News 08 Mar 2017

Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (1984-2014)

By Paul Sinclair

In May, BMG Rights Management will issue Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (1984-2014), a comprehensive overview of the band’s recorded work available in a number of different configurations.

The 30-year span of this set starts with music from their debut From Her To Eternity and takes the story up to 2013’s Push The Sky Away. This collection was apparently originally due for release in 2014, which explains why it’s not quite the complete story, since the band have of course issued their 16th studio album, Skeleton Tree, since then.

Deluxe edition boasts four discs and a 36-page hardcover book

There are a number of editions available, including the deluxe, which comprises three CDs of music and a DVD with two hours of rare and unseen footage – available to pre-order for a very reasonable £18. That same four-disc set is available as a super deluxe edition – the difference being that it’s packaged with a 256-page book has has a groovier cover design. In the UK this is about £20 more than the deluxe version.

Limited super deluxe edition has same audio/video as deluxe but includes 256-page book.

Interestingly, the two-CD edition doesn’t just repeat the 30 tracks on the first two discs of the deluxe, rather it contains 22 tracks sequenced completely differently. These same 22 songs are included on a 3LP vinyl edition of Lovely Creatures – which like the deluxe, is good value at just £19.99).

2CD Edition of Lovely Creatures

The album was compiled largely by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey and Cave had the following to say about it: “This release is designed to be a way into three decades of music making. That’s a lot of songs. The songs we have chosen are the ones that have stuck around, for whatever reason. Some songs are those that demand to be played live. Others are lesser songs that are personal favourites of ours. Others are just too big and have too much history to leave out.”

Lovely Creatures The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1984 – 2014 will be released on 5 May 2017. Full track listings are below.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Lovely Creatures - 3CD+DVD super deluxe with 256-page book

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Lovely Creatures - 3CD+DVD deluxe

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Lovely Creatures - 3LP Vinyl

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Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (deluxe)

Disc: 1
1. From Her to Eternity (2009 Remastered Version)
2. In The Ghetto (2009 Remastered Version)
3. Tupelo (2009 Remastered Version)
4. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman (2009 Remastered Version)
5. The Carny (2009 Remastered Version)
6. Sad Waters (2009 Remastered Version)
7. Stranger Than Kindness (2009 Remastered Version)
8. Scum (2009 Remastered Version)
9. The Mercy Seat (2010 Remastered Version)
10. Deanna (2010 Remastered Version)
11. Up Jumped the Devil (2010 Remastered Version)
12. The Weeping Song (2010 Remastered Version)
13. The Ship Song (2010 Remastered Version)
14. Papa Won’t You Leave, Henry (2010 Remastered Version)
15. Straight to You (2010 Remastered Version)

Disc: 2
1. Do You Love Me? (2011 Remastered Version)
2. Nobody’s Baby Now (2011 Remastered Version)
3. Loverman (2011 Remastered Version)
4. Red Right Hand (2011 Remastered Version)
5. Stagger Lee (2011 Remastered Version)
6. Where the Wild Roses Grow (2011 Remastered Version) – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue
7. Into My Arms (2011 Remastered Version)
8. People Ain’t No Good (2011 Remastered Version)
9. Brompton Oratory (2011 Remastered Version)
10. (Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For? (2011 Remastered Version)
11. Come Into My Sleep (2011 Remastered Version)
12. Love Letter (2011 Remastered Version)
13. God Is In The House (2011 Remastered Version)
14. He Wants You
15. Shoot Me Down

Disc: 3
1. Hiding All Away
2. There She Goes, My Beautiful World
3. Nature Boy
4. Breathless
5. Babe, You Turn Me On
6. O Children
7. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
8. Night of the Lotus Eaters
9. We Call Upon the Author
10. Jesus of the Moon
11. More News from Nowhere
12. We No Who U R
13. Jubilee Street
14. Higgs Boson Blues
15. Push The Sky Away

Disc: 4 (DVD)
1. Interview (Kippevel, Netherlands, 1988)
2. Night of the Lotus Eaters (Docks des Suds, Marseilles, France, 2008; Live)
3. Red Right Hand (Glastonbury Festival, UK, 1998; Live)
4. The Weeping Song (Glasgow TV Studios, UK 2001; Live)
5. Interview (New York, USA, 2013)
6. Higgs Bosun Blues (La Fabrique Studios, France, 2012)
7. Interview (Stranger in a Strange Land documentary, Berlin, Germany, 1987)
8. From Her to Eternity (Perkins Palace, Pasadena, USA, 1984; Live)
9. Love Letter (ABC Studios, Australia, 2001)
10. Interview (Bish’s Biz, Australia, 2013)
11. Do You Love Me? (Boxed Set, Glasgow STV Studios, UK, 2001; Live)
12. Interview (Boxed Set, Glasgow STV Studios, UK, 2001; Live)
13. Into My Arms (Inmusic Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2008; Live)
14. We Call Upon the Author (B1 Maximum Club, Moscow, Russia, 2009; Live)
15. Interview (Ein Abend In Wien , Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1991)
16. The Mercy Seat (Bizarre Festival, Germany, 1996; Live)
17. Interview (Columbus, Ohio, USA, 1984)
18. God Is in the House (Later With Jools Holland, London, UK, 2001)
19. Interview (Bish’s Biz, Australia, 2013)
20. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Globe Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008)
21. Brompton Oratory (MTV Live’n’Loud, 1997)
22. I’m Gonna Kill That Woman (Posthof, Linz, Austra, 1986)
23. Jubilee Street (The Fonda Theatre, LA, USA, 2013)
24. The Ship Song (Live At The Paradiso DVD, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992)
25. Interview (Lollapolooza, USA, 1994)
26. Loverman (Bizarre Festival, Germany, 1996)
27. Interview (Australia, 1998)
28. In the Ghetto (Exit, Chicago, USA, 1984)
29. Hiding All Away (The Abattoir Blues Tour DVD, Brixton Academy, London, UK, 2004)
30. Interview (Australia, 1992)
31. Where the Wild Roses Grow (MTV Most Wanted, London, UK, 1995)
32. Deanna (St. Luke’s, London, UK, 1995)
33. O Children (Le Trianon, Paris, France, 2013; Live)
34. Interview (Festival Crazy Rock, Chile, 1996)
35. Stagger Lee (The White Room, London, UK, 1996; Live)
36. Interview (Austin City Limits, Texas, USA, 2014)
37. Interview (Australia, 1985)
38. Push the Sky Away (The Fonda Theatre, LA, USA, 2013; Live)
39. There She Goes My Beautiful World (The Abattoir Blues Tour DVD, Brixton Academy, London, UK, 2004)

Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (3LP Vinyl)

Side 1
1. Loverman (Single Version)
2. Tupelo (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]
3. Deanna (2010 Remastered Version)
4. From Her to Eternity (2009 Remastered Version)

Side 2
1. The Weeping Song (2010 Remastered Version)
2. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Single Edit)
3. People Ain’t No Good (2011 Remastered Version)

Side 3
1. Higgs Boson Blues
2. Straight to You (2010 Remastered Version)
3. Where the Wild Roses Grow (2011 Remastered Version) – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue

Side 4
1. Into My Arms (2011 Remastered Version)
2. Love Letter (2011 Remastered Version)
3. Red Right Hand (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]
4. The Mercy Seat (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]

Side 5
1. O Children
2. The Ship Song (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]
3. Stranger Than Kindness (2009 Remastered Version)

Side 6
1. Jubilee Street (Video Edit Kevin Version)
2. Nature Boy (Edit)
3. We No Who U R
4. Stagger Lee (2011 Remastered Version)

Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (2CD)

Disc: 1
1. Loverman (Single Version)
2. Tupelo (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]
3. Deanna (2010 Remastered Version)
4. From Her to Eternity (2009 Remastered Version)
5. The Weeping Song (2010 Remastered Version)
6. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Single Edit)
7. People Ain’t No Good (2011 Remastered Version)
8. Higgs Boson Blues
9. Straight to You (2010 Remastered Version)
10. Where the Wild Roses Grow (2011 Remastered Version) – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue

Disc: 2
1. Into My Arms (2011 Remastered Version)
2. Love Letter (2011 Remastered Version)
3. Red Right Hand (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]
4. The Mercy Seat (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]
5. O Children
6. The Ship Song (Single Version) [1998 Remastered Version]
7. Stranger Than Kindness (2009 Remastered Version)
8. Jubilee Street (Video Edit Kevin Version)
9. Nature Boy (Edit)
10. We No Who U R
11. Stagger Lee (2011 Remastered Version)

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