''This is Not the Way Home'' is the second studio album by Australian

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band The Cruel Sea. The album was released in October 1991 and peaked at number 62 on the

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. With the release of ''This is Not the Way Home'', The Cruel Sea embarked on a European tour supporting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the album earned the band a nomination for the

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Tony Cohen Anthony Lawrence Cohen (4 June 19572 August 2017) was an Australian music record producer and sound engineer. He worked with Nick Cave's groups the Birthday Party, and then the Bad Seeds from 1979 to 2001. In mid-1986 he had followed Cave t ...

was nominate for

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Reception

''This is Not the Way Home'' garnered critical acclaim. The music ranged from funky Louisiana swamp blues to sweet soul, with Perkins' laconic vocals recalling the spirit of Captain Beefheart,

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and John Lee Hooker in the process.

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said the album was, "like a road movie soundtrack. It has the timelessness of David Lynch's '' Wild At Heart''. It could be the '50s or the '90s. To the shimmering guitar melodies of "This is Not the Way Home", Perkins adds a visceral element - lines about shedding blood and skin, throwing up, and grunting, groaning, his guts as well as his emotions laid bare."

Track listing

Charts

Certification

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1991 albums The Cruel Sea (band) albums Albums produced by Tony Cohen