“We are a part of the loud minority as opposed to you know whoooooooo….”
Mine is an old copy but, to all of you RSDers on the fence, this is a fucking beauty, well overlooked until now. Grab it while you can. “Solid jazz funk with a message and a boat load of attitude” for anyone wanting a quick summation.
Crumb did the artwork for this album, check out the book of his other blues artist artwork, it’s wonderful and the accompanying CD is great for the car.
I was mildly aware of Nick from some soundtrack and compilation things, but this was my first full album and is still my favourite. Vivid and visceral. I've also used it to introduce others to Nick Cave, and once to prove a point when somebody was being obnoxious and moderately racist about violence in hip hop music.