I just got this. Rather late, I know, since it's been out for
about a month now I guess. But it's incredible.
Sure, there's a lot of talk about murder and bloodshed, fear,
and horribly bleak love. But above all, there's the beauty
of the compositions.

Especially disc 3. Damn. That's a fine album in it's own right.
Forget about it being b-sides and rarities. It works better
than most artist's real albums.

Perhaps I'm too partial since my fav albums of his are the ones
represented most on this disc "Boatman's Call" "No More Shall".

Especially the outtakes from "The Boatman's Call" are sublime.
It is hard to conceive how such an amazingly cohesive album
can have spawned so many more absolute gems of songs that would
all have fit on the original album quite happily.

So who's gotten their tangled bloody mittens on this set yet?

Don't you just love it?



oh, i'm sorry :



[Edited 5/8/05 5:12am]

Nick's great.Have to pick this up.

i absolutely adore this box set. nick cave calls it his favorite bad seeds album, ya know. the o'malley's bar songs are absolutely twisted, and there's some gorgeous stuff on there too. love it.

Anxiety said:

Murder Ballads was my first taste of this man's genius.What a brilliant record,along with the other 9 or 10 i've got.

Anxiety said:

yeah. at first I was like "wtf are all these O'Malley's Bar parts on here?"
but they sound so sick and twisted that it becomes a joy to listen to them.


"Oh my god, oh my god, they shot him in the motherfuckin head"


yet somehow, the piano tickling makes up for all the homicide in the song.