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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads

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On February 5, 1996, “Mute” label released “Murder Ballads”, the ninth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 1993 – 1885, and Victor Van Vugt, Tony Cohen, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld,Martin P. Casey, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos and Thomas Wydler.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, piano, organ, Hammond organ, gun shots, string arrangements
  • Blixa Bargeld – vocals, screams, guitar
  • Conway Savage – piano, piano, backing vocals
  • Martyn P. Casey – bass
  • Mick Harvey – drums, guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, wind organ, bass, Hammond organ, space belt, percussion, backing vocals, string arrangements
  • Jim Sclavunos – drums, percussion, bells, tambourine
  • Thomas Wydler – vocals, maracas, drums, tambourine
  • Hugo Race – guitar
  • Brian Hooper – bass
  • Terry Edwards – horns
  • Warren Ellis – accordion, violin
  • Jen Anderson – violin
  • Sue Simpson – violin
  • Kerran Coulter – viola
  • Helen Mountfort – cello
  • PJ Harvey – vocals
  • Kylie Minogue – vocals
  • Anita Lane – crying, vocals
  • Shane MacGowan – vocals
  • Geraldine Johnston – additional vocals
  • LizKatharine Blake – additional vocals
  • Corcoran – additional vocals
  • Marielle Del Conte – additional vocals

The Moron Tabernacle Choir

  • Nick Cave
  • Martyn P. Casey
  • Conway Savage
  • Thomas Wydler
  • Warren Ellis
  • Brian Hooper
  • Spencer P. Jones
  • Dave Graney
  • Katharine Blake
  • Clare Moore
  • Rowland S. Howard
  • James Johnston
  • Ian Johnston
  • Geraldine Johnston
  • Astrid Munday

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, except where noted.

  1. Song of Joy
  2. Stager Lee – traditional, Nick Cave
  3. Henry Lee – traditional, Nick Cave
  4. Lovely Creature – Blixa Bargeld, Martin P. Casey
  5. Where the Wild Roses Grow
  6. The Curse of Millhaven
  7. The Kindness of Strangers
  8. Crow Jane – Martin P. Casey, Nick Cave
  9. O’Malley’s Bar
  10. Death Is Not the End – Bob Dylan

The Boys Next Door: Door, Door

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In June 1979, “Mushroom Records” label released “Door, Door”, the debut and only Boys Next Door (The) album. It was recorded in June 1978 at “Alan Eaton Studios” in Melbourne, and was produced by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard, Tracy Pew and Phil Calvert.  

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals
  • Mick Harvey – guitar, piano
  • Rowland S. Howard – guitar
  • Tracy Pew – bass guitar
  • Phill Calvert – drums
  • Chris Coyne – tenor sax
  • Henry Vyhnal – violin
  • Andrew Duffield – electronics
  • Tony Cohen – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Rowland S. Howard, Tracy Pew and Phil Calvert.  

  1. The Nightwatchman
  2. Brave Exhibitions
  3. Friends of my World
  4. The Voice
  5. Roman Roman
  6. Somebody’s Watching
  7. After a Fashion
  8. Dive Position
  9. I Mistake Myself
  10. Shivers

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile: Lotta Sea Lice

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On October 13, 2017, “Matador”, “Marathon Artists” and “Milk! Records” labels released “Lotta Sea Lice” studio album by Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile. It was recorded January 2016 – March 2017, at “Newmarket Studios” in Melbourne.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Barnett – lead and backing vocals, guitars, tambourine, piano, cover art
  • Kurt Vile – lead and backing vocals, guitars. banjo, synthesizers
  • Mick Harvey– guitar, keyboards
  • Mick Turner– guitar
  • Alex Landragin – guitar
  • Jess Ribeiro – guitar, backing vocals
  • Rob Laakso– electric bass, VI bass, baritone guitar, keyboards
  • Bones Sloane – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Stella Mozgawa– drums
  • Dave Mudie – drums, backing vocals
  • Jim White– drums
  • Jade McInally – backing vocals
  • Callum Barter – mixing, engineer
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Tristan Ceddia – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Over Everything – Kurt Vile
  2. Let It Go – Courtney Barnett
  3. Fear Is Like a Forest – Jen Cloher
  4. Outta the Woodwork – Courtney Barnett
  5. Continental Breakfast – Kurt Vile
  6. On Script – Courtney Barnett
  7. Blue Cheese – Kurt Vile
  8. Peepin’ Tom – Kurt Vile
  9. Untogether – Tanya Donelly

PJ Harvey: The Hope Six Demolition Project

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In April 2015, “Island” label released “The Hope Six Demolition Project”, the ninth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded January-February 2015, at “Somerset House” in London, and was produced by Flood, John Parish and PJ Harvey.

  • PJ Harvey – vocals, guitar, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, violin, bass harmonica, autoharp, hand claps
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson– vocals
  • John Parish – guitar, percussion, keyboards, variophon, accordion, Mellotron vibes, Baritone guitar, synth bass, autoharp, hand claps, backing vocals
  • Alessandro Stefana – guitars, backing vocals
  • Alain Johannes – guitar, saxophone, keyboards, percussion, hand claps, backing vocals
  • James Johnston – keyboards, violin, guitar, organ, backing vocals
  • Flood – synth bass, Sonic Maverick, backing vocals, mixing
  • Mick Harvey– percussion, Taurus pedals, slide guitar, keyboards, bass, guitar, hand claps, backing vocals
  • Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett – bass, backing vocals
  • Jean-Marc Butty – percussion, backing vocals
  • Terry Edwards – percussion, baritone saxophone, keyboards, guitar, flute, bass harmonica, saxophones, melodica, backing vocals
  • Mike Smith – baritone saxophone, piano, keyboards, saxophones, percussion, hand claps, backing vocals
  • Kenrick Rowe – percussion, hand claps, backing vocals
  • Enrico Gabrielli – percussion, bass clarinet, swanee whistle, backing vocals
  • Drew Smith – mixing
  • Rob Kirwan – recording, engineer
  • Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett – additional engineering, mixing
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Michelle Henning – artwork, art direction
  • Rob Crane – layout, design
  • Seamus Murphy – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. The Community of Hope
  2. The Ministry of Defence
  3. A Line in the Sand
  4. Chain of Keys
  5. River Anacostia
  6. Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
  7. The Orange Monkey
  8. Medicinals
  9. The Ministry of Social Affairs
  10. The Wheel
  11. Dollar, Dollar

PJ Harvey: Stories Fron The City, Stories From The Sea

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On October 23, 2000, “Island” label released “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea”, the fifth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded March–April 2000, at “Great Linford Manor” in Milton Keynes, UK, and was produced by Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey and PJ Harvey. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 8 on its list of “The 50 Essential “Women in Rock” Albums”. In 2002, “Q” magazine named “Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea” the “Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist”.In 2006, “Time” magazine choose the album as one of the “100 Best Albums of All Time”. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey– vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, djembe, maracas, e-bow,  engineer
  • Mick Harvey– organ, bass, drums, percussion, harmonium, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
  • Thom Yorke– vocals, keyboards
  • Rob Ellis– drums, piano, tambourine, synthesizer, keyboards, bells, harpsichord, electric piano, vibraphone, backing vocals
  • Victor Van Vugt– engineer, mixing
  • Head – engineer, mixing
  • Howie Weinberg- mastering
  • Rob Crane – design
  • Maria Mochnacz – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey.

  1. Big Exit
  2. Good Fortune
  3. A Place Called Home
  4. One Line
  5. Beautiful Feeling
  6. The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
  7. This Mess We’re In
  8. You Said Something
  9. Kamikaze
  10. This Is Love
  11. Horses in My Dreams
  12. We Float

 

PJ Harvey & John Parish: Dance Hall at Louse Point

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On September 23, 1996, “Island” label released “Dance Hall at Louse Point”, the debut collaborative PJ Harvey and John Parish studio album. It was recorded February – March 1996, at “Small World” in Yeovil, England, and was produced by PJ Harvey and John Parish.

Personnel:

  • PJ Harvey – vocals
  • John Parish – various instruments, engineer
  • Mick Harvey– organ, bass, guitar, bass, drums
  • John Dent – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by PJ Harvey and John Parish; except where noted.

  1. Girl
  2. Rope Bridge Crossing
  3. City of No Sun
  4. That Was My Veil
  5. Urn with Dead Flowers in a Drained Pool
  6. Civil War Correspondent
  7. Taut
  8. Un Cercle Autour du Soleil
  9. Heela
  10. Is That All There Is? – Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  11. Dance Hall at Louse Point
  12. Lost Fun Zone

 

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

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On September 20, 2004, “Mute” label released “Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus”, the thirteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded March – April 2004, at “Studio Ferber” in Paris, and was produced by Nick Launay.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave– vocals, piano, mixing
  • Mick Harvey– guitar, mixing
  • Conway Savage– piano
  • James Johnston– organ
  • Warren Ellis– violin, mandolin, bouzouki, flute, mixing
  • Martyn P. Casey– bass
  • Jim Sclavunos– drums , percussion
  • Thomas Wydler– drums, percussion
  • Åse Bergstrøm – backing vocals
  • Donovan Lawrence – backing vocals
  • Geo Onayomake – backing vocals
  • Lena Palmer – backing vocals
  • Stephanie Meade – backing vocals
  • Wendy Rose – backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer, mixing
  • Lars Fox– digital audio editor
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Tom Hingston – design, artwork
  • David Hughes – photography
  • Delphine Ciampi – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave except where noted.

  1. Get Ready for Love – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Jim Sclavunos
  2. Cannibal’s Hymn
  3. Hiding All Away
  4. Messiah Ward
  5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World
  6. Nature Boy – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martin P. Casey,Jim Sclavunos
  7. Abbatoir Blues – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
  8. Let the Bells Ring – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
  9. Fable of the Brown Ape
  10. The Lyre of Orpheus – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martin P. Casey,Jim Sclavunos
  11. Breathless
  12. Babe, You Turn Me On
  13. Easy Money
  14. Supernaturally
  15. Spell – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martin P. Casey,Jim Sclavunos
  16. Carry Me
  17. O Children

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey

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On September 19, 1988, “Mute” label released “Tender Prey”, the fifth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded August–November 1987, at “Vielklang Studios” and “Hansa Tonstudio” in Berlin, “Trident Studios” and “Strongroom Studios” in London, and was produced by Flood, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Roland Wolf and Thomas Wydler.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave– vocals, Hammond, harmonica, piano, tambourine, vibes
  • Mick Harvey– bass, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion, xylophone, bass loops, piano, organ, backing vocals
  • Blixa Bargeld– guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
  • Kid Congo Powers– guitar, backing vocals
  • Hugo Race– guitar, backing vocals
  • Roland Wolf– piano, organ, guitar
  • Thomas Wydler– drums
  • Gini Ball – strings
  • Audrey Riley– strings
  • Chris Tombling – strings
  • Ian Davis – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave.

  1. The Mercy Seat
  2. Jumped the Devil
  3. Deanna
  4. Watching Alice
  5. Mercy
  6. City of Refuge
  7. Slowly Goes the Night
  8. Sunday’s Slave
  9. Sugar Sugar Sugar
  10. New Morning

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: From Here To Eternity

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From Here to Eternity

On June 18, 1984, “Mute” label released “From Her to Eternity”, the debut Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album. It was recorded September – October 1983, at “The Garden”, and March 1984, at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Flood and Mick Harvey.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave– vocals, Hammond, harmonica
  • Blixa Bargeld– guitar, backing vocals
  • Hugo Race– guitar, backing vocals
  • Barry Adamson– bass, backing vocals
  • Mick Harvey– drums, piano, vibes, backing vocals
  • Flood- engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave, except where noted.

  1. Avalanche – Leonard Cohen
  2. Cabin Fever – Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld
  3. Well of Mystery
  4. From Here to Eternity – Nick Cave, Anita Lane, Blixa Bargeld,Hugo Race, Barry Adamson, Mick Harvey
  5. Saint Huck
  6. Wings Off Flies – Nick Cave, Peter Sutcliffe,Jim Thirlwell
  7. A Box for Black Paul