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I thought that Nocturama was brilliant when it came out, but its appeal has faded with time. I think there are probably three really good tracks on there, but the rest seems like filler.
Abbatoir Blues is brilliant, but it is supposed, I beleive, to be viewed as a whole with Lyre of Orpheus, which is to disappointment as Abbatoir Blues is to brilliance, so as a whole I think it's a bit average.
The last Bad Seeds album that I keep returning to again and again is The Boatmans Call. Since then he's settled down in Brighton, re-married, had more kids, and seems to be in a state of domestic bliss, and I think his songwriting has suffered. I still think the guy is the bees knees, don't get me wrong, but I think he's not what he was, say, ten years ago.
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