums; miles above and light years ahead of anything else.
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 13, 2019
    90
    A richly imagined widescreen masterpiece that grows deeper and more emotive with each listen, Ghosteen may well prove to be the most ambitious, achingly beautiful, boldly experimental album of cave's career. [Dec 2019, p.83]