Template:Use dmy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |Template:Short description|noreplace}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=The Firstborn Is Dead1985studioFrom Her to Eternityfromhertoeternity.jpgNick Cave and the Bad SeedsMay 1984September–October 1983 and March 1984* The Garden (London)
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|CitationClass=web }}</ref>x|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} From Her to Eternity is the debut studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in May 1984 by Mute Records. Produced by Flood and the band itself, the album's title is a pun on James Jones' debut novel, From Here to Eternity (1951), and its subsequent 1953 film adaptation.
Background and productionEdit
After the break-up of Nick Cave's former band the Birthday Party, Cave formed a new project with former band member Mick Harvey. Cave and Harvey were joined by a semi-fluid group of bandmates, initially including Einstürzende Neubauten member Blixa Bargeld on guitar, Hugo Race on guitar, and former Magazine member Barry Adamson on guitar, bass, and piano. After some studio work, the band's premiere public performance was held on New Year's Eve, 1983 at the Crystal Ballroom in Melbourne, under the name "Nick Cave – Man or Myth?", followed by a tour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band then briefly called themselves "Nick Cave and the Cavemen" before adopting the "Bad Seeds" moniker, in reference to the final Birthday Party release, The Bad Seed extended play (EP).
The majority of the album was recorded at Trident Studios in London in March 1984. "Saint Huck", "Wings off Flies" and "A Box for Black Paul" were recorded at The Garden studio (owned by John Foxx of Ultravox) between September and October 1983. JG Thirlwell, an early member of the group, co-wrote "Wings Off Flies" and made uncredited instrumental contributions to the album, but departed early in the recording sessions due to creative disagreements and to work on his own solo material.<ref name=Wray2014>Daniel Dylan Wray (2014) If This Is Heaven I'm Bailing Out: The Death Of The Birthday Party , The Quietus, accessed 5 January 2017</ref> The band is also seen playing a live performance of the title track in the 1987 Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire. This version, recorded at Hansa Studio, Berlin in February 1987, is included on CD reissues of the album.
Cave later said, "Well, I guess we weren't kicking people in the teeth anymore. I mean, it just became different. I wanted it to be more lyrically orientated and getting Blixa Bargeld from Einstürzende Neubauten in the group made an incredible difference. He's a completely kind of atmospheric guitarist and incredibly economical and it gave me room to breathe."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Critical receptionEdit
Template:Music ratings From Her to Eternity has been well received by critics. Trouser Press wrote that while "the album relies less on shock effects than any the Birthday Party ever made, the explosive parts are that much more effective."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chris Long of BBC Music described it as "imperfect, visceral, exciting and, ultimately, classic."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mat Snow said it was, "one of the greatest rock albums ever made. Dynamic, subtly layered, funny and plain obsessive, From Her To Eternity is the work of a visionary unfettered by worship of the romantic rock'n'roll mythology, and which thus reaches peaks hitherto unscaled."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Subscription required</ref>
Pitchfork ranked it 63rd on their list "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s", calling it "ghoulish to the point of ridiculousness, which is the entire point [...their] visceral hyperbole is something powerful, as though we’re hearing humankind’s palm read by a fortune teller with a cockeyed grin and a hand snatching your wallet."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009 remasterEdit
The album was remastered and reissued on 27 April 2009 as a collector's edition CD/DVD set, along with the three subsequent studio albums in the Bad Seeds catalog, namely The Firstborn Is Dead (1985), Kicking Against the Pricks and Your Funeral... My Trial (both 1986). The CD features the original 7-song vinyl LP's track listing, while "In the Ghetto", "The Moon Is in the Gutter", and "From Her to Eternity" (1987 version) are featured as bonus audio tracks on the accompanying DVD, rather than being sequenced into the album as in earlier CD pressings. The DVD also includes music videos from the time and the first installment of 'Do You Love Me Like I Love You', a 14-part documentary by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.
Track listingEdit
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PersonnelEdit
All personnel credits adapted from From Her to EternityTemplate:'s album notes,<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> unless otherwise noted. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Nick Cave – lead vocals; Hammond organ
- Barry Adamson – bass; backing vocals
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar; slide guitar; backing vocals
- Mick Harvey – drums; piano; guitar; vibraphone; organ; backing vocals
- Anita Lane (credited as band member, but does not perform on the album)
- Hugo Race – guitar; backing vocals
- J.G. Thirlwell (uncredited, instruments played unknown<ref name=Wray2014/>)
Technical personnel
- Flood – engineering
- Tim Tom – LP mastering
Design personnel
- Marina Strocchi – front cover photography
- Jessamy Calkin – back cover photography
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- Mick Harvey – executive production; 5.1 surround sound mixing
- David Rowntree – executive production
- Rachel Willis – executive production
- Shaun Connon – executive production
- Kevin Van Bergen – master-tape transfer
- Kevin Paul – 5.1 surround sound mixing
- Simon Heyworth – remastering
- Amy Hanson – sleeve notes
- Anne Carruthers – co-ordination
- MJ Salisbury – co-ordination
ChartsEdit
Weekly chartsEdit
| Chart (1984) | Peak position | |
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40 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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1 |
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| Croatian International Albums (HDU)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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15 |
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- {{#invoke:URL|url}}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:URL with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | 1 | 2 }} at Nick CaveTemplate:'s official website
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