From Her to Eternity (song)

"From Her to Eternity"
Song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
from the album From Her to Eternity
Released	18 June 1984 (1984-06-18)
Recorded	March 1984 (1984-03)
Studio	Trident (London)
Genre	Post-punk experimental rock gothic punk[1]
Length	5:33
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Barry Adamson Blixa Bargeld Nick Cave Mick Harvey Anita Lane Hugo Race
Producer(s)	Flood

"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, England.^{[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 Nick Cave – lead vocals; Hammond organ Blixa Bargeld – electric guitar Hugo Race – electric guitar Barry Adamson – bass guitar Mick Harvey – drums; piano; vibraphone

Production and additional personnel Flood – production; engineering Tim Young – mastering

See also

• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography

References

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. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984). From Her to Eternity (sleeve). London, England: Mute Records.