Album · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
From Her to Eternity by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
From Her to Eternity is an album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1984. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Saint Huck”, on 1 list with a best position of #11.
From Her to Eternity, the 1984 debut from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, came out on Mute Records barely a year after the band rose from the ruins of the Birthday Party, and it sounds like a man stalking through a burned-out house. Flood produced it with the band, and the title is a sly pun on From Here to Eternity, James Jones' 1951 novel and the 1953 film that followed.
The first Bad Seeds were already a multinational gang: Cave howling and pounding at piano and organ, Mick Harvey covering everything from drums to bass, German guitarist Blixa Bargeld scraping out shards of noise, Barry Adamson on bass and Hugo Race on guitar. They drag post-punk, blues and gothic rock into the same dark room, and on the title track and "Saint Huck" the tension ratchets up until something has to snap. Later records would soften the sound; this one never lets up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from From Her to Eternity on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Huck | 1 | #11 | – | 1984 | |
| 2 | From Her to Eternity | 1 | #1883 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.