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Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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 of crimes of passion.

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“I love Nick Cave, he's someone that came along, again when I moved back from New York... 'Murder Ballads,' the beauty and the darkness behind it is just... and the irony is wonderful. It's produced amazingly well.”
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Tracklist

10 tracks · 58:55 · click to preview
1
Song of Joy (2011 - Remaster)
6:46
2
Stagger Lee (2011 - Remaster)
5:15
3
Henry Lee (feat. PJ Harvey) [2011 - Remaster]
3:58
4
Lovely Creature (2011 - Remaster)
4:13
5
Where the Wild Roses Grow (2011 - Remaster)
3:57
6
The Curse of Millhaven (2011 - Remaster)
6:55
7
The Kindness of Strangers (2011 - Remaster)
4:39
8
Crow Jane (2011 - Remaster)
4:14
9
O'Malley's Bar (2011 - Remaster)
14:28
10
Death Is Not the End (2011 - Remaster)
4:26
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