Murder Ballads brought Nick Cave's morbidity to near-parodic levels, which makes the disarmingly frank and introspective songs of The Boatman's Call all the more startling.
A song cycle equally inspired by Cave's failed romantic affairs and religious doubts, The Boatman's Call captures him at his most honest and despairing -- while he retains a fascination for gothic, Biblical imagery, it has little of the grand theatricality and self-conscious poetics that made his albums emotionally distant in the past.
This time, there's no posturing, either from Cave or the Bad Seeds.
The music is direct, yet it has many textures, from blues to jazz, which offer a revealing and sympathetic bed for Cave's best, most affecting songs.
The Boatman's Call is one of his finest albums and arguably the masterpiece he has been promising throughout his career.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Into My ArmsNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 04:15 | 0 MB | 19 MB |
| 2 | Lime Tree ArbourNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 02:56 | 0 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | People Ain't No GoodNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 05:42 | 0 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | Brompton OratoryNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 04:06 | 0 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | There Is a KingdomNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 04:52 | 0 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | Where Do We Go Now but Nowhere?Nick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 05:45 | 0 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | West Country GirlNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 02:45 | 0 MB | 13 MB |
| 8 | Black HairNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 04:14 | 0 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | Idiot PrayerNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 04:21 | 0 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | Far From MeNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 05:33 | 0 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | Green EyesNick Cave | Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Play | 03:32 | 0 MB | 17 MB |
| 12 | (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For | Nick Cave, The Bad Seeds | Play | 04:05 | 0 MB | 21 MB |
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| 52 mins | 262 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blixa Bargeld | Guitar, Piano |
| 2 | Johannes Beck | Art Direction |
| 3 | Martyn Casey | Bass |
| 4 | Nick Cave | Casio, Composer, Lyricist, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Vibraphone, Vocals |
| 5 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Performer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 6 | Anton Corbijn | Photography |
| 7 | Paul Corkett | Engineer |
| 8 | Warren Ellis | Accordion, Violin |
| 9 | Flood | Mixing, Producer |
| 10 | Steve Gullick | Photography |
| 11 | Mick Harvey | Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vibraphone |
| 12 | Paul Hicks | Assistant Engineer |
| 13 | Conway Savage | Piano, Vocals (Background) |
| 14 | Chris Scard | Mixing |
| 15 | James Sclavunos | Bells, Drums, Melodica |
| 16 | Paul Wright | Assistant Engineer |
| 17 | Thomas Wydler | Drums, Maracas |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |