From Her to Eternity (song)

Summary

From Her to Eternity is a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appearing on their debut album From Her to Eternity. It was written by Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Anita Lane and Hugo Race and was recorded in March 1984 at Trident Studios.[citation needed]

"From Her to Eternity"
Song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
from the album From Her to Eternity
Released18 June 1984 (1984-06-18)
RecordedMarch 1984 (1984-03)
StudioTrident, London
Genre
Length5:33
LabelMute
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Flood

Mat Snow described the song as an "epic starring the most icy scalpel of a piano motif ever to cut to the heart of trauma. And backing it up is an arsenal of breakdown, electrocution and massacre that rises and rises again in the multiple orgasm of a man torturing himself to death."[2]

Accolades edit

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
2011 Treble United States The Top 200 Songs of the 80s[3] 144
2012 Consequence of Sound United States The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time[4] 96

Personnel edit

Adapted from the From Her to Eternity liner notes.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (10 September 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 April 2023. Where Cohen stared down humanity's horror with a practiced stoicism, the Bad Seeds' goth-punk attack is sharp...
  2. ^ Mat Snow. "Nick Cave: From Her To Eternity (Mute)". Rock's Backpages.(Subscription required.)
  3. ^ Treble Staff (2011). "The Top 200 Songs of the '80s". Treble. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. ^ Staff (2012). "Top 100 Songs Ever: 100-51". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. ^ From Her to Eternity (sleeve). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. London, United Kingdom: Mute Records. 1984.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)