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Nick Cave is a singular figure in contemporary rock music; he first emerged as punk rock was making its presence known in Australia, but though he's never surrendered his status as a provocateur and a musical outlaw, he quickly abandoned the simplicity of punk for something grander and more literate, though no less punishing in its outlook. Cave also had an approach to collaboration that made his backing band, the Bad Seeds, an integral part of his creative vision, even as their membership changed and their sound evolved over the space of three decades of fury and eloquence. In Kirk Lake's liner notes to Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 1984-2014, he celebrates the band as much as their charismatic leader and songwriter, and the 45 songs collected on this three-disc set make the case that while Cave may be the frontman -- and a profoundly charismatic one with a powerful voice that can communicate from a whisper to a scream -- his musicians bring a color, shape, and texture to his songs that focus and amplify his gifts as a singer and lyricist. While 1998's The Best of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is a fine one-disc overview of Cave's body of work, this is by any standard a superior collection. The depth and detail of Cave's songs lend themselves to a larger anthology, and this was compiled from an additional 16 years' worth of music, much of it excellent, including tracks from 2004's Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus and 2014's Push the Sky Away. And the package also comes with a bonus DVD featuring television appearances, live performances, and interviews that document Cave & the Bad Seeds' forceful brilliance on-stage. Lovely Creatures is a superior introduction to Cave's post-Birthday Party work, and while the lack of unreleased material might make it superfluous for serious fans, this remains a splendid summation of the work of a major artist who continues to create deeply personal, profoundly moving music.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Martyn Casey, Producer, Bass Guitar - Nick Cave, Composer, Producer, Bells, Organ, Vocals - Blixa Bargeld, Producer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Tony Cohen, Producer - Thomas Wydler, Composer, Producer, Drums, Triangle, Shaker - Conway Savage, Producer, Piano - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1994 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Flood, Producer - Nick Cave, Composer - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Composer - Barry Adamson, Composer - The Bad Seeds, Producer
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1998 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Simon Heyworth, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Flood, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Cave, Composer, Hammond Organ, Vocals - Blixa Bargeld, Guitar - Kid Congo Powers, Guitar - Tony Cohen, Mixer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Producer, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Drums, Guitar, Bass
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1988 2010 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Flood, Producer, Engineer - Nick Cave, Composer, Organ, Vocals, Harmonica - Blixa Bargeld, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Hugo Race, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Composer, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals - Barry Adamson, Composer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Anita Lane, Composer
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1984 2009 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Flood, Mixer - Nick Cave, Composer, Producer, Hammond Organ, Piano, Vocals, Harmonica - Victor Van Vugt, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Blixa Bargeld, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Alexandre Ramirez, Violin - Kid Congo Powers, Producer, Guitar - Thomas Wydler, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Producer, String Arranger, Guitar, Percussion, Vibraphone, Vocals, Bass - Akira Terazaki, Viola - Bill McGee, String Arranger - Helena Akiku Imasato, Violin - Altamir Téa Bueno Salinas, Violin - Braulio Marques Lima, Cello - Cristina Manescu, Cello - Garteh Jones, Mixer - Glauco Masahiru Imasato, Viola - Léa Kalil Sadi, Violin
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1990 2010 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Tim Young, MasteringEngineer - Nick Launay, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Jim Sclavunos, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Kevin Paul, AssistantEngineer - Dave 'Saxon' Greenep, AssistantEngineer - Nick Cave, Producer, Organ, Vocals - Warren Ellis, Producer, Viola, Loops - Joe Kearns, Assistant Mixer - Rich Cooper, Assistant Mixer - Thomas Wydler, Producer, Sound Effects (SFX) - Martyn P. Casey, Producer, Bass - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Producer, Electric Guitar
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2008 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Paul Wright, Engineer - Paul Corkett, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Simon Heyworth, Engineer, Digital Remastering Masterer - Flood, Producer, Mixer - Paul Hicks, Engineer - Nick Cave, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Vibes - Warren Ellis, Violin - Thomas Wydler, Drums - Martyn P. Casey, Bass - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Percussion, Vibes - Chris Scard, Mixer - Paul Wright (UK Engineer), Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2011 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Bruce Dukov, Violin - Barbara Porter, Violin - DAVID BRIGGS, Producer - Simon Heyworth, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Nick Cave, Producer, Mixer, Vocals - Dennis Karmazyn, Cello - Blixa Bargeld, Guitar, Vocals - Chuck Johnson, Engineer - Tony Cohen, Mixer - Thomas Wydler, Drums, Vocals, Congas - Martyn P. Casey, Vocals, Bass - Conway Savage, Piano, Vocals - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, Drums, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals - David Blumberg, String Arranger
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1992 2010 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Jen Anderson, Violin - Kylie Minogue, Vocals, MainArtist - Gregg Jackman, Mixer - Ray Staff, Engineer, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Simon Heyworth, Engineer, Digital Remastering Masterer - Jim Sclavunos, Producer, Bells, Bells Percussion - Nick Cave, Composer, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Victor Van Vugt, Producer - Blixa Bargeld, Producer, Guitar - Tony Cohen, Producer - Thomas Wydler, Producer, Drums - Martyn P. Casey, Producer, Bass - Conway Savage, Producer, Backing Vocals - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Producer, String Arranger, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Strings Arranger - Sue Simpson, Violin - Kerran Coulter, Viola - Helen Mountfort, Cello
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1995 2011 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Paul Wright, Engineer - Paul Corkett, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Simon Heyworth, Engineer, Digital Remastering Masterer - Flood, Producer, Mixer - Paul Hicks, Engineer - Nick Cave, Piano, Vocals - Martyn P. Casey, Bass - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Chris Scard, Mixer - Paul Wright (UK Engineer), Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2011 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Gavyn Wright, Violin - Simon Heyworth, Engineer, Digital Remastering Masterer - Jim Sclavunos, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals - Kevin Paul, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Cave, Producer, Mixer, Piano, Vocals - Warren Ellis, Producer, String Arranger, Violin, Vocals - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Frank Schaefer, Cello - Bruce White, Viola - Leon Bosch, Bass - Paul Morgan, Bass - Jackie Shave, Violin - Simon Fischer, Violin - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin - Gustav Clarkson, Viola - Naomi Wright, Cello - ANNA MCGARRIGLE, Vocals - Mirek Stiles, Engineer - Blixa Bargeld, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Vocals - Lionel Handy, Cello - Tony Cohen, Producer, Mixer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Thomas Wydler, Producer, Drums, Vocals - Martyn P. Casey, Producer, Vocals, Bass - Conway Savage, Producer, Organ, Vocals - Mick Geyer, Producer - Mark Bishop, Engineer - Kate McGarrirgle, Vocals - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, Guitar, Vocals
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2011 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Nick Cave, Composer, Writer - Thomas Wydler, Composer, Writer - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Performance, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Composer - Michael John Harvey, Composer, Writer
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1998 Reprise Records
Nick Cave, Composer - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Performance, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Composer
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1998 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
James Johnston, Producer, Organ - The London Community Gospel Choir, Choir - Lena Palmer, Vocals - A. Baliardo, Choir - Lars Fox, Editor - Nick Launay, Producer, Mixer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Damon Iddins, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Mixer, MixingEngineer - Jim Sclavunos, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Nick Cave, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Piano, Vocals - Warren Ellis, Producer, Mixer, Bouzouki, Flute, Mandolin, Violin - Ian Cooper, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Laurent Binder, Engineer - London Community Gospel Choir, Choir - Thomas Wydler, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Martyn P. Casey, Producer, Bass - Conway Savage, Producer, Piano - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Guitar - Wendy Rose, Vocals - Stephanie Meade, Vocals - Donovan Lawrence, Vocals - Guillaume Dujardin, Engineer - Ase Bergstrom, Vocals - Geo Onaymake, Vocals
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Nick Cave, Composer - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Producer, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, String Arranger - Bill McGee, String Arranger
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1998 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Flood, Producer, Mixer, Engineer - Tony Cohen, Producer, Engineer - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, MainArtist
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2009 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Nick Launay, Producer - Jim Sclavunos, Composer - Nick Cave, Composer - ELLIS, Composer - Martyn P. Casey, Composer - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Producer, MainArtist
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Ray Staff, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Simon Heyworth, Engineer, Digital Remastering Masterer - Jim Sclavunos, Drums, Music - Nick Cave, Organ, Vocals, Music, Instruments - Victor Van Vugt, Producer - Savage, Music - Blixa Bargeld, Guitar, Vocals, Music - Tony Cohen, Producer, Mixer - Thomas Wydler, Percussion - Martyn P. Casey, Music, Bass - Conway Savage, Piano - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Mick Harvey, Guitar, Music
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1995 2011 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
Nick Cave is a singular figure in contemporary rock music; he first emerged as punk rock was making its presence known in Australia, but though he's never surrendered his status as a provocateur and a musical outlaw, he quickly abandoned the simplicity of punk for something grander and more literate, though no less punishing in its outlook. Cave also had an approach to collaboration that made his backing band, the Bad Seeds, an integral part of his creative vision, even as their membership changed and their sound evolved over the space of three decades of fury and eloquence. In Kirk Lake's liner notes to Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 1984-2014, he celebrates the band as much as their charismatic leader and songwriter, and the 45 songs collected on this three-disc set make the case that while Cave may be the frontman -- and a profoundly charismatic one with a powerful voice that can communicate from a whisper to a scream -- his musicians bring a color, shape, and texture to his songs that focus and amplify his gifts as a singer and lyricist. While 1998's The Best of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is a fine one-disc overview of Cave's body of work, this is by any standard a superior collection. The depth and detail of Cave's songs lend themselves to a larger anthology, and this was compiled from an additional 16 years' worth of music, much of it excellent, including tracks from 2004's Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus and 2014's Push the Sky Away. And the package also comes with a bonus DVD featuring television appearances, live performances, and interviews that document Cave & the Bad Seeds' forceful brilliance on-stage. Lovely Creatures is a superior introduction to Cave's post-Birthday Party work, and while the lack of unreleased material might make it superfluous for serious fans, this remains a splendid summation of the work of a major artist who continues to create deeply personal, profoundly moving music.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:42:07
- Main artists: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mute, a BMG Company
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2017 Mute Records Ltd., a BMG Company
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