10 Perfect Garage Rock Albums With No Bad Songs

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released a number of gospel-inspired goth rock albums during the 2000s, but that wasn't enough for Cave and his musical first mate, Warren Ellis. They needed a project to satisfy their yearning for something a little rawer. And raw it was.

When Cave wants to go hard, he goes hard. This album is laced with down and dirty melodies and outrageous lyrics. Highly poetic and often pretentious sounding, the vocals stand out against the harsh and erratic guitar playing of Warren Ellis. Electric Alice is just haunting, and Depth Charge Ethel is a hobo punk song.

But the biggest standout track comes second on the listing. It says a lot about the character of man when he releases a garage rock song entitled No P**sy Blues. When Nick Cave releases such a track, you know it's going to be wild. For a man who has such a command of the English language, he certainly isn't concerned about appearing crude. Detailing his attempts to woo a women, Cave includes the lofty line "I read her Eliot, read her Yeats", but when said women rejects him, he exclaims "I got the no p**sy blues!".

This is garage rock poetry..., it's all a bit nuts, but goddamn is it fun.