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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Firstborn Is Dead (VG+/VG)
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The Firstborn Is Dead is an LP by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds from 1985 released on the Mute, Possum Records label.
About this album
The Firstborn Is Dead is a stark, brooding blues-rock statement that helped define Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ early identity. Released in 1985, the album pushes further into American myth, gospel-blues shadows and apocalyptic imagery, with Cave’s baritone voice anchored by austere guitars, piano and martial rhythms. Tupelo, with its fatalistic retelling of the Elvis Presley birth legend, became one of the band’s signature songs, while the record as a whole sharpened their reputation for danger, theatricality and literary menace. It stands as one of the essential early entries in the band’s catalogue and a key bridge between post-punk and outlaw blues.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsLabel: Mute, Possum Records – STUMM 21Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: Australia & New ZealandReleased: 1985Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Blues Rock, New WaveA1 Tupelo
A2 Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree
A3 Train Long-Suffering
A4 Black Crow King
B1 Knockin' On Joe
B2 Wanted Man
B3 Blind Lemon Jefferson