B-Sides & Rarities
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
This exhaustive three-disc anthology sweeps through over two decades of discarded B-sides, obscure acoustic sessions, and theatrical cover songs. The collection presents a fascinating, less formal shadow-history of the Bad Seeds, moving from abrasive, post-punk murder ballads to tender, piano-led laments. The massive trove of material reveals Nick Cave's prolific, obsessive songwriting process, highlighting how even his cast-off tracks contain profound literary and musical depth.
Genres
- Singer-Songwriter
- Art Rock
- Alternative Rock
Tracklist
- Deanna
- The Mercy Seat
- City of Refuge
- The Moon Is in the Gutter
- The Six Strings That Drew Blood
- Rye Whiskey
- Running Scared
- Black Betty
- Scum
- The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass
- The Train Song
- Cocks ’n’ Asses
- Blue Bird
- Helpless
- God’s Hotel
- (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World
- Cassiel’s Song
- Tower of Song
- What Can I Give You?
- What a Wonderful World
- Rainy Night in Soho
- Lucy (version #2)
- Jack the Ripper
- Sail Away
- There’s No Night Out in the Jail
- That’s What Jazz Is to Me
- The Willow Garden
- The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane
- King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
- Knoxville Girl
- Where the Wild Roses Grow
- O’Malley’s Bar, Part 1
- O’Malley’s Bar, Part 2
- O’Malley’s Bar, Part 3
- Time Jesum Transeuntum et Non Riverentum
- O’Malley’s Bar (reprise)
- Red Right Hand
- Little Empty Boat
- Right Now I’m A‐Roaming
- Come Into My Sleep
- Black Hair (band version)
- Babe, I Got You Bad
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Opium Tea
- Grief Came Riding
- Bless His Ever Loving Heart
- Good Good Day
- Little Janey’s Gone
- I Feel So Good
- Shoot Me Down
- Swing Low
- Little Ghost Song
- Everything Must Converge
- Nocturama
- She’s Leaving You
- Under This Moon