From Her to Eternity
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| Studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | ||||
| Released | 18 June 1984 | |||
| Recorded | September - October 1983 and March 1984 | |||
| Studio | The Garden and Trident Studios, London, England | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 43:32 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Flood, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | 6/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Select | 4/5 |
From Her to Eternity is the debut studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 18 June 1984. The title is a pun on the book/movie From Here to Eternity.
After the breakup of Nick Cave's former band The Birthday Party, Cave formed a new project with former band member Mick Harvey. Cave and Harvey were joined by a semi-fluid group of bandmates, initially including Einstürzende Neubauten member Blixa Bargeld on guitar, Hugo Race on guitar, and former Magazine member Barry Adamson on guitar, bass, and piano. After some studio work, the band's premiere public performance was held on New Year's Eve, 1983 in Melbourne, under the name "Nick Cave - Man Or Myth?", followed by a tour. The band then briefly called themselves "Nick Cave and the Cavemen" before adopting the "Bad Seeds" moniker, in reference to the final Birthday Party release, The Bad Seed EP.
The majority of the album was recorded at Trident Studios in London in March 1984. "Saint Huck", "Wings off Flies" and "A Box for Black Paul" were recorded at The Garden studio (owned by John Foxx) between September and October 1983. The band is also seen playing a live performance of the title track in the 1987 Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire. This version, recorded at Hansa Studio, Berlin in February 1987, is included on CD reissues of the album.
Cave later said, "Well, I guess we weren't kicking people in the teeth anymore. I mean, it just became different. I wanted it to be more lyrically orientated and getting Blixa Bargeld from Einstürzende Neubauten in the group made an incredible difference. He's a completely kind of atmospheric guitarist and incredibly economical and it gave me room to breathe."
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