Overrated?

Overrated?

Underrated if anything. If anyone unironically thinks this is overrated they have literal shit taste. Album of the decade by a landslide desu, nothing even comes close.

Underrated

Push the Sky Away was better

I can't get into Nick Cave because I just don't like his voice, I have the same problem with David Bowie

>I just don't like his voice
Are you gay or something

I definitely feel that it's overrated. It's got one of the highest aggregate in terms of ratings/placing in year end lists. But if we take away the legacy of Nick Cave, if we take away muh emotion (subjective; anyone can feel this from even a radio pop song), if we also take away the "his son died" narrative that got attached to this even though the album has nothing to do with it, we get an annoyingly sparse and repetitive album with some pretty good vocal performances but even the vocals lack dynamics through a good part of the album.

Jesus Alone is great, the rest is forgettable

Nah. It's fantastic, and most publications snubbed it out of top 10.

If you take away all that you still have wonderful poetic lyrics, excellent vocal performances (although admittedly lacking in range, the highs are spectacular) and some of the most brilliant instrumentals put on record this year. If you think the instrumentals being "sparse and repetitive" is a negative aspect then I would suggest you don't understand or appreciate drone music.