I'll get round to the music but I'll start by reviewing the packaging.
I pre-ordered the CD special edition and it's a beautiful thing. For a book lover to have a CD by one of his favourite artists packaged like a small hardback book, well what's not to like? I don't know whether to put it in the Cd collection or the bookcase.
The black canvas feel of the cover is contrasted by the gold upper case typewriter style lettering. Inside, the lyrics are mainly typewritten but Cave's scribbling and redactions are also evident. There are also photos of rehearsals and the band throughout the pages of the book but these appear deliberately amateurish.
The real reason for writing this is the cover photo (warning: nudity) which has me intrigued.
A suited Cave stands by a backlit doorway, pointing outside. Towards the centre of the picture a naked woman, her face hidden by her hair, tiptoes across the carpet.
Is Cave playing God, ordering Eve from a modern Eden? Or perhaps there's a more up-to-date reference. The bright light behind a white-shuttered room bears echoes of John Lennon's Imagine video (from 0:55).
Does that thought bring us back to the album title? Lennon sang: "above us only sky" in Imagine. Cave asks us to "Push The Sky Away". To be able to do that does he have to rid himself of his own internal Yoko?
Like I said - intrigued.
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