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Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Label: Anti
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 1680
Format: Special Edition, Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 0.5
MPN: 86943
UPC: 045778694327
EAN: 0045778694327
ASIN: B0014DBZT2
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | | • | Today's Lesson | | • | Moonland | | • | Night Of The Lotus Eaters | | • | Albert Goes West | | • | We Call Upon The Author | | • | Hold On To Yourself | | • | Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl) | | • | Jesus Of The Moon | | • | Midnight Man | | • | More News Fron Nowhere |
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Amazon.co.uk
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! finds Nick Cave back at the helm of his long-term band The Bad Seeds after some impressive soundtrack work--2005's The Assassination of Jesse James--and a busman's holiday in the raw, rocking Grinderman. As the title suggests, Lazarus finds Cave returning to familiar themes of God and redemption, although some of the raw poise and wild-eyed humour that resurfaced in Grinderman remains: take the opening title track, which retells the Biblical story of the resurrection of Lazarus as transposed onto the sleazy, poverty-stricken backdrop of modern-day New York City. Musically, the likes of "Moonland" and "Night of the Lotus Eaters" have a swampy feel, all skittering drums, simmering bass and smoky organ riffs; elsewhere, there are rockers that tie on dissonant guitars without losing their dissonant touch ("Lie Down Here"). Probably the album highlight comes with "We Call Upon the Author", a sprawling, "Sister Ray"-like chugger that shows off Cave's skill for magnificent, sung-shouted narratives: "Now mixamatoid kids roam the streets, we've shunned them from the greasy grind/The poor little things, they look so sad and old as they mount us from behind". --Louis Pattison
Product Description
Last seen under the gleeful guise of 2007's Grinderman, a no-nonsense rock 'n' roll excuse to head down to the basement and shout, now Nick Cave returns to his full time Bad Seeds co-conspirators for this release. "Grinderman was deliberately spare and the concepts were pretty simple," explains Cave. "With 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!' we allowed ourselves to get expansive." It picks up where Grinderman left off, filled with Stoogified electric guitar, driving beats, and Cave's literate, seductive, and firmly tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
Dig It! November 11, 2008
The Bad Seeds have returned.
Nick Cave has been a busy man as of late. Last year saw him front and release a record with his new band, Grinderman (although it was really an extension of the Bad Seeds), where Cave returned to his guitar roots. The self-titled debut is definitely worth a purchase.
And earlier this year, Cave & the Bad Seeds released Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, easily one of the best albums of 2008.
Incorporating many of the elements of Grinderman, Cave has seemingly abandoned the piano for the guitar, freeing him, according to his own admission, to focus more as a rock vocalist. It will be interesting to see which direction Cave & the Bad Seeds take from here.
Dig it yourself.
 Elevating mediocrity November 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cave is the kind of artist who is better at arranging then actually writing songs, and with this latest reinvention he coasts by on an eclectic bed of intellectual pop rock ambiance that either plays into or exposes his gifts to elevate standard material.
 wow just wow...a master artist at the peak of his powers October 6, 2008
just got home from his show at the 930 club....when an artist's new songs are as good as his classics live you know you are onto something...best album of 2008 so far...
I Dig Nick Cave! September 22, 2008
I am embarrassed to say that I have just barely discovered Nick Cave! I had heard of him before but never really listened to him. My husband bought this album and had been playing it in the background and like most of my husbands music I tried to ignore it. But luckily I could not! My favorite song is Moonland. Nick Cave has this sort of sultry sexy voice (which so totally does not go with image) and I love title track. Midnight man is also great. This album is funny, witty, and smart. I can't believe my husband and both like it! marital bliss when it comes to music finally!
to top if off we got to see Nick Cave in SF this past weekend and he was awesome! he played lots of songs off this album and they were just as good live. the band performed amazing live with funky instruments and Nick played the audience so well. Truly a great album and a great band. I can't wait to listen to more of their stuff.
Surprise! September 4, 2008
This is CD is much better than I expected and an absolute surprise to me. I am big Nick Cave fan and loved his ballad CD's (Boatman's Call / No more shall we part / Nocturama) and the Pop inbetween (Abottoir Blues). I was a little afraid that after Grinderman he would try to get back to his roots of The Birthday Party trying to get the punk back. But no. Instead the CD is very much like "The Good son" and contains great ballads, fun songs and pretty much of everything. Very catchy and I can't stop listening. Only four stars because of 1-2 fillers.
Great CD!
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