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

Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is an album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 2017. A haunting blend of gothic rock and poetic storytelling, interwoven with raw emotion and atmospheric instrumentals. This collection not only celebrates the band's rich history but also highlights their significant influence on gothic and alternative rock. It achieved commercial success, entering the UK Albums Chart at number 5, and received positive reviews for its curation and cohesive presentation of Cave's lyrical and musical artistry. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.

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Disc 1

• 1 From Her to Eternity 5:35
• 2 In the Ghetto 4:07
• 3 Tupelo 7:16
• 4 I’m Gonna Kill That Woman 3:44
• 5 The Carny 8:01
• 6 Sad Waters 4:59
• 7 Stranger Than Kindness 4:47
• 8 Scum 2:55
• 9 The Mercy Seat Standout 7:18
• 10 Deanna 3:47
• 11 Up Jumped the Devil 5:18
• 12 The Weeping Song 4:25
• 13 The Ship Song 5:14
• 14 Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry 5:56
• 15 Straight to You 4:35

Disc 2

• 1 Do You Love Me? 5:57
• 2 Nobody’s Baby Now 3:52
• 3 Loverman 6:22
• 4 Red Right Hand Standout 6:11
• 5 Stagger Lee 5:15
• 6 Where the Wild Roses Grow 3:57
• 7 Into My Arms Standout 4:15
• 8 People Ain’t No Good 5:43
• 9 Brompton Oratory 4:07
• 10 (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For? 4:05
• 11 Come Into My Sleep 3:49
• 12 Love Letter 4:06
• 13 God Is in the House 5:43
• 14 He Wants You 3:31
• 15 Shoot Me Down 4:03

Disc 3

• 1 Hiding All Away 6:32
• 2 There She Goes, My Beautiful World 5:17
• 3 Nature Boy 4:54
• 4 Breathless 3:14
• 5 Babe, You Turn Me On 4:21
• 6 O Children 6:46
• 7 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! 4:14
• 8 Night of the Lotus Eaters 4:54
• 9 We Call Upon the Author 5:12
• 10 Jesus of the Moon 3:23
• 11 More News From Nowhere 7:58
• 12 We No Who U R 4:05
• 13 Jubilee Street 6:36
• 14 Higgs Boson Blues 7:51
• 15 Push the Sky Away 4:06

Disc 4

• 1 Interview, 1988 0:17
• 2 Night of the Lotus Eaters, 2008 0:28
• 3 Red Right Hand, 1998 4:21
• 4 The Weeping Song, 2001 0:24
• 5 Interview, 2013 0:41
• 6 Higgs Boson Blues, 2012 4:43
• 7 Interview, 1987 0:10
• 8 From Her to Eternity, 1984 4:20
• 9 Love Letter, 2001 0:09
• 10 Interview, 2013 0:28
• 11 Do You Love Me?, 2001 0:17
• 12 Interview, 2001 0:24
• 13 Into My Arms, 2008 3:39
• 14 We Call Upon the Author, 2009 3:42
• 15 Interview, 1991 0:10
• 16 The Mercy Seat, 1996 4:20
• 17 Interview, 1984 0:09
• 18 God Is in the House, 2001 0:13
• 19 Interview, 2013 0:17
• 20 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, 2008 0:12
• 21 Brompton Oratory, 1997 3:41
• 22 I’m Gonna Kill That Woman, 1986 3:24
• 23 Jubilee Street, 2013 5:20
• 24 The Ship Song, 1992 0:29
• 25 Interview, 1994 0:13
• 26 Loverman, 1996 3:44
• 27 Interview, 1988 0:12
• 28 In the Ghetto, 1984 0:20
• 29 Hiding All Away, 2004 5:11
• 30 Interview, 1992 0:15
• 31 Where the Wild Roses Grow, 1995 0:21
• 32 Deanna, 2008 3:44
• 33 O Children, 2013 5:42
• 34 Interview, 1996 0:20
• 35 Stagger Lee, 1996 0:41
• 36 Interview, 2014 0:15
• 37 Interview, 1985 0:21
• 38 Push the Sky Away, 2013 4:51
• 39 There She Goes, My Beautiful World, 2004 3:58

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