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Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 5 February 1996 by Mute Records.As its title suggests, the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details (and often consequences) of crimes of passion.
"Jack the Ripper" – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds "Jack the Ripper" – Rob Kelly "Jack the Ripper" – Screaming Lord Sutch "Jack The Ripper" – The Horrors "Jack the Ripper" – The Fuzztones "Jack the Ripper in Heaven" – Club Moral [25] "Killer on the Loose" - Thin Lizzy "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" – Reunion
In contrast, the Kentucky version, "Pretty Polly", is a stark and blood-soaked murder ballad with the victim being betrayed by the man she loves, stabbed in the heart, and buried in a shallow grave. The epilogue describes her killer being hanged by the community and his soul burning in hell and a "debt to the Devil" in a few versions. [5]
Nick Cave releases his 18th album with The Bad Seeds on 30 August 2024 (Ian Allen) Punk-turned-prophet Nick Cave often describes music as “sacred”. Performance, for him, is an act of communion ...
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.
Nick Cave says his “disgraceful self-indulgence” and focusing on his music “every day” collapsed following the death of his two sons. The Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds frontman, 66, lost ...
Nick Cave has told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that he felt “repelled” by his work following the death of his two sons and that his wife and family are now his main responsibility.
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a compilation album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 11 May 1998.. Cave asked each of the Bad Seeds members, past and present, to choose their favourite tracks from the ten albums—their lists would then be discussed until a final list was produced.