Recorded 1983-1997 | Length 75:38 Release date 11 May 1998 Genre Post-punk | |
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Released May 11, 1998 (UK)May 26, 1998 (US) Similar Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds albums, Post-punk albums |
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a compilation album by Australian alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on May 11, 1998.
Contents
Cave asked each of the Bad Seeds, past and present, to choose their favourite tracks from the ten albums—their lists would then be discussed until a final list was produced. Only guitarist and founding Bad Seed Mick Harvey responded, and it is his listing, unchanged, that makes up The Best Of.
Track listing
- "Deanna" – 3:36
- "Red Right Hand" – 4:48
- "Straight to You" – 4:35
- "Tupelo" – 5:12
- "Nobody's Baby Now" – 3:53
- "Stranger Than Kindness" – 4:42
- "Into My Arms" – 4:14
- "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" – 4:06
- "The Carny" – 8:01
- "Do You Love Me?" – 4:37
- "The Mercy Seat" – 5:08
- "Henry Lee" (featuring PJ Harvey) – 3:56
- "The Weeping Song" – 4:20
- "The Ship Song" – 4:42
- "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (featuring Kylie Minogue) – 3:57
- "From Her to Eternity" – 5:32
NOTE: Tracks 2, 4, 10, 11 and 14 are the edited single versions (but are not listed as edits in the liner notes).
Special edition
The album was also released as a special edition with a live bonus disc, titled "Live at the Royal Albert Hall", recorded on 19 and 20 May 1997. This bonus CD was subsequently released in 2008 as a regular disk, with four additional tracks and without "The Weeping Song".
- "Lime Tree Arbour" – 3:42
- "Stranger Than Kindness" – 5:02
- "Red Right Hand" – 5:18
- "I Let Love In" – 4:12
- "Brompton Oratory" – 3:47
- "Henry Lee" – 4:00
- "The Weeping Song" – 4:38
- "The Ship Song" – 4:12
- "Where the Wild Roses Grow" – 4:01
Musicians
Songs
1Deanna3:45
2Red Right Hand4:48
3Straight to You4:35