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Grinderman

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Track Listings

1 Get It On
2 No Pussy Blues
3 Electric Alice
4 Grinderman
5 Depth Charge Ethel
6 Go Tell The Women
7 (I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free
8 Honey Bee (Lets Fly To Mars)
9 Man In The Moon
10 When My Love Comes Down
11 Love Bomb

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This band consists of Nick Cave and a small team of Bad Seeds members: violinist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn Casey and drummer Jim Sclavunos. Born of babbling lyrics hatched from Bosch eggshells in the Hyde-bound apocalyptic margins of the Cave brain, the Grinderman sound is an instinctual yawlp that also resurrects the demons of each musician's past: The trashcan proselytizing of Birthday Party-era Nick, Sclavunos' late 70s NY no-wave noise wisdom, Carey's ominous Triffids bass reverb and Ellis' avant-guarde soundtrack work and his teenage love of Black Sabbath.

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Grinderman is the sound of indie rock legends growing old disgracefully, and that is by no means a criticism. From the opening rant of "Get It On," this is an album with all the menace of an angry drunk, dripping with anger and testosterone (as the surfeit of facial hair in the band's interior photo will attest). It could even be the sound of Nick Cave's midlife crisis, but it doesn't matter, because Grinderman rocks. It's the sound of four musicians having a grand time, turning the volume up to 11 and really cutting loose. For that reason, it's the more upbeat tracks here that are probably the best: "Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars)" with its driving electric organ, the primal urgency of "Depth Charge Ethel," and the strutting album closer "Love Bomb." After all the po-faced seriousness he's displayed in recent years, it's good to know that Cave has rediscovered his sense of humour: "I cleaned the sheets on my bed, I combed the hairs across my head, I sucked in my gut and still she said, 'I don't want to,'" he sings on "No Pussy Blues," with his tongue firmly in cheek (amongst other places). Simply put, Grinderman is a hoot. --Ted Kord

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches; 1.76 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ANTI-
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 27, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ ANTI-
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000MX7YUE
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2007
    When we were kids Nick scared the baby crap out of us with Birthday Party. We grew up with him and weren't quite as scared because The Bad Seeds' stories were night-time fables told by a benevolent campfire master. Just leave the light on, we'll be OK even if dreaming of being buried under ten feet of snow white snow.
    Now we're all grown up. Middle age, actually and Nick's still right here in the room. Maybe he's exorcised his personal demons. Maybe he hopes we have too. Yeah right.
    Grinderman wakes us from the complacency of midlife. We stopped bitching and fighting and we started whining. Like old men on the porch. "In my day there were fights at every show." Blah,blah,blah.
    But Nick reminds us that we're still pissed off. And it's OK to be pissed. Maybe we've slowed down. But we're not dead. Yet. And neither is Nick.
    When we were 21 we had to juggle girls like Naomi Watts juggling for King Kong. OOOps, dropped a few. Now, after break-ups and divorces and rehabs the woman don't seem as ethereal, sweet and horny. Do they? We've got the "No P-ssy Blues" and thank God Nick is still here with us to commiserate. Play it over and over on the way home from the party. Loud. And don't forget to feed the cat before you go to bed. Alone. Thanks Nick for sticking around.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2010
    I think it was a kind of a let down from Caves' late work like Nocturama and Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus for many of his fans. And you might argue that Grinderman is not The Bad Seeds, however Nick Cave IS behind it and he's the mind and the heart of the groups. And with Grinderman he did a great job. You get the point from the first few lines, especialy when you know Caves' pre-No More Shall We Part work. I remember when I first put the disc in the car cd player and how Nick started his "I had to get up to get down to start all over again", I almost jumped out of the window, that was exactly I needed to hear from Nick Cave again. And it didn't stopped there. It's very hard to find an album where every single track is memorable and good enough you have an urge to play it again. First two tracks, Honey Bee and I Don't Need You to Set Me Free are the very highlights of the album, though that doesn't mean the rest is not worth it. I mean if you'd took the highlights out, you'd still end up with much more better album than the latest Bad Seeds stuff. It's Cave as we knew him. It's dark, yet funny. Raw, yet bright and clear. Somehow desperate and angry, yet something you can easily identify with. At some point it could be easily the soundtrack for the book The Death of Bunny Munro.

    5/5, let's see if he'll do it again with Grinderman 2.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2007
    This record is one triumphant release. Grinderman transports the listener to a sparse landscape, dust blowing in the street, sand in your teeth, and a drunkenness bubbling over and out of your corrupted and decaying soul. Anger and rage. You can smell the smoke as this monster burns you up and melts your face. Nick Cave plays the guitar with so much intensity that my nose began to bleed. Punched drunk in the kisser, lurching and boiling at the seams. The bass and drums entangle you, dragging you to the depths of this torrid, boozy affair. Grinderman is a night out on the town, that moment you stare deep into your own soul and face the demons within. A bender from hell with friends in the night, only to wake and have to face that maddening reality - life is pain. Grinderman is here to remind us that we all grow old, and in the end our mispent youth, hallowed and raw is a fleeting moment. To linger is to live in the hell of vanity forever.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2007
    As with most of Nick Cave's work repeat listenings are needed before you can make a judgement. Really miss the lyric sheet you find with Bad Seed albums. Grinderman is rougher around the edges. Cave is on guitar for the first time and gets a little repetative but a more rock sound sans piano is a welcome change of pace. No Pussy Blues was funny at first but got old after a while. My current favorites include Electric Alice, Depth Charge Ethel, I Don't Need You, Man in the Moon and When Love Comes Down. Go Tell The Women and Honey Bee are fun with typical Nick Cave dark humor.

    Not his greatest work but a good swing into the middle aged rocker side of Nick Cave.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2007
    This product is listed as "Limited Edition Special Packaging" at a cost of $30.99. It's nothing but an ordinary CD in a plastic jewel case with a "Made In Hong Kong" sticker on the back. It's the import version. There's nothing "special" about the packaging. Save your money and get the domestic version for $14.

    The album itself is awesome by the way. Nick Cave continues to make fantastic albums. Even though I feel ripped-off by Amazon's inaccurate advertising I must say this album is totally worth having. This is raw and noisy. It's removed from the introspective albums that Nick Cave has produced with the Bad Seeds recently but is better conceived than any Birthday Party record ever was. It's not The Bad Seeds. It's not The Birthday Party. It's GRINDERMAN!

    To be fair, I asked Amazon to refund the price difference between this misleading product and the domestic version, the difference being about $17.. They agreed and I got my refund in no time. Thanks Amazon, great customer service.
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  • alan down
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great record
    Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2021
    Good quality colored vinyl..thank you
  • Diego Daniel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Para la colección
    Reviewed in Mexico on July 29, 2021
    Me encanta este disco y porfil lo encontré en Vinyl. Es una edición sencilla de discos de color pero suena muy bien.
  • Veronica
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nick Cave versione garage rock è imperdibile
    Reviewed in Italy on December 8, 2020
    Disco davvero divertente con un Nick che va davvero a briglie scioltissime!
    Un progetto che ha funzionato molto bene questo dei Grinderman e che speriamo Nick e Warren vorranno ripresentare quanto prima.
    5 stelle meritate!
  • jpch50
    5.0 out of 5 stars grinderman,grand cru classé du CAVMAN
    Reviewed in France on June 13, 2017
    "un Nick cave grand cru classé "le retour aux sources, un album que j'ai zappé lors de sa sortie, très satisfait de l'avoir dans mon coffre fort .
  • Em Ka
    5.0 out of 5 stars Schmutzig & treffsicher wie ein Bukowski-Lyrikband mit passender musikalischer Umrahmung!
    Reviewed in Germany on January 21, 2016
    Tatsächlich ist mir keine passendere Überschrift, als eben gewählte, für meine Rezension in den Sinn gekommen. Tausendsassa Nick Cave, der sich eine elektrische Gitarre umschnallte, 3 seiner Bad-Seeds-Kollegen schnappte und in ein Pariser Studio begab, gelang mit vorliegendem Werk ein unbeschwert wirkender Befreiungsschlag, der zugleich böse, grantig, zielsicher und begeisternd klingt. In meinen Ohren gleicht das von Kritikern und Fans nicht umsonst hochgehandelte Grinderman-Debüt einer Frischzellenkur, bei der man längst überfälligen Seelenballast abwirft, um sich nach neuen Ufern aufzumachen.

    Paradebeispiel für die eigenartige, aber unverkennbare künstlerische Qualität der Scheibe dürfte wohl der ungestüme "No Pussy Blues" (der auch auf diversen Musik-TV-Sendern zu sehen war) sein. Nick Caves Angriffslust paart sich hier - unwiderstehlich steigernd und wieder abfallend usw. - mit einem unglaublichen Groove, bei dem Bass und Schlagzeug einen Drive erzeugen, den man selbst als erklärter Anti-Tänzer unmöglich regungslos hinnehmen kann. Die schräg-überdrehten und übersteuerten Zwischenteile wirken befreiend wie ein Gewitter, das lang anhaltende Hochsommerschwüle vertreibt. Ich weiß, dass das schrecklich kitschig klingt - aber etwas Besseres fällt mir momentan leider nicht ein, um Dynamik und Stil des Songs (und auch der Scheibe) einigermaßen in Worte fassen zu können.

    Natürlich sind aber auch die anderen Songs des Albums absolut hörenswert und ich glaube zudem, dass auch Menschen, die bis jetzt kaum Kontakt zum Musiker Nick Cave hatten, sehr gut mit "Grinderman" beraten sind. Auch ich selbst würde mich in keinster Weise als großer Cave-Fan oder Kenner bezeichnen, dieser Silberling ist aber schlichtweg eine Wucht, wirklich genial!

    Freunde guter Musik und Sammler sollten hier unbedingt alsbald reinhören, sofern sie's nicht ohnehin schon gemacht haben. In meinen Augen bzw. Ohren ist "Grinderman" ein sehr erfrischender Erstling (als Formation halt), der musikalisch sehr nahe an die bitterzart-raue Lyrik eines Charles Bukowski (dem bekannten US-Underground-Dichter) herankommt.

    Prädikate wie rau, energetisch, fulminant, befreiend, schlüpfrig, sexy und/oder bombastisch treffen allesamt auf vorliegendes Werk zu, das ich in Summe mit 5 ganzen Sternen für gerecht bewertet halte! +++++

    Eine wunderbare Platte, um Frust abzubauen oder sich im stressigen Alltag zwischendurch zu erden. Eine feine & ebenso spannende Sache zum Immerwiederhören - STARK!

    P.S. Nach der Veröffentlichung von "Grinderman 2" (dem 2010 erschienenen Nachfolger hierzu, ein Remix-Album folgte später auch noch) wurde auf unbestimmte Zeit eine Pause eingelegt, wobei eine Reunion nicht ausgeschlossen wurde. Naja, man darf wohl gespannt sein...