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Murder Ballads
Rock · 1996 · 10 tracks

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

A theatrical, blood-soaked collection of narrative vignettes. Elegant piano and gothic arrangements meet grim storytelling and a dark, campy sense of humor.

February 2, 1996 · Mute Czechoslovakia

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A grand, theatrical descent into the macabre, balancing genuine horror with a dark, winking wit.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Song of Joy
6:51
02
Stagger Lee
5:19
03
Henry Lee
4:02
04
Lovely Creature
4:18
05
Where the Wild Roses Grow
4:01
06
The Curse of Millhaven
7:00
07
The Kindness of Strangers
4:43
08
Crow Jane
4:19
09
O’Malley’s Bar
14:32
10
Death Is Not the End
4:27
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring contrast between Cave's gravelly baritone and Kylie Minogue's ethereal soprano on the riverbank
The fourteen-minute descent into madness during O'Malley's Bar as the piano becomes increasingly frantic
The chilling silence that follows the final 'la la la' in The Curse of Millhaven
The communal, almost redemptive quality of the ensemble choir during the closing Dylan cover
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How does Murder Ballads sound next to the rest of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's catalogue?

Midnight+2.2σ

Midnight saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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