Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads - 1996 - Ep. 27
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06/07/23 • 93 min
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A favourite album of Kate's receives the Memorabilia Podcast scrutiny this week as we focus our attention on the intense, brooding, magnificence that is 'Murder Ballads' by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds from 1996. Their 9th studio album release, notable for its dark subject matter and cameo appearances from PJ Harvey, Kylie Monogue, and Shane McGowan, was met with widespread critical acclaim upon its release. Benefitting from the substantial airplay received for lead single 'Where The Wild Roses Grow', the record remains the bands most commercial succesful release to date. Discover the story behind the songs, how the album came to be, and what Rick and Kate thought of the album, each scoring it out of 10. Can it trouble the top ranked 5 LP's covered so far?
The UK singles and album charts reviewed are from the 5th of February 1996 with the usual mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. Rick declared the top 4 albums as the best covered to date and argued strongly that it wasn't just because he owned all 4! In the news we heard about divorce, the splitting up of the most successful British band of the 1990s (no tears were shed from our presenters), Jarvis Cocker's infamous escapades at The Brit Awards, and channel tunnel challenges. The UK box office including a film that wasn't based on George Orwells Animal Farm (although it did star a pig), a David Fincher classic and another top 10 where Kate hadn't seen a single movie!
Or Top 3's this week include songs by Ian Prowse, Tom Jones, Rage Against The Machine, Eminem, Johnny Cash and Aerosmith. Find out what subject links them all together (bit of a clue in the subject of this episode's featured album!).
Singles of the Week
Rick's: One of Us by Joan Osborne from 1996: https://youtu.be/aDdOnl0bHO4
Kate's: Greenhands by Sundara Karma from 2019: https://youtu.be/9Xkrbt1dQso
Other songs / performances mentioned on episode:
Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue: https://youtu.be/lDpnjE1LUvE
Stagger Lee, and Henry Lee performed by Nick Cave and The Badseeds and PJ Harvey on The White Room 1996: https://youtu.be/OOLW_EvpWTc
Jubilee Street performed by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds live in Copenhagen: https://youtu.be/kf_zVzvYWuw
Satellite by The Hooters from 1987: https://youtu.be/RVXjBMK3EkI
Jarvis Cocker interrupts Michael Jackson at The Brits: https://youtu.be/ymCQyq-9APw
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A favourite album of Kate's receives the Memorabilia Podcast scrutiny this week as we focus our attention on the intense, brooding, magnificence that is 'Murder Ballads' by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds from 1996. Their 9th studio album release, notable for its dark subject matter and cameo appearances from PJ Harvey, Kylie Monogue, and Shane McGowan, was met with widespread critical acclaim upon its release. Benefitting from the substantial airplay received for lead single 'Where The Wild Roses Grow', the record remains the bands most commercial succesful release to date. Discover the story behind the songs, how the album came to be, and what Rick and Kate thought of the album, each scoring it out of 10. Can it trouble the top ranked 5 LP's covered so far?
The UK singles and album charts reviewed are from the 5th of February 1996 with the usual mix of the good, the bad and the ugly. Rick declared the top 4 albums as the best covered to date and argued strongly that it wasn't just because he owned all 4! In the news we heard about divorce, the splitting up of the most successful British band of the 1990s (no tears were shed from our presenters), Jarvis Cocker's infamous escapades at The Brit Awards, and channel tunnel challenges. The UK box office including a film that wasn't based on George Orwells Animal Farm (although it did star a pig), a David Fincher classic and another top 10 where Kate hadn't seen a single movie!
Or Top 3's this week include songs by Ian Prowse, Tom Jones, Rage Against The Machine, Eminem, Johnny Cash and Aerosmith. Find out what subject links them all together (bit of a clue in the subject of this episode's featured album!).
Singles of the Week
Rick's: One of Us by Joan Osborne from 1996: https://youtu.be/aDdOnl0bHO4
Kate's: Greenhands by Sundara Karma from 2019: https://youtu.be/9Xkrbt1dQso
Other songs / performances mentioned on episode:
Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue: https://youtu.be/lDpnjE1LUvE
Stagger Lee, and Henry Lee performed by Nick Cave and The Badseeds and PJ Harvey on The White Room 1996: https://youtu.be/OOLW_EvpWTc
Jubilee Street performed by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds live in Copenhagen: https://youtu.be/kf_zVzvYWuw
Satellite by The Hooters from 1987: https://youtu.be/RVXjBMK3EkI
Jarvis Cocker interrupts Michael Jackson at The Brits: https://youtu.be/ymCQyq-9APw
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Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish - 1993 - Ep. 26
Blur's Modern Life is Rubbish. A cracking album to celebrate episode 25 for us and the 30th anniversary of it's release on Food records in the UK on the 10th of May 1993. Unthinkable given what came afterwards that Blur were in a bit of a pickle ahead of the release of this record. We discover why they were in serious debt, in threat of being dropped by the record company, and what were the songs that made the difference allowing the album to survive and thrive. We talk about the influence of producer Stephen Street, Blur's evolving sound and image, chart performance, critial reception, and provide a track by track analysis.
As ever, to set the scene, we cover the UK news, TV, movies, singles and album charts from the date of reslease with the usual eclectic mix of one hit wonders, established artists and breakthrough acts including the likes of Kingmaker, Snow, R.E.M, Whitney Houston, Utah Saints, Janet Jackson, New Order, Sting, World Party, Duran Duran, Clannad, Terrence Trent D'Arby, George Michael, and Cliff Richard.
Our Top 3's this week are things that are rubbish about modern life. Please forgive Rick's football related rant - he was in a fragile state of mind following Sheffield Wednesday's capitulation in their recent play-off semi-final first leg at Peterborough.
Singles of the week.
Rick has gone for the beuatiful, heartfelt and wonderful song that is 'Fat Black Heart', a 1993 release by Ian Prowse's Pele: https://youtu.be/_Vv7ovOnJEM
Kate has gone for a recent catchy release by the band Bloxx called 'Television Promises': https://youtu.be/_Vv7ovOnJEM
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Nirvana - Nevermind - 1991 - Ep. 28
Nirvana's Nevermind brought about a seismic shift in the musical landscape on release in September 1991. From the music, the attitude, and the fashion surrounding the grunge era, things would never be the same again. We discuss it all, along with the lead up to the record, the recording and production, the reaction on release, as well as taking a deep dive into the songs that made this one of the best selling albums of all time. Will our ratings match its popularity?
With so much to talk about and a new voice joining us on the podcast - our dear friend Simon - we forego our normal comprehensive round-up of what was happening in the UK around the time of release, for a much truncacted look at the album and singles charts, featuring Jason Donovan, Paul Young, Dire Straits, Gun N' Roses, Rozalla, and Bryan Adams.
A massive thanks to EVERYONE who replied to our thread on the Reddit Nirvana sub-forum about the album. We read a number of the brilliant comments out during the podcast, but you can view them in full here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nirvana/comments/14np5k9/nevermind_was_this_an_album_that_changed_your_life/
Our Top 3's for this episode feature songs with the slacker mentatlity. Songs that say 'I don't give a sh*t' and stick their middle finger up to the world.
Shout-out to the fantastic 'Now That's What I call Bullsh*t' podcast which Kate and I recorded an episode for this week. It should be published by the end of July. We chose 'Now That's What I call Music 14' from 1989 to chat about. Massive thanks to hosts Kathryn and Dan Donnelly for having us. You can find what the show's all about and find all their episodes here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1756768
Dan Donnelly of course appeared on a previous episode of our podcast talking about his fantastic record 'Country & Northern' from 2011: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/memorabilia-podcast/episodes/Dan-Donnelly---Country--Northern---2011---Ep-23-e1oobvp/a-a8kq51q
Dan's brilliant single 'I don't Care' which is one of Rick's 'Top 3's' picks: https://youtu.be/Ok44tNJEvgE
Kate's Single of the week: Summer by Mumm-ra https://youtu.be/CB6h3irXRSU
Simon's single of the week: Keep on lying by Costellos: https://youtu.be/s2J0rTDUyfE
Rick's Single of the week: Postpone The Revolution by The Chesterfields: https://youtu.be/OIXlkGUkdJo
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Thank you for listening and interest,
Rick & Kate x
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