| Henry's Dream | ||||
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| Studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | ||||
| Released | April 27, 1992 (UK) May 12, 1992 (US) |
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| Recorded | November – December 1991 Sound City, Van Nuys, San Fernando Valley | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-punk | |||
| Length | 41:28 | |||
| Label | Mute Records | |||
| Producer | Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, David Briggs | |||
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Henry's Dream is the seventh album released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, in spring 1992. There are possible references to John Berryman's series of poems The Dream Songs, which logs the dreams of the protagonist Henry. This album remains a big favourite amongst Bad Seeds fans, although Nick Cave himself was reportedly unhappy with the production by David Briggs. Briggs preferred a "live-in-the-studio" method he had used with Neil Young. This led to Cave and Mick Harvey re-mixing the album, and ultimately to the Live Seeds recordings, as Cave wanted the songs "done justice".
It was the first album to feature long-standing members Martyn P. Casey (bass) and Conway Savage (piano, organ), both Australian. The latter is a singer-songwriter in his own right and has contributed distinctive backing vocals to a handful of Bad Seeds songs; here he and Cave deliver a rousing duet in the chorus of 'When I First Came To Town'. The album is considered by some to have a vague "concept", i.e. song narratives overlapping and/or sharing characters.
The album's artwork was designed by Anton Corbijn.
The album was remastered and reissued on March 29, 2010 as a collector's edition CD/DVD set.
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All tracks composed by Nick Cave.
"Christina the Astonishing" – Cave's lyrics are based upon an entry in Alban Butler's book The Lives of the Saints
"When I First Came to Town" is based partly on Karen Dalton's recording of the traditional song "Katy Cruel". Dalton's version was later issued on Original Seeds Vol. 1.