From Her To Eternity  by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

From Her To Eternity is the debut of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Nick Cave and his band chose as the title of their first album a variation of the title of the 1951 book by James Jones, "From Here To Eternity." The recording of the album's seven songs started between September and October 1983, while most of it was recorded in March 1984, the year it was released.

It is difficult to describe or better yet categorize this album into a specific genre other than being a post-punk album, and that's mainly due to the era. The album starts with a "heavy and dark" version of Leonard Cohen's Avalanche from 1971. From there on, the musical experimentation with gothic rock, punk-blues, and blues elements is endless. The eponymous song has become a legendary track in the band's long history. The music is by Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Hugo Race, Barry Adamson, and Mick Harvey, while the lyrics were written by Nick Cave along with Anita Lane. The album was produced by the English producer Mark Ellis, or as he is more commonly known, Flood.

There is no mention of commercial success or chart performance for this particular album. From Her To Eternity stands in the Australian band's catalog as a compass for most of the works that followed in the ensuing years. In reality, it was as if the band took elements from this album, evolved them, and created their subsequent discographic works, at least for the next ten years.