{"product_id":"nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-kicking-against-the-pricks","title":"Nick Cave \u0026 The Bad Seeds - Kicking Against The Pricks","description":"\u003ch6 class=\"notes_VIDcE\"\u003eOriginal US pressing of Kicking Against The Pricks. All Greycat rare vinyl releases are verified via matrix runouts.\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVisually the vinyl looks new. Plays with occasional pops, likely due to pressing. Sleeve is a strong VG+, with slight wear along the edges and small ding in corner preventing NM. Includes original inner sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"194\" data-start=\"43\"\u003eBefore \u003cem data-end=\"66\" data-start=\"50\"\u003eMurder Ballads\u003c\/em\u003e. Before \u003cem data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"75\"\u003eThe Boatman's Call\u003c\/em\u003e. Before Nick Cave became an elder statesman of dark music, there was \u003cem data-end=\"193\" data-start=\"165\"\u003eKicking Against The Pricks\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"548\" data-start=\"196\"\u003eReleased in 1986, this unusual entry in the Bad Seeds catalog finds Cave reinterpreting the songs that helped shape him. Rather than a traditional covers album, \u003cem data-end=\"385\" data-start=\"357\"\u003eKicking Against The Pricks\u003c\/em\u003e feels like a guided tour through the darker corners of American folk, blues, country, and rock 'n' roll, filtered entirely through the Bad Seeds' singular vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"890\" data-start=\"550\"\u003eThe arrangements transform familiar material into something unmistakably their own. Guitars twang and brood, organs swell with gospel intensity, and the rhythm section moves with a slow, deliberate confidence. Cave's voice occupies center stage throughout, equally capable of tenderness, menace, and black humor, often within the same song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1141\" data-start=\"892\"\u003eTracks from artists such as \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eJohnny Cash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eJohn Lee Hooker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eVelvet Underground\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e are reimagined not as tributes, but as conversations across generations of outsiders and iconoclasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1647\" data-start=\"1143\"\u003eThis original U.S. pressing on Homestead Records was issued during the band's formative years in America and long eclipsed by later reissues, Homestead editions have become increasingly difficult to source in strong condition. For collectors of early Nick Cave material, this pressing represents a tangible piece of the era when the Bad Seeds were still building their reputation as one of the most compelling and unpredictable bands in alternative music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1837\" data-start=\"1649\"\u003ePart covers album, part artistic manifesto, \u003cem data-end=\"1721\" data-start=\"1693\"\u003eKicking Against The Pricks\u003c\/em\u003e captures Nick Cave discovering that sometimes the best way to tell your own story is through somebody else's songs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Cave \u0026 The Bad Seeds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46578357764150,"sku":"HMS065","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/2592\/7222\/files\/nick-cave-kicking-against.jpg?v=1781395881","url":"https:\/\/greycatrecords.com\/products\/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-kicking-against-the-pricks","provider":"Greycat Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}