"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.
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."
Accolades Year Publication Country Accolade Rank 2011 Treble United States The Top 200 Songs of the 80s 144 2012 Consequence United States The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time 96
Personnel Adapted from the From Her to Eternity liner notes.
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
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