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Universal acclaim- based on 284 Ratings
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Positive: 245 out of 284
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Mixed: 19 out of 284
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Negative: 20 out of 284
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Nov 21, 2019
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Nov 10, 2019
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Nov 16, 2019
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Oct 22, 2019Una obra maestra, te introduce a un mundo cargado de mucho dolor y con los sentimientos tan aflorados que sientes que su pérdida es parte de ti, un excelente álbum con lírica sublime y una producción que explora el ambiente, te hace entrar en su mundo
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Feb 27, 2020Probably the saddest album I've ever heard, and also of the most hopeful. This is the music of a man who managed, somehow, to overcome what no father should ever have to face.
This is a true masterpiece of music of any genre. -
Nov 12, 2019Fortunately only people who experienced the death of one of their children can fully experience the grief and trauma that is exposed in this masterpiece. Unfortunately I am one of them. I'm deeply grateful to Nick Cave & Warren Ellis for sharing this with the world. 'Hollywood' is an incredible drone-based piece of art! I can't stop listening to it.
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Nov 20, 2019There are tales, where there are realms and there are Kings, Amongst this, there is an achingly beautiful true musical experience like no other before in the popular music at all. It's that tiny.
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Oct 11, 2019
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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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Oct 4, 2019A masterpiece. Phantasmagoric, personal, raw, visionary. An instant classic.
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Oct 5, 2019Just like its predecessor, this is an otherworldly experience. A work of art of overwhelming depth. I am sorry that Nick Cave had to experience the intense grief that he so beautifully talks about on this record, but he can be proud of the music he and his band have crafted. Show-stopping and deeply moving from start to finish.
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Oct 5, 2019Soothing, relieving from trauma, Nick Cave gave the last resort of his late teen child who’s ghosteen to the unknown. It’ll make you question life itself. What can be taken from all deeds and what’s the purpose? It could be beautiful, it could be frightening, but it's still worth the try.
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Oct 8, 2019An amazing masterpiece by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. I couldn't believe they could surpass their previous record, Skeleton Tree, but here we are. This one is easily one of their best! Highly recommended.
Favorite Tracks: Spinning Song, Waiting for You, Sun Forest, Ghosteen, Hollywood.
Least Favorite Track: Night Raid (If I had to pick). -
Oct 10, 2019If the heart of a horse who spoke softly into the ear of a child climbing the staircase at the foot of the Rapture alone had a sound; it would sound exactly like Ghosteen.
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Oct 5, 2019Absolutely brillant, one of the best albums of this year, maybe this decade,
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Oct 6, 2019brilliant. got me digging up his older records as well. Also can't stop looking at the album cover
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Oct 10, 2019Stunning masterpiece. It's all been said here by almost every one of the reviewers - beautiful portrayal of loss and hope.
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Oct 7, 2019The perfect synthesis of Push The Sky Away and Skeleton Tree. Sweet in the music, sour in the lyrics.
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Nov 23, 2019Incredibleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
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Oct 12, 2019An amazing album that completely took me by surprise. Vastly different from Cave's previous releases, one cannot put a finger on which album from the Bad Seeds to compare it to. That may be the thing that Cave is a master at; bringing something new and fresh to his fans every time.
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Oct 4, 2019Incredible lyrics, a voice richer than ever, this is Nick Cave at his finest.
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Oct 5, 2019Poignant, Astonishing, Mesmerizing, Hypnotic Masterpiece that evokes more than emotions.
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Oct 5, 2019
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Oct 6, 2019
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Oct 9, 2019Absolute masterpiece. One of the most moving records of all time. A transcendental experience.
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Oct 6, 2019This is deeply affecting art from extreme grief. Hard but profound and ennobling.
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Oct 5, 2019A career achievement. One of the best albums of the 2019 and of the decade. They have taken an unspeakable tragedy and somehow turned it into a beautiful story of grief and healing.
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Oct 5, 2019I love everything about this album. Cover art, lyrics, poetry, melodies. It is superb.
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Oct 6, 2019An utterly captivating, moving and cinematic experience as Nick creates a world revolving around grief within the palm of his hand. A leap forward in sonic breadth for the Bad Seed’s and an epic closure on their trilogy.
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Oct 9, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 5, 2019Perfect. With every new listening is it better and better. The first album in my live, that i listen five time in first day of release.
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Oct 7, 2019A magnificent conclusion to the trilogy, containing some of the purest and most gorgeous songwriting of Cave's career.
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Oct 7, 2019I have a newfound respect for Nick Cave and the Bad seeds after Skeleton Tree. I was not disappointed with Ghosteen, lovely ethereal, devastating but also full of hope.
A true masterpiece from one (if not the one) of the finest lyricists of his generation accompanied by layers of the most beautiful melodies the Bad Seeds ever created.
"My baby's coming home now on the 5.30 train" -
Oct 7, 2019Beautiful record, Nick Cave takes all the great ideas from 2016s skeleton tree and builds upon them creating an hour and 8 minutes of amazing ballads that flow in and out of one another. Was not expecting this to blow me away like it did. One of the best records of the year hands down.
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Oct 18, 2019
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Dec 19, 2019the thing that i love most about this is the set up and the style of the songwriting itself. It allows you to visualize what you hear and to see what is going on in the story that is playing out in front of however dark it is. The production as well helps the story move and to help the listener to feel what is happening
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Oct 31, 2019And I thought The Skeleton Key was as perfect as it gets. Cave is like wine, the older the better.
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May 20, 2022
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May 28, 2020Based on keyboards, Ghosteen is a full of sensibility album. Sentimental backing vocals reach perfection and Nick proves a wider vocal range than expected.
To be honest, i’ve never been a fan of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds but this album shows these guys are true musicians. -
Jan 20, 2023
Awards & Rankings
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The WireNov 20, 2019Unsurprisingly 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]
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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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Classic Rock MagazineNov 13, 2019A 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]