No More Shall We Part

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Type: Album
Released: 2 April 2001
Label: Mute
Country: Australia
Length: 1:07:39
Community rating: 4.34/5 from 15 ratings

Artists on this release: Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Mick Harvey, Martyn P. Casey, Jim Sclavunos, Warren Ellis, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released after a four-year hiatus, 'No More Shall We Part' is a predominantly piano-led album that refines the balladry of its predecessor, balancing stately arrangements with moments of turbulent, dramatic outburst. The sound is meticulously orchestrated with intricate string arrangements by Warren Ellis and Mick Harvey, and features guest vocal contributions from Kate & Anna McGarrigle. The detailed lyrical narratives explore complex and often contradictory themes of love, faith, and domesticity with a measured, darkly humorous, and mature perspective.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, ballad, sorrowful, funereal, minimal, folk, orchestral, storytelling

Tracklist

Credits

Nick Cave - vocals, piano, backing vocals, produced, mixed
Mick Harvey - guitar, string arrangement, drums on track 1, backing vocals, mixed
Blixa Bargeld - guitar, backing vocals, mixed
Conway Savage - organ, backing vocals
Warren Ellis - violin, string arrangement, backing vocals
Martyn P. Casey - bass, backing vocals
Thomas Wydler - drums, backing vocals
Jim Sclavunos - drums on track 4, percussion on track 5, backing vocals
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - vocals
Gavyn Wright - violins
Patrick Kiernan - violins
Jackie Shave - violins
Simon Fischer - violins
Rebecca Hirsch - violins
Bruce White - violas
Gustav Clarkson - violas
Frank Schaefer - cellos
Lionel Handy - cellos
Naomi Wright - cellos
Paul Morgan - basses
Leon Bosch - basses
Tony Cohen - produced, engineered, mixed
Kevin Paul - engineered
Mirek Stiles - assistant engineers
Mark Bishop - assistant engineers
Ray Staff - mastered