From Her to Eternity (song)

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"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)
Studio Trident (London)
Genre
Length5:33
Label Mute
Songwriter(s)
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.[ citation needed ]

Contents

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

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
2011TrebleUnited StatesThe Top 200 Songs of the 80s [3] 144
2012 Consequence United StatesThe 100 Greatest Songs of All Time [4] 96

Personnel

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

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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...
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  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, United Kingdom: Mute Records.