Let Love In | ||||
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Released | 18 April 1994 [1] | |||
Recorded | September–December 1993 | |||
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Length | 48:18 | |||
Label | Mute | |||
Producer | Tony Cohen, The Bad Seeds | |||
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Singles from Let Love In | ||||
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Let Love In is the eighth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 18 April 1994 on Mute Records.
As of May 2015 it was certified silver by British Phonographic Industry for 60,000 sold units in UK. [3] As of January 1996 the album has sold 50,000 copies in United States. [4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Drowned in Sound | 10/10 [6] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [7] |
Los Angeles Times | [8] |
NME | 9/10 [9] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [10] |
Q | [11] |
Rolling Stone | [12] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [13] |
Select | 4/5 [14] |
All tracks are written by Nick Cave, except where noted.
No. | Title | Music | Words | Length |
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1. | "Do You Love Me?" | Nick Cave, Martyn P. Casey | Cave | 5:56 |
2. | "Nobody's Baby Now" | 3:52 | ||
3. | "Loverman" | 6:21 | ||
4. | "Jangling Jack" | 2:47 | ||
5. | "Red Right Hand" | Cave, Mick Harvey, Thomas Wydler | Cave | 6:10 |
6. | "I Let Love In" | 4:14 | ||
7. | "Thirsty Dog" | 3:48 | ||
8. | "Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore" | 3:46 | ||
9. | "Lay Me Low" | 5:08 | ||
10. | "Do You Love Me? (Part 2)" | 6:12 | ||
Total length: | 48:18 |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Guest musicians
"Do You Love Me" was covered by the band New Waver as "Do You Hate Me" in 1996. The song "Loverman" was covered by Metallica on Garage Inc. (1998) and Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on his solo album Counterfeit² (2003). The song "Red Right Hand" was covered by Arctic Monkeys as a B-side to their single "Crying Lightning" and as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their third album Humbug (2009); it was also covered by Giant Sand on their album "Cover Magazine". "Red Right Hand" was covered by PJ Harvey for the English television show, Peaky Blinders . [15]
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] | 8 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] | 14 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] | 57 |
German Albums Chart [19] | 34 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [20] | 35 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] | 18 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [22] | 10 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] | 43 |
UK Albums Chart [24] | 12 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [25] | Gold | 35,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] | Silver | 60,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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