bluesboy94

Second and last masterpiece for Napoli Centrale.

Current record even after 40 years. Those were the days when Naples had an underground scene (fusion-progressive-songwriter) that the whole of Italy envied.

One song surpasses the other, that’s what makes this album great.
Post Scriptum: I may be cliché, but in my opinion, after this masterpiece, Cave will never reach these levels again (with a repertoire that has nonetheless been enriched afterward by works like "The Good Son," "Henry's Dream," etc.).

Subjectively, it's the pinnacle of Cave's career.
Post scriptum: "Knockin' on Joe" is immense in its despair with no way out.

That piano in "Sorrow's Child" (climbing higher and higher between verses) desperately searching for redemption…

Cave is objectively an artist who has undergone significant changes. Changes that were primarily necessary for his survival. Here, there is no longer the early Cave, that is, the caged animal ravaged by heroin from the Birthday Party and "From Her to Eternity," nor the black shaman who resurrects the Delta blues in "Firstborn is Dead," nor the polished crooner anxious for redemption in "The Good Son." Here, Cave has become a "traditional singer-songwriter," and as far as I’m concerned, it's still a pleasant experience.

"There are only five leaves left"... this is the translation of the title (absurdly prophetic) of this great debut work by Nick Drake.

Lean, but intensely profound.

No complaints about the superb content of the album. Rather, it is painful to note that the artistic partnership between Nick Drake and John Cale was limited to "Fly" and "Northern Sky."

The highest marks go solely to the chilling black mass called "You Forget To Answer."