On February 18, 2013, “Bad Seed Ltd.” label released “Push the Sky Away”, the fifteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded December 2011 – August 2012 at “La Fabrique” in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and was produced by Nick Launay.
Personnel:
- Nick Cave– vocals, piano, electric piano, additional mixing, design
- Warren Ellis– violin, viola, tenor guitar, flute, synthesizer, electric piano, loops, backing vocals, additional mixing
- Martyn P. Casey, Barry Adamson– bass, backing vocals
- Conway Savage– vocals, backing vocals
- Thomas Wydler– drums, backing vocals
- Jim Sclavunos– percussion, backing vocals
- George Vjestica –twelve-string guitar, backing vocals
- Chris Dauray – saxophone
- Jessica Neilson – bass clarinet
- Ryan Porter – trombone
- Antonio Beliveau, Aya Peard, Jason Evigan, Natalie Wilde, Martha Skye Murphy – backing vocals
- Children Of Ecole Saint Martin – backing vocals
- Tom Hingston – design
- Dominique Issermann – cover art, photography
- Cat Stevens – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis except where noted.
- We No Who U R
- Wide Lovely Eyes
- Water’s Edge
- Jubilee Street
- Mermaids
- We Real Cool
- Finishing Jubilee Street – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Thomas Wydler
- Higgs Boson Blues
- Push the Sky Away