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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and mixed by David Fridmann.
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  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
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  1. Sep 5, 2024
    100
    ‘Wild God’ aims for transcendence, and finds it.
  2. 100
    Wild God can feel fathomless, but it leaves you buoyant.
  3. Sep 5, 2024
    90
    Wild God is a profound and provocative addition to the substantial Cave canon. It is an audacious, reaching record. It may just be the masterpiece of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ remarkable career.
  4. 80
    With a lust for life, the once-dark prince is letting the light in.
  5. Sep 9, 2024
    80
    Wild God is exactly what you’d expect a Bad Seeds record made by church-going Nick Cave at the age of 66 to sound like – vocally, that wobble and rasp now is what you’re going to get from decades spent smoking snouts and everything else besides. Musically, it is a slow and elegantly-arranged record, which also seems fitting for where Cave is in life.
  6. Sep 4, 2024
    80
    Joy isn’t merely happiness felt, it’s happiness earned, and Wild God is a remarkable portrait of a man putting in the work required to cross the threshold.
  7. Aug 29, 2024
    70
    Of course, not every moment can be transcendent — if you cringe at the word “panties” you probably won’t care for the love song “O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)” — but there’s a sense of abandon and play to Wild God that’s infectious. Produced by Cave and long-time collaborator Warren Ellis, the record continues their constant conversation, confidently proclaiming that better times are ahead.

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