Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2008.
Studio albums17
Live albums4
Compilation albums4
Video albums5
Music videos38
EPs3
Singles37

The discography of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, a rock band with multi-national personnel, consists of 17 studio albums, four live albums, four compilation albums, 36 singles, five video albums and 38 music videos.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Sales Certifications
AUS
[1]
AUT
[2]
FIN
[3] [4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10]
UK Indie
[11]
US
[12]
From Her to Eternity
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: LP, MC
401
The Firstborn Is Dead
  • Released: 3 June 1985
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: LP, MC
532
Kicking Against the Pricks
  • Released: 18 August 1986
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
984849891
Your Funeral... My Trial
  • Released: 3 November 1986
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2x12", MC
1
Tender Prey
  • Released: 19 September 1988
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
27672
The Good Son
  • Released: 17 April 1990
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
9339441938472
Henry's Dream
  • Released: 27 April 1992
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
41403859704749293
Let Love In
  • Released: 18 April 1994
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
814213457183510121
Murder Ballads
  • Released: 5 February 1996
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, MD
317518112182
The Boatman's Call
  • Released: 3 March 1997
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
518171958243221155
No More Shall We Part
  • Released: 2 April 2001
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC, MD
44108231218152180
Nocturama
  • Released: 3 February 2003
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
864111427203182
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
  • Released: 20 September 2004
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP
52677111311126
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
  • Released: 3 March 2008
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, LP
239610253464
Push the Sky Away 115212133129
Skeleton Tree
  • Released: 9 September 2016
  • Label: Bad Seed Ltd
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
121321122127
Ghosteen
  • Released: 4 October 2019
  • Label: Ghosteen Ltd
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download
237641611741108
Wild God
  • Scheduled: 30 August 2024
  • Label: Play It Again Sam
  • Formats: Digital download
To be released
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[1]
AUT
[2]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
POR
[30]
UK
[10]
UK Indie
[11]
Live Seeds
  • Released: 6 September 1993
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP
478814678
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
245146815
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[1]
AUT
[2]
FIN
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10]
UK Indie
[11]
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Released: 11 May 1998
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD, 2xLP, MC
271226901817112
B-Sides & Rarities
  • Released: 22 March 2005
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 3xCD
36386067266074
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Released: 5 May 2017
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xCD+DVD, 3xLP, digital download
8810121582
B-Sides & Rarities Part II
  • Released: 22 October 2021
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download
3816181917273
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
AUT
[2]
DEN
[32]
GER
[5]
SWI
[33]
UK
[10]
UK Indie
[11]
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
67348266748
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUS
[1]
AUT
[2]
FIN
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
UK
[10] [34]
UK Indie
[35]
"In the Ghetto"1984841From Her to Eternity
"Tupelo"19851The Firstborn Is Dead
"The Singer"19861Kicking Against the Pricks
"The Mercy Seat"1988863Tender Prey
"Deanna"4
"The Ship Song"199084The Good Son
"The Weeping Song"
"Straight to You"/"Jack the Ripper"199296687Henry's Dream
"I Had a Dream, Joe"75857
"Do You Love Me?"199462686Let Love In
"Loverman"888
"Red Right Hand"16
"Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Kylie Minogue)19952451293113111Murder Ballads
"Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey)1996731533367
"Into My Arms"1997261084146539The Boatman's Call
"(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For"6710
"As I Sit Sadly by Her Side"2001802420711146426No More Shall We Part
"Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"525
"Love Letter"200286
"Bring It On"2003588Nocturama
"He Wants You"/"Babe, I'm on Fire"
"Rock of Gibraltar"136
"Nature Boy"20048817168937Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
"Breathless"/"There She Goes My Beautiful World"45
"Get Ready for Love"200562
"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"200866Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
"More News from Nowhere"171
"Midnight Man"
"We No Who U R"201269Push the Sky Away
"Jubilee Street"2013
"Mermaids"
"Animal X"Non-album singles
"Give Us a Kiss"2014
"Jesus Alone"2016Skeleton Tree
"Skeleton Tree"
"I Need You"2017
"Rings of Saturn"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Studio

YearSongAlbumNotes
1989"Rye Whiskey"N/Atraditional cover released as a flexidisc with a 1989 issue of Reflex magazine [38]
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

YearSongAlbumNotes
1984"I Put a Spell on You"Department of Enjoymentradio broadcast of Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover, as Nick Cave and the Cavemen [39]
2003"I Feel So Good"The Soul of a Man J.B. Lenoir cover [40]
2004"Supernaturally"The Big Ask Live - Artists Taking Action On Climate ChangeTheatre de la Mutualite, Paris, November 2004

Music videos

YearTitleDirectorAlbum
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 DreherKicking Against the Pricks
1988"The Mercy Seat"Christoph DreherTender 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 HillcoatLet 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 HillcoatNo More Shall We Part
"Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"
2002"Love Letter"Tony Mahony
2003"Bring It On"John HillcoatNocturama
"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

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