The Boatman's Call

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Boatman's Call cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 March 1997
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 52:13
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 16 ratings

Artists on this release: Nick Cave

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stripping away the chaotic post-punk of his past, Nick Cave delivers an incredibly somber and intimate singer-songwriter masterpiece on 'The Boatman's Call'. The album is a profoundly melancholic, piano-driven exploration of heartbreak, faith, and deeply romantic, poetic sadness.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, piano, confessional, ballad, minimal, folk, acoustic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Into My Arms (4:16)
  2. Lime Tree Arbour (2:56)
  3. People Ain't No Good (5:42)
  4. Brompton Oratory (4:06)
  5. There Is a Kingdom (4:52)
  6. (Are You) the One That I've Been Waiting For? (4:05)
  7. Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? (5:46)
  8. West Country Girl (2:45)
  9. Black Hair (4:14)
  10. Idiot Prayer (4:21)
  11. Far from Me (5:33)
  12. Green Eyes (3:31)

Credits

  • Nick Cave - primary artist, producer, lyrics by, songwriter [all songs by], vocals, piano, organ [hammond], vibraphone [vibes], synth [casio], lyricist
  • Johannes Beck - artwork [art], design/illustration
  • Oliver Gretscher - artwork [assistant]
  • Paul Corkett - engineer [recordings engineered by], recording
  • Minus Verlag, Berlin - layout
  • Flood - mixed by, producer, mix
  • Chris Scard - mixed by [assistant], additional mix
  • Blixa Bargeld - performer [the bad seeds], guitar, piano [treatment]
  • Conway Savage - performer [the bad seeds], piano, backing vocals
  • Jim Sclavunos - performer [the bad seeds], bells, drums, melodica
  • Martyn P. Casey - performer [the bad seeds], bass
  • Mick Harvey - performer [the bad seeds], bass, acoustic guitar, guitar, organ [hammond], bass, organ
  • Thomas Wydler - performer [the bad seeds], drums, vibraphone [vibes], maracas
  • Warren Ellis - performer [the bad seeds], violin, piano accordion
  • Steve Gullick - photography by [back cover], photography
  • Anton Corbijn - photography by [front cover], photography
  • Paul Hicks - recorded by [assistant], additional recording
  • Paul Wright - recorded by [assistant], additional recording
  • Louise Lab茅 - lyrics by [first line]
  • Katy Emck - translated by [first line]
  • Larry Norman - translated by [first line]

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