Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream LP vinyl record

Brand new, still sealed.

It's been reported that Nick Cave hates Henry's Dream, and he's being unnecessarily hard on this 1992 collection. Aside from any other considerations, it contains "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry," a rumbling gospel epic that remains a concert highlight, and "Straight to You," an exquisite devotional ballad. It is an odd album, however. Just when its predecessor, The Good Son, seemed to hint that Cave had accepted his natural facility for performing heroically overwrought ballads, Henry's Dream is a partial return to the gloomy Old Testament portents of "Your Funeral My Trial" and "The Firstborn Is Dead." That's no problem--"Christina the Astonishing" and "Brother My Cup Is Empty" are especially fine.