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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Wild God

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On August 30, 2024, “PIAS” label released “Wild God”, the eighteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded in 2024 at “Miraval” in Correns, in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in France, “Soundtree” in London, and was produced by Warren Ellis and Nick Cave.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, piano, backing vocals
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, piano, flute, violin, tenor guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • George Vjestica – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Martyn P. Casey – bass
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Jim Sclavunos – vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals
  • Anita Lane – voice
  • Luis Almau – acoustic guitar
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Double R Collective – backing vocals
  • Carly Paradis – whistling

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Song of the Lake
  2. Wild God
  3. Frogs
  4. Joy
  5. Final Rescue Attempt
  6. Conversion
  7. Cinnamon Horses
  8. Long Dark Night
  9. O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)
  10. As Waters Cover the Sea

Grinderman: Same

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On March 5, 2007, “Mute” label released the self-titled, debut Grinderman studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, at “RAK Studios” and “Metropolis Studios” in London, and was produced by Nick Launay, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano
  • Warren Ellis – acoustic guitar, electric mandolin, viola, violin, electric bouzouki, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Sclavunos – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Nick Launay – engineer
  • Dom Morley – engineer
  • Matt Lawrence – engineer
  • James Aparicio – engineer assistant
  • Tim Young – mastering
  • Rohan Onraet – technician
  • Tom Hilingston  – design
  • Polly Borland – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave, Martin Casey, Jim Sclavunos and Warren Ellis.

  1. Get It On
  2. No Pussy Blues
  3. Electric Alice
  4. Grinderman
  5. Depth Charge Ethel
  6. Go Tell the Women
  7. (I Don’t Need You To) Set Me Free
  8. Honey bee (Let’s Fly to Mars)
  9. Man in the Moon
  10. When My Love Comes Down
  11. Love Bomb

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

Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go

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On November 10, 2008, “Naïve Records” label released “Easy Come, Easy Go”, the 18th Marianne Faithfull album. It was recorded in 2008, “Sear Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Hal Willner.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Barry Reynolds – guitars
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Keith Richards – vocals, guitar
  • Sean Lennon – vocals, guitars
  •  Gil Goldstein – piano, accordion, arrangements, string direction
  • Brian Mitchell – piano
  • Steve Weisberg – piano, electric piano, celesta, arrangements, conducting
  • Rob Burger – piano, organ
  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Jim White – drums
  • Joey Baron – drums
  • Art Baron – bass recorder, trombone
  • Doug Wieselman – clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
  • Ken Peplowski – bass clarinet
  • Marty Ehrlich – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Lenny Pickett – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, sarrusophone, double bass
  • Steven Bernstein – glockenspiel, mellophone, alto brass, trumpet
  • Maxin Moston, Rob Moose – violin
  • Warren Ellis – violin, electric violin
  • Michael Nicholas – viola
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Chan Marshall – vocals
  • Nick Cave – vocals
  • Antony Hegarty – vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals
  • Jarvis Cocker – vocals
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
  • Cat Power – backing vocals
  • Jean-Baptiste Mondino– art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. Down from Dover – Dolly Parton
  2. Hold On, Hold On – Neko Case
  3. Solitude – Duke Ellington
  4. The Crane Wife 3 – The Decemberists
  5. Easy Come, Easy Go – Bessie Smith
  6. Children of Stone – Espers
  7. How Many Worlds – Brian Eno
  8. In Germany Before the War – Randy Newman
  9. Ooh Baby Baby – Smokey Robinson
  10. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  11. Salvation – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  12. Black Coffee – Sarah Vaughan
  13. The Phoenix – Judee Sill
  14. Dear God Please Help Me – Morrissey
  15. Kimbie – Jackson C. Frank
  16. Many a Mile to Freedom – Traffic
  17. Somewhere (A Place for Us) – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  18. Flandyke Shore – traditional

Marianne Faithfull: Negative Capability

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On November 2, 2018, “Panta Rei” label released “Negative Capability”, twentieth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in January 2018, at “La Frette Studios” in Paris, and was produced by Head, Rob Ellis and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Nick Cave – backing and additional vocals, piano
  • Rob McVey – guitar, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Ed Harcourt – piano, bass guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, organ, harmonium, backing vocals
  • Warren Ellis – viola, synthesizer, violin, keyboards, piano, synthesiser bass, alto flute, backing vocals
  • Rob Ellis – drums, percussion, synthesizer, piano, bass synthesizer, glockenspiel, thumbjam synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Yann Orhan – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Misunderstanding – Marianne Faithfull, Rob McVey, Sivert Høyem, Ed Harcourt
  2. The Gypsy Faerie Queen – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  3. As Tears Go By – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham
  4. In My Own Particular Way – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt, Warren Ellis, Rob McVey
  5. Born to Live – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt
  6. Witches Song – Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Steve York, Terry Stannard
  7. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Bob Dylan
  8. They Come at Night – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt
  9. Don’t Go – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt
  10. No Moon in Paris – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt

Marianne Faithfull: Before The Poison

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On September 28, 2004, “Anti Records” label released “Before the Poison”, the 16th Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded June – October 2003, at “The Fallout Shelter” and “Mayfair Studio” in London, and was produced by PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Hal Willner, Rob Ellis and Head.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – lead vocal, handclapping
  • PJ Harvey – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, slide bass, piano, synth
  • Diana Gutkind – piano
  • Adrian Utley – synth bass, bass, acoustic and electric guitar, toy piano, sampling
  • Rob Ellis – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, handclapping, piano, vibraphone, sound effects, string arrangements
  • Catherine Browning – violin
  • Andy Nice – cello
  • Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Jim Sclavunos – musicians
  • Rik Simpson – recording, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Head – recording, mixing
  • Andrew Rugg- engineer assistant
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Jean Baptiste Mondino – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Mystery of Love – PJ Harvey
  2. My Friends Have – PJ Harvey
  3. Crazy Love – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  4. Last Song – Marianne Faithfull, Damon Albarn
  5. No Child of Mine – PJ Harvey
  6. Before the Poison – Marianne Faithfull, PJ Harvey
  7. There Is a Ghost – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  8. In the Factory – Marianne Faithfull, PJ Harvey
  9. Desperanto – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  10. City of Quartz – Marianne Faithfull, Jon Brion

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree

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On September 9, 2018, “Bad Seed Ltd” released “Skeleton Tree”, the sixteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, at “Retreat” in Brighton, UK, “La Frette” in La Frette-sur-Seine, in France, and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, vibraphone
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, loops, Wurlitzer, piano, baritone tenor guitar, violin, viola, drum treatments, drum loops, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Jim Sclavunos – percussion, vibraphone, tubular bells, Wurlitzer, backing vocals
  • George Vjestica – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Else Torp – additional vocals
  • Ellie Wyatt – violin
  • Charlotte Glason – viola
  • Joe Giddey – cello
  • Kevin Paul – recording, additional overdubs, mixing
  • Nick Launay – recording
  • Jake Jackson – additional overdubs, mixing
  • Nick Cave – mixing
  • Warren Ellis – mixing
  • Jim Sclavunos – mixing
  • Chris Blakey – mixing assistant
  • Nicolas Quéré – mixing assistant
  • Arnaud Bequet – mixing assistant
  • Jonathan Ratovoarisoa – mixing assistant
  • John Prestage – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Hingston Studio – design
  • Alwin Küchler – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Jesus Alone
  2. Rings of Saturn
  3. Girl in Amber
  4. Magneto
  5. Anthrocene
  6. I Need You
  7. Distant Sky
  8. Skeleton Tree

Warren Ellis And Marianne Faithful: She Walks In Beauty

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On April 30, 2021, “BMG” and “Panta Rei” labels released “She Walks in Beauty”, album by Warren Ellis and Marianne Faithfull. It was recorded in 2020, at “Poptones” in Paris, “The Retreat” in Brighton, and was produced by Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, freeze violin, violin, sampler loops, synthesizer, bells, choir vocal, celesta, effects, Boomerang strings samples, alto flute, hyena cello, piano, choral loop, sampler loop treatments, future strings, bass flute, strings, effects loops, engineer
  • Nick Cave – piano, vibraphone 
  • Brian Eno – clarinet, synthesizer, effects, arrangements, engineer
  • Augustin Viard – Ondes Martenot 
  • Head – effects, arrangements, piano engineering, mixing 
  • Vincent Ségal – cello
  • Ben Thackeray – piano engineering
  • Jean-Charles Versari – cello engineering
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Colin Self – artwork
  • Yann Orhan – design
  • Rosie Matheson – photography
  • François Ravard – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron
  2. The Bridge of Sighs – Thomas Hood
  3. La Belle Dame sans Merci – John Keats
  4. Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats
  5. To Autumn – John Keats
  6. Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley
  7. The Prelude: Book One Introduction – William Wordsworth
  8. Surprised by Joy – William Wordsworth
  9. To the Moon – Percy Bysshe Shelley
  10. So We’ll Go No More a Roving – Lord Byron
  11. The Lady of Shalott – Alfred Tennyson

Nick Cave And Warren Ellis: Carnage

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On February 25, 2021, “Goliath” label released “Carnage”, album Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It was recorded in 2020, at “Soundtree” in London, and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, percussion, arrangements, mixing, design
  • Warren Ellis – autoharp, drum machine, alto flute, glockenspiel, tenor guitar, harmonium, loops, piano, synthesizer, violin, viola, backing vocals, arrangements, mixing
  • Luis Almau – acoustic guitar, drums, arrangements, mixing, engineer
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
  • Alessandro Ruisi – violin
  • Luba Tunnicliffe – viola
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Hannah Cooke – choir
  • Nicholas Madden – choir
  • Amy Carson – choir
  • Timothy Dickinson – choir
  • Sarah Dacey – choir
  • Esmeralda Conde Ruiz – choir conductor
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Ben Jones – assistant
  • Ramera Abraham – assistant
  • Colin McIlhagga – assistant
  • Hingston Studio – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Hand of God
  2. Old Time
  3. Carnage
  4. White Elephant
  5. Albuquerque
  6. Lavender Fields
  7. Shattered Ground
  8. Balcony Man

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: La Panthère Des Neiges

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On December 17, 2021, “Lakeshore Records” label released “La Panthère Des Neiges”, album by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Luis Almau, Nick cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – led and backing vocals, piano, vibraphone, bass, mixing
  • Warren Ellis – tenor guitar, bass guitar, violin, viola, flute, synthesizer, piano, timpani, glockenspiel, celesta, bagpipes, Hurdy Gurdy, loops, backing vocals, mixing
  • Alessandro Ruisi, Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
  • Luba Tunnicliffe – viola
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Luis Almau – recording, mixing
  • Ben Jones, Colin McIlhagga – recording assistant
  • James Trevascus – mastering
  • Chris Reeder – cover art
  • Vincent Munier – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. L’Attaque Des Loups
  2. Les Cerfs
  3. Antilope
  4. La Bête
  5. Les Yaks
  6. Des Affûts Elliptiques
  7. Les Nomades
  8. La Grotte
  9. Les Princes
  10. La Neige Tombe
  11. Les Ours
  12. Un Être Vous Observe
  13. L’ Apparition / We Are Not Alone