Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2008.
Studio albums	18
EPs	3
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	4
Singles	38
Video albums	5
Music videos	38

The discography of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, a rock band with multi-national personnel, consists of 18 studio albums, 12 of which have reached the UK top 40, the last four going Top 5; four live albums; four compilation albums; 36 singles, 16 of which reached the UK Indie Top 10; five video albums and 38 music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		AUS [1]	AUT [2]	FIN [3] [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NOR [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	UK [10]	US [11]
From Her to Eternity	Released: May 1984 Label: Mute Formats: LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	—
The Firstborn Is Dead	Released: 3 June 1985 Label: Mute Formats: LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53	—
Kicking Against the Pricks	Released: 18 August 1986 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—	—	—	48	—	—	49	89	—
Your Funeral... My Trial	Released: 3 November 1986 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2x12", MC	98	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tender Prey	Released: 19 September 1988 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	109	—	27	—	—	—	—	—	67	—	US: 40,000 [12]
The Good Son	Released: 17 April 1990 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	93	—	39	—	44	19	—	38	47	—	US: 30,000 [12]
Henry's Dream	Released: 27 April 1992 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	41	40	38	59	70	—	47	49	29	—	US: 45,000 [13]
Let Love In	Released: 18 April 1994 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	8	14	21	34	57	18	35	10	12	—	US: 80,000 [12]	ARIA: Gold [14] BPI: Silver [15]
Murder Ballads	Released: 5 February 1996 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC, MD	3	1	7	5	18	1	12	1	8	—	US: 111,000 [12]	BPI: Gold [15]
The Boatman's Call	Released: 3 March 1997 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	5	18	17	19	58	2	4	3	22	155		BPI: Gold [15] IFPI DEN: Platinum [16]
No More Shall We Part	Released: 2 April 2001 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC, MD	4	4	10	8	23	1	21	8	15	180		BPI: Silver [15] IFPI NOR: Gold [17]
Nocturama	Released: 3 February 2003 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	8	6	4	11	14	2	—	7	20	182
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus	Released: 20 September 2004 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP	5	2	6	7	7	1	11	3	11	126		ARIA: Gold [18] BPI: Gold [15]
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!	Released: 3 March 2008 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP	2	3	9	6	10	2	5	3	4	64		ARIA: Gold [19] BPI: Gold [15] IRMA: Gold [20]
Push the Sky Away	Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Bad Seed Ltd Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	1	5	2	1	2	1	3	3	29	UK: 98,627 [21] US: 57,000 [22]	ARIA: Gold [23] BPI: Gold [15] IFPI DEN: Gold [24]
Skeleton Tree	Released: 9 September 2016 Label: Bad Seed Ltd Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	27	UK: 81,433 [21] US: 15,000 [25]	ARIA: Gold [26] BEA: Platinum [27] BPI: Silver [15]
Ghosteen	Released: 4 October 2019 Label: Ghosteen Ltd Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download	2	3	7	6	4	16	11	7	4	108		BEA: Gold [28] BPI: Silver [15]
Wild God	Released: 30 August 2024 Label: Play It Again Sam Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2 [29]	2	5 [30]	2	1	5 [31]	4 [32]	7 [33]	5	66	US: 13,000 [34]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [1]	AUT [2]	GER [5]	NL [6]	POR [35]	UK [10]	UK Indie [36]
Live Seeds	Released: 6 September 1993 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP	47	—	—	88	14	67	8
The Abattoir Blues Tour	Released: 29 January 2007 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Live at the Royal Albert Hall	Released: 24 November 2008 Label: Mute Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Live from KCRW	Released: 29 November 2013 Label: Bad Seed Ltd Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download	—	24	51	46	—	81	5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		AUS [1]	AUT [2]	FIN [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NOR [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	UK [10]	UK Indie [36]
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Released: 11 May 1998 Label: Chrysalis Formats: CD, 2xCD, 2xLP, MC	2	7	12	26	90	1	8	17	11	2	ARIA: Gold [37] BPI: Gold [15]
B-Sides & Rarities	Released: 22 March 2005 Label: Mute Formats: 3xCD	36	38	—	60	67	26	—	60	74	—
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Released: 5 May 2017 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD, 3xCD+DVD, 3xLP, digital download	8	8	—	10	12	—	15	—	8	2	BPI: Silver [15]
B-Sides & Rarities Part II	Released: 22 October 2021 Label: Mute Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download	38	16	18	19	17	—	—	—	27	3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		AUT [2]	DEN [38]	GER [5]	SWI [39]	UK [10]	UK Indie [36]
European Tour '92	Released: 1992 Label: Mute Formats: CD Japan-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—
iTunes Live: London Sessions	Released: 7 April 2008 Label: Mute Formats: digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen	Released: 28 September 2018 Label: Bad Seeds Ltd Formats: 12", digital download	67	34	82	66	74	8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		AUS [1] [40]	AUT [2]	FIN [4]	GER [5]	NL [6]	NOR [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	UK [10] [41]	UK Indie [42]
"In the Ghetto"	1984	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	1		From Her to Eternity
"Tupelo"	1985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1		The Firstborn Is Dead
"The Singer"	1986	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1		Kicking Against the Pricks
"The Mercy Seat"	1988	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	3		Tender Prey
"Deanna"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
"The Ship Song"	1990	138	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	—		The Good Son
"The Weeping Song"		172	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Straight to You"/"Jack the Ripper"	1992	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	7		Henry's Dream
"I Had a Dream, Joe"		75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	7
"Do You Love Me?"	1994	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	6		Let Love In
"Loverman"		109	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	88	8
"Red Right Hand"		124	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	BPI: Silver [15]
"Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Kylie Minogue)	1995	2	4	5	12	9	3	11	3	11	1	ARIA: Gold [43] BVMI: Gold [44]	Murder Ballads
"Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey)	1996	73	—	15	—	—	—	—	33	36	7
"Into My Arms"	1997	26	—	10	—	—	8	41	46	53	9	BPI: Silver [15]	The Boatman's Call
"(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For"		159	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	67	10
"As I Sit Sadly by Her Side"	2001	80	24	20	—	71	11	—	46	42	6		No More Shall We Part
"Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52	5
"Love Letter"	2002	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Bring It On"	2003	131	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58	8		Nocturama
"He Wants You"/"Babe, I'm on Fire"		154	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Rock of Gibraltar"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	136	—
"Nature Boy"	2004	88	17	16	89	—	—	—	—	37	—		Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
"Breathless"/"There She Goes My Beautiful World"		109	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45	—
"Get Ready for Love"	2005	134	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	62	—
"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"	2008	116	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	66	—		Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
"More News from Nowhere"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	171	—
"Midnight Man"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"We No Who U R"	2012	—	—	—	—	69	—	—	—	—	—		Push the Sky Away
"Jubilee Street"	2013	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Mermaids"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Animal X"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Give Us a Kiss"	2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Jesus Alone"	2016	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Skeleton Tree
"Skeleton Tree"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"I Need You"	2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Rings of Saturn"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Frogs" [45]	2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Wild God
"Long Dark Night" [46]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
" Final Rescue Attempt" [47]	2025	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		NZ Hot [48]
"Song of the Lake"	2024	29	Wild God

Other appearances

Studio

Year	Song	Album	Notes
1989	"Rye Whiskey"	N/A	traditional cover released as a flexidisc with a 1989 issue of Reflex magazine [49]
1991	"Tower of Song"	I'm Your Fan	Leonard Cohen cover
	"(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World"	Until the End of the World	original song

Live

Year	Song	Album	Notes
1984	"I Put a Spell on You"	Department of Enjoyment	radio broadcast of Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover, as Nick Cave and the Cavemen [50]
2003	"I Feel So Good"	The Soul of a Man	J.B. Lenoir cover [51]
2004	"Supernaturally"	The Big Ask Live - Artists Taking Action On Climate Change	Theatre de la Mutualite, Paris, November 2004

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Album
1984	"In the Ghetto"	Evan English, Paul Goldman	From Her to Eternity
1985	"Tupelo"	Christoph Dreher	The Firstborn Is Dead
	"Wanted Man"	Mick Harvey
1986	"The Singer"	Christoph Dreher	Kicking Against the Pricks
1988	"The Mercy Seat"	Christoph Dreher	Tender Prey
	"Deanna"	Mick Harvey
1990	"The Ship Song"	John Hillcoat	The Good Son
	"The Weeping Song"	Angela Conway
1992	"Straight to You"	Anton Corbijn	Henry's Dream
	"Jack the Ripper"	John Hillcoat
	"I Had a Dream, Joe"
1994	"Do You Love Me?"	John Hillcoat	Let Love In
	"Loverman"
	"Red Right Hand"	Jesse Dylan
1995	"Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Kylie Minogue)	Rocky Schenck	Murder Ballads
1996	"Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey)
	"Stagger Lee"	Emma Davis
1997	"Into My Arms"	Jonathan Glazer	The Boatman's Call
	"(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?"	Angela Conway
2001	"As I Sat Sadly by Her Side"	John Hillcoat	No More Shall We Part
	"Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"
2002	"Love Letter"	Tony Mahony
2003	"Bring It On"	John Hillcoat	Nocturama
	"Babe, I'm on Fire"
2004	"Nature Boy"	Grant Gee	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
	"Breathless"	Ben Dawkins
2005	"Get Ready for Love"	David Barnard
2008	"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"	Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
	"More News from Nowhere"
	"Midnight Man"
	"Night Of The Lotus Eaters"
2012	"We No Who U R"	Gaspar Noé	Push the Sky Away
2013	"Jubilee Street"	John Hillcoat
	"Higgs Boson Blues"	Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
2016	"Jesus Alone"	Andrew Dominik	Skeleton Tree
	"I Need You"
	"Girl in Amber"
	"Magneto"

Selected list of video and DVD releases

• The Road to God Knows Where – US tour documentary film
• Live at the Paradiso – Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The Videos
• God Is in the House – Live in Lyon, France
• The Abattoir Blues Tour – 2DVD/CD, Live at the Brixton Academy, Hammersmith Apollo, etc.
• 20,000 Days on Earth – 2014 documentary
• One More Time with Feeling – 2016 documentary

References

1. Peaks in Australia:
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External links

• Album reissues on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' website