B-Sides & Rarities

by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 22 March 2005
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 3:39:22
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Blixa Bargeld, George Vjestica, Martyn Casey, Jim Sclavunos, Norman Watt-Roy, Kid Congo Powers, John Turnbull, Nick Cave, The Moron Tabernacle Choir, Kylie Minogue, Dennis Karmazyn, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Chas Jankel, other, Sue Simpson, Roland Wolf, The Blockheads, Kerran Coulter, Bruce Dukov, Micky Gallagher, Shane MacGowan, James Johnston, Barbra Porter, Mick Harvey, Terry Edwards, Hugo Race, PJ Harvey, Martyn P. Casey, Brian Hooper, Helen Mountfort, Barry Adamson, Jen Anderson, Warren Ellis

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: covers, storytelling, literary, dark-humor, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Deanna (2:53)
  2. The Mercy Seat (3:46)
  3. City of Refuge (2:44)
  4. The Moon Is in the Gutter (2:35)
  5. The Six Strings That Drew Blood (4:47)
  6. Rye Whiskey (3:29)
  7. Running Scared (2:07)
  8. Black Betty (2:33)
  9. Scum (2:54)
  10. The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass (4:50)
  11. The Train Song (3:28)
  12. Cocks ’n’ Asses (5:43)
  13. Blue Bird (2:47)
  14. Helpless (3:51)
  15. God’s Hotel (3:08)
  16. (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World (3:59)
  17. Cassiel’s Song (3:37)
  18. Tower of Song (5:39)
  19. What Can I Give You? (3:41)
  20. What a Wonderful World (3:03)
  21. Rainy Night in Soho (3:57)
  22. Lucy (version #2) (2:23)
  23. Jack the Ripper (4:45)
  24. Sail Away (4:12)
  25. There’s No Night Out in the Jail (3:43)
  26. That’s What Jazz Is to Me (5:04)
  27. The Willow Garden (3:59)
  28. The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane (3:34)
  29. King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O (3:09)
  30. Knoxville Girl (3:36)
  31. Where the Wild Roses Grow (3:46)
  32. O’Malley’s Bar, Part 1 (5:16)
  33. O’Malley’s Bar, Part 2 (6:38)
  34. O’Malley’s Bar, Part 3 (4:57)
  35. Time Jesum Transeuntum et Non Riverentum (6:22)
  36. O’Malley’s Bar (reprise) (1:03)
  37. Red Right Hand (6:01)
  38. Little Empty Boat (4:26)
  39. Right Now I’m A‐Roaming (4:21)
  40. Come Into My Sleep (3:48)
  41. Black Hair (band version) (4:14)
  42. Babe, I Got You Bad (3:50)
  43. Sheep May Safely Graze (4:14)
  44. Opium Tea (3:49)
  45. Grief Came Riding (5:05)
  46. Bless His Ever Loving Heart (4:02)
  47. Good Good Day (4:04)
  48. Little Janey’s Gone (2:58)
  49. I Feel So Good (1:46)
  50. Shoot Me Down (3:33)
  51. Swing Low (5:40)
  52. Little Ghost Song (3:45)
  53. Everything Must Converge (3:18)
  54. Nocturama (4:00)
  55. She’s Leaving You (4:00)
  56. Under This Moon (4:04)

Credits

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