Nocturama
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Nocturama is the 12th studio album
by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
, released in 2003. It received a fairly mixed reaction, though it had some moderate critical success. To date, it is the last Bad Seeds album to feature founding member Blixa Bargeld
. This album reunited Nick Cave with Nick Launay, who had produced Junkyard
by The Birthday Party
21 years earlier.
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Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...
, released in 2003. It received a fairly mixed reaction, though it had some moderate critical success. To date, it is the last Bad Seeds album to feature founding member Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in a number of artistic fields...
. This album reunited Nick Cave with Nick Launay, who had produced Junkyard
Junkyard (album)
Junkyard is a 1982 album by Australian post-punk group The Birthday Party.The album was recorded with Tony Cohen at Armstrong's Audio Visual Studios in Melbourne in December 1981 and January 1982. Additional tracks were recorded in London's Matrix Studios with punk producer Richard Mazda in May...
by The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party (band)
The Birthday Party were an Australian rock band, active from 1973 to 1983.Despite being championed by John Peel, The Birthday Party found little commercial success during their career...
21 years earlier.
Track listing
All songs written by Nick CaveNick Cave
Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
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- "Wonderful Life" – 6:49
- "He Wants You" – 3:30
- "Right Out of Your Hand" – 5:15
- "Bring It On" – 5:22
- "Dead Man in My Bed" – 4:40
- "Still in Love" – 4:44
- "There Is a Town" – 4:58
- "Rock of Gibraltar" – 3:00
- "She Passed by My Window" – 3:20
- "Babe, I'm on Fire" – 14:45
Singles
- "Bring It On" (MUTE 265) (February 24, 2003)
- "Bring It On" (Edit) b/w: "Shoot Me Down" / "Swing Low"
- "He Wants You" / "Babe, I'm on Fire" (MUTE 290) (June 2, 2003)
- "He Wants You" (Edit) / "Babe, I'm on Fire" (Edit) b/w: "Little Ghost Song" / "Everything Must Converge"
- "Rock of Gibraltar" (MUTE 318) (September 1, 2003)
- b/w: "Nocturama"
The Bad Seeds
- Nick CaveNick CaveNicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
– Vocals(1-10), Piano (1-3,5-8,10), Hammond (1,4-8,10) - Mick HarveyMick HarveyMichael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...
– Guitar (1,3-7,9,10), Backing Vocals (3,5,7,10), Organ (2,9), Acoustic Guitar (8), Bass (8), Bongos (1), Triangle (1) - Blixa BargeldBlixa BargeldBlixa Bargeld is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in a number of artistic fields...
– Pedal Steel Guitar (1-3,7,9), Guitar (4,6,10), Backing Vocals (5,10), Inexplicable Guitar (5), Gated Guitar (7) - Thomas WydlerThomas WydlerThomas Wydler , is a Swiss musician best known for being a core member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, of which he has been a drummer since 1985. Prior to joining them, he was a member of the experimental German band Die Haut. Wydler has been present on almost every Bad Seeds album, making his...
– Drums (1,3,5,6,8,10), Brush Snare (4,7), Shaker (2) - Martyn P. CaseyMartyn P. CaseyMartyn Paul Casey is an English-born Australian rock bass guitarist. He had been a member of The Triffids, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Casey plays either his Fender Precision Bass or Fender Jazz Bass.-Biography:...
– Bass (1-7,9,10) - Jim SclavunosJim SclavunosJim Sclavunos is an American rock music drummer, percussionist and producer.Sclavunos, a half-Greek and half-Italian from Brooklyn, New York , is well-known for his exceptional height at 6'7". Sclavunos has performed with Sonic Youth, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Lydia Lunch and was a member of 8...
– Drums (2,4,7,9), Backing Vocals (7), Percussion (10), Tambourine (8) - Warren EllisWarren Ellis (musician)Warren Ellis is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known for his work with Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman and his soundtrack scores with Nick Cave. He plays violin, piano, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin, and tenor guitar...
– Violin (2-10) - Conway SavageConway SavageConway Savage is an Australian rock musician best known as pianist/organist/backing vocalist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds....
– Backing Vocals (3,5,7,10)
Guests
- Chris Bailey – chorus vocals on "Bring It On"
- Johnny Turnbull – backing bocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On", "There Is a Town" and "She Passed by My Window"
- Norman Watt-RoyNorman Watt-RoyNorman Watt-Roy is the bassist for The Blockheads, previously known as Ian Dury & the Blockheads.In November 1954 the Watt-Roy family, including Norman, his older brother Garth and his sister, moved to England...
– backing vocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On" and "There Is a Town" - Mickey GallagherMickey GallagherMichael William Gallagher also known as Mick Gallagher and Mickey Gallagher is a British Hammond organ player and best known as a member of Ian Dury and the Blockheads and for his contributions to albums by the Clash...
– backing bocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On", "There Is a Town" and "She Passed by My Window" - Chas JankelChas JankelCharles Jeremy Jankel professionally known as Chaz Jankel, is a musician best known as the keyboard player and guitarist with Ian Dury and the Blockheads...
– backing vocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On" and "There Is a Town"