| Nick Cave - one of the most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters of the last 30 years - has never concealed his influences. This edition in our occasional "Heard Them Here First" series offers a view of his career, as seen through the original versions of songs he chose to cover. The collection opens with the Stooges' proto-punk anthem 'Fun House', which Cave's band the Birthday Party recorded in 1982, and concludes with 'Burnin' Hell' by John Lee Hooker, as recorded by Cave for the soundtrack of the film Lawless in 2012, and covers all points between, including the originals of six of the songs he and the Bad Seeds recorded on their 1986 covers album "Kicking Against The Pricks". [...more...]
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