1984 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
"From Her to Eternity" is a song by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appearing on their debut studio album From Her to Eternity (1984). The lyrics were written by Nick Cave and Anita Lane , with the music written by Cave, Barry Adamson , Blixa Bargeld , Mick Harvey and Hugo Race and it was recorded in March 1984 at Trident Studios in London .[citation needed ]
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
Year
Publication
Country
Accolade
Rank
2011
Treble
United States
The Top 200 Songs of the 80s [ 3]
144
2012
Consequence
United States
The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time [ 4]
96
Personnel
Adapted from the From Her to Eternity liner notes.[ 5]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Production and additional personnel
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References
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