Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

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Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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Released5 May 2017
Recorded1984–2014
Genre Post-punk
Length3:47:53(deluxe edition)
Label Mute
Producer Nick Cave, Flood, David Briggs, Tony Cohen, Victor Van Vugt, The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology
Skeleton Tree
(2016)
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
(2017)
Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 95/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 9/10 [4]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 [8]
Louder Than War 10/10 [9]
The New Zealand Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]

Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a compilation album by Australian alternative rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 5 May 2017. [12]

Contents

Track listing

Two-disc edition

Disc 1
No.TitleOriginally appears on:Length
1."Loverman" Let Love In (1994)4:57
2."Tupelo" The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)5:12
3."Deanna" Tender Prey (1988)3:45
4."From Her to Eternity" From Her to Eternity (1984)5:35
5."The Weeping Song" The Good Son (1990)4:21
6."Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)3:35
7."People Ain't No Good" The Boatman's Call (1997)5:40
8."Higgs Boson Blues" Push the Sky Away (2013)7:50
9."Straight to You" Henry's Dream (1992)4:35
10."Where the Wild Roses Grow" Murder Ballads (1996)3:57
Total length:49:27
Disc 2
No.TitleOriginally appears on:Length
1."Into My Arms"The Boatman's Call (1997)4:13
2."Love Letter" No More Shall We Part (2001)4:04
3."Red Right Hand"Let Love In (1994)4:49
4."The Mercy Seat"Tender Prey (1988)5:10
5."O Children" Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)6:42
6."The Ship Song"The Good Son (1990)4:44
7."Stranger Than Kindness" Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)4:43
8."Jubilee Street"Push the Sky Away (2013)5:03
9."Nature Boy"Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)3:31
10."We No Who U R"Push the Sky Away (2013)4:05
11."Stagger Lee"Murder Ballads (1996)5:14
Total length:52:18

Deluxe edition

Disc 1: 1984–1993 [13]
No.TitleOriginally appears on:Length
1."From Her to Eternity" From Her to Eternity (1984)5:35
2."In the Ghetto"From Her to Eternity (1984)4:36
3."Tupelo" The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)7:16
4."I'm Gonna Kill That Woman" Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)3:44
5."The Carny" Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)8:01
6."Sad Waters"Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)4:59
7."Stranger Than Kindness"Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)4:47
8."Scum"Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)2:55
9."The Mercy Seat" Tender Prey (1988)7:18
10."Deanna"Tender Prey (1988)3:46
11."Up Jumped the Devil"Tender Prey (1988)5:18
12."The Weeping Song" The Good Son (1990)4:25
13."The Ship Song"The Good Son (1990)5:14
14."Papa Won't Leave You, Henry" Henry's Dream (1992)5:56
15."Straight to You"Henry's Dream (1992)4:35
Disc 2: 1994–2003
No.TitleOriginally appears on:Length
1."Do You Love Me?" Let Love In (1994)5:57
2."Nobody's Baby Now"Let Love In (1994)3:52
3."Loverman"Let Love In (1994)6:21
4."Red Right Hand"Let Love In (1994)6:10
5."Stagger Lee" Murder Ballads (1996)5:15
6."Where the Wild Roses Grow"Murder Ballads (1996)3:57
7."Into My Arms" The Boatman's Call (1997)4:15
8."People Ain't No Good"The Boatman's Call (1997)5:42
9."Brompton Oratory"The Boatman's Call (1997)4:06
10."(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?"The Boatman's Call (1997)4:05
11."Come Into My Sleep""(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?" single (1997)3:49
12."Love Letter" No More Shall We Part (2001)4:05
13."God Is in the House"No More Shall We Part (2001)5:43
14."He Wants You" Nocturama (2003)3:31
15."Shoot Me Down""Bring It On" single (2003)4:03
Disc 3: 2004–2013
No.TitleOriginally appears on:Length
1."Hiding All Away" Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)6:30
2."There She Goes, My Beautiful World"Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)5:17
3."Nature Boy"Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)4:54
4."Breathless"Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)3:14
5."Babe, You Turn Me On"Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)4:21
6."O Children"Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)6:46
7."Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)4:13
8."Night of the Lotus Eaters"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)4:54
9."We Call Upon the Author"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)5:12
10."Jesus of the Moon"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)3:23
11."More News from Nowhere"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)7:58
12."We No Who U R" Push the Sky Away (2013)4:05
13."Jubilee Street"Push the Sky Away (2013)6:36
14."Higgs Boson Blues"Push the Sky Away (2013)7:50
15."Push the Sky Away"Push the Sky Away (2013)4:06

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Silver60,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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