Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds* ‎– Murder Ballads

Label:

Mute – STUMM 138

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Released:

05 Feb 1996

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Art Rock, Indie Rock

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1		Song Of Joy Drums – Mick Harvey
A2		Stagger Lee Maracas – Thomas Wydler Music By – Savage, Sclavunos Other [Gun Shots] – Nick Cave Other [Screams] – Blixa Bargeld
A3		Henry Lee
A4		Crow Jane Other [Space Belt] – Mick Harvey Tambourine – Thomas Wydler Vocals [Additional] – Geraldine Johnston, Liz Corcoran
A5		The Curse Of Millhaven Choir – Moron Tabernacle Choir, The Guitar – Hugo Race Tambourine – Jim Sclavunos Violin, Accordion – Warren Ellis
B1		Where The Wild Roses Grow Arranged By [Strings] – Nick Cave Backing Vocals – Conway Savage Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Strings] – Mick Harvey Bells – Jim Sclavunos Cello – Helen Mountfort Mixed By – Gregg Jackman Viola – Kerran Coulter Violin – Jen Anderson, Sue Simpson
B2		Lovely Creature Horns – Terry Edwards Organ [Wind Organ] – Mick Harvey Vocals [Additional] – Katharine Blake
B3		The Kindness Of Strangers Backing Vocals [Crying] – Anita Lane Vocals [Additional] – Mariella Del Conte
B4		O'Malley's Bar Organ – Conway Savage Percussion – Mick Harvey
B5		Death Is Not The End Bass – Brian Hooper Vocals – Anita Lane, Blixa Bargeld, Shane MacGowan, Thomas Wydler Written-By – Dylan*

Credits

Acoustic Guitar – Mick Harvey (tracks: A3, B1)
Artwork By [Front Cover Painting] – Jean-Frédéric Schnyder
Bass – Martyn P. Casey (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3), Mick Harvey (tracks: A5, B4)
Drums – Jim Sclavunos (tracks: A2, A4), Thomas Wydler (tracks: A3, A5 to B5)
Guitar – Blixa Bargeld (tracks: A1 to B3, B5), Mick Harvey (tracks: A2, B1 to B3, B5)
Lyrics By – Traditional (tracks: A2, A3)
Music By – Bargeld* (tracks: A2, B2), Casey* (tracks: A2, A4, B2), Harvey* (tracks: A2, B2), Wydler* (tracks: A2, B2)
Organ – Mick Harvey (tracks: A3, A4), Nick Cave (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B5)
Percussion – Jim Sclavunos (tracks: B2, B5)
Piano – Conway Savage (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3, B5), Nick Cave (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3)
Producer – Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds*, Victor Van Vugt
Producer, Mixed By – Tony Cohen (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B5)
Vocals – Kylie Minogue (tracks: B1, B5), Nick Cave, PJ Harvey (tracks: A3, B5)
Written-By – Cave* (tracks: A1 to B4)

Notes

Recorded in 1993-95 at Atlantis, Sing Sing and Metropolis Studios, Melbourne, Wessex Studios, London and mixed at Metropolis. "Where The Wild Roses Grow" was mixed at Sarm West, London.
Front cover painting "Landschaft I-XXXV" courtesy Kunsthaus Aarau and Swiss Confederation (federal office of culture).
Pressed at Damont Audio Limited, UK (see runout)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5016025311385
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, runout, scratched): STUMM 138-AI
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, runout, scratched): STUMM 138-B2
Other (Side 1, runout, scratched): KM
Other (Side 2, runout, scratched): DAMONT

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 25) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Murder Ballads (CD, Album)	Mute Records Ltd.	CD STUMM 138	UK	1996
Murder Ballads (CD, Album, RE)	Mute, Mute	CD STUMM 138, 5016025611386	Europe
Murder Ballads (CD, Promo, Smplr)	Mute, Mute Records Ltd.	RCDStumm138	Europe	1995
Murder Ballads (MD, Album)	Mute, Mute	484157 8, 01-484157-50	Austria	1996
Murder Ballads (CD, Album)	Liberation Records	D 98452	Australia	1996