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• From Her To Eternity (Mute STUMM) - LP released May 1984
  Side One: Avalanche, Cabin Fever!, Well of Misery, From Her To Eternity.
  Side Two: Saint Huck, Wings Off Flies, A Box For Black Paul.
  Released on CD (CD STUMM 17) with additional tracks, In The Ghetto, The Moon is in the Gutter and the Wings of Desire version of From Her To Eternity.
  
  
• In The Ghetto / The Moon is in the Gutter (Mute 7 MUTE 032) - 7" single released June 1984

  
  

• The Firstborn Is Dead (Mute STUMM 21) - LP released June 1985
  Side One: Tupelo, Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree, Train Long-Suffering, Black Crow King.
  Side Two: Knockin' on Joe, Wanted Man, Blind Lemmon Jefferson.
  CD (CD STUMM 21) includes additional tracks, The six Strings That Drew Blood and the single version of Tupelo.
  
  
• Tupelo / The Six Strings That Drew Blood (Mute 7 MUTE 038) - 7" single released July 1985
  
• Tupelo / In The Ghetto / The Moon is in the Gutter / The Six Strings That Drew Blood (Homestead HMS 029) - 12" EP released 1985
  Released in the US only
  
  
• The Singer / Running Scared (Mute 7 MUTE 47) - 7" single released June 1986
  Tracy Pew plays bass on Running Scared.
  
  
• The Singer / Running Scared / Black Betty (Mute 12 MUTE 47) - 12" single released June 1986
  
  
• Kicking Against The Pricks (Mute STUMM 28) - LP released August 1986
  Side One: Muddy Water, Im Gonna Kill That Woman, Sleeping Annaleah, Long Black Veil, Hey Joe, The Singer.
  Side Two: All Tomorrow's Parties, By The Time I Get To Pheonix, Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart, Jesus Met The Woman at the Well, The Carnival Is Over.
  Guest musicians: Dawn Cave, Hugo Race, Tracy Pew, Rowland S. Howard and The Berliner Kaffeehaus Musik Ensemble. CD release (CD STUMM 28) includes Black Betty, Running Scared, The Hammer Song. An album of covers, Kicking was originally intended as a double album with 23 tracks recorded for it.
  
  
• Your Funeral...My Trial (Mute STUMM 34) - Double 12" EP released November 1986
  Side One: Sad Waters, The Carny.
  Side Two: Your Funeral...My Trial, Stranger Than Kindness.
  Side One: Jack's Shadow, Hard On For Love.
  Side Two: She Fell Away, Long Time Man.
  CD release (CD STUMM 34) includes Scum. Barry Adamson plays bass on Your Funeral...My Trial and Jack's Shadow.
  
  
• The Mercy Seat / New Day (MUTE 52) - 7" single released June 1988
  New Day is the same song as New Morning on Tender Prey.
  
  
• The Mercy Seat (full length) / New Day / The Mercy Seat (video mix) (12 MUTE 52) - 12" single released June 1988
  
  
• The Mercy Seat (7") / New Day / From Her To Eternity (film) / Tupelo (7") (CD MUTE 52) - Released June 1988
  
  
• Deanna / The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass (12 MUTE 86) - 12" single released September 1988
  Some came with poster and postcard. Radio 7" (MUTE 86) also exists.
  
  
• Tender Prey (Mute STUMM 52) - LP released September 1988
  Side One: The Mercy Seat, Up Jumped The Devil, Deanna, Watching Alice, Mercy.
  Side Two: City of Refuge, Slowly Goes the Night, Sunday's Slave, Sugar Sugar Sugar, New Morning.
  CD version (CD STUMM 52) includes the video mix of The Mercy Seat. First 5000 copies of the LP came with a free 12" (P STUMM 52) of Nick reading Mah Sanctum, Lamentation (2), One Autumn and Animal Static from And The Ass Saw The Angel.
  
  
• The Ship Song / The Train Song (MUTE 108) - 7" single released March 1990
  Also released as a 12" (12 MUTE 108) and on CD (CD MUTE 108).
  
  
• The Good Son (STUMM 76) - LP released April 1990
  Side One: Foi Na Cruz, The Good Son, Sorrow's Child, The Weeping Song.
  Side Two: The Ship Song, The Hammer Song, Lament, The Witness Song, Lucy.
  CD version (P CD STUMM 76) also available. Some LPs came with free 7" (P STUMM 76) called Accoustic Versions with The Mercy Seat, City of Refuge and Deanna. Japanese release include The Train Song.
  
  
• The Weeping Song / Cocks 'n' Asses (MUTE 118) - 7" single released September 1990
  12" (12 MUTE 118) also available.
  
  
• The Weeping Song / Cocks 'n' Asses / Helpless (CD MUTE 118) - Released September 1990 Helpless Neil Young cover from the tribute album, The Bridge. US CD release on Mute/Elektra (66605-2) has Cocks 'n' Asses listed as B-Side Song. Also includes The Train Song.
  
  
• Straight To You / Jack the Ripper (MUTE 140) - 7" single released March 1992
  Limited edition 7" also released (LMUTE 140) with acoustic versions of both songs.
  
  
• Straight To You / Jack the Ripper / Blue Bird (12 MUTE 140) - 12" single released March 1992
  CD (CDMUTE 140) also available.
  
  
• Henry's Dream - (STUMM 92) - LP released April 1992
  Side One: Papa Won't Leave You Henry, I Had A Dream Joe, Straight To You, Brother My Cup is Empty, Christina the Astonishing.
  Side Two: When I First Came to Town, John Finn's Wife, Loom of the Land, Jack the Ripper. Produced by Neil Young's producer, David Briggs. The band were not happy with the way the album was mixed and so most of it was mixed again in Melbourne by Tony Cohen, Mick and Nick. A colour print of the album art work by Anton Corbijn came with some copies. CD release (CD STUMM 92) aslo available.
  
  
• I Had a Dream Joe / I Had a Dream Joe (live versions)/ The Good Son (MUTE 148) - 7" single released September 1992
  Limited edition 7". 2nd and 3rd tracks recorded live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, on June 2nd and 3rd 1992.
  
  
• I Had a Dream Joe / The Carny (live versions) / The Mercy Seat / The Ship Song (12MUTE 148) - 12" single released September 1992
  Also on CD (CDMUTE 148). Recording details same as previous listing.
  
  
• Live Seeds (CD STUMM 122) - Released September 1993
  The Mercy Seat, Deanna, The Ship Song, Papa Won't Leave You Henry, Plain Gold Ring, John Finn's Wife, Tupelo, Brother My Cup Is Empty, The Weeping Song, Jack the Ripper, The Good Son, From Her to Eternity, New Morning.
  Recorded at gigs in Australia and Europe during 1992/3. Came with hardcover photobook featuring photo's of the band on tour by Peter Milne. Book compiled by Mick Harvey and Katy Beale. Some photo's are from Milne's Fish in a Barrel book.
  
  
• Do You Love Me? (single version) / Cassiel's Song / Sail Away (MUTE 160) - 7" single released March 1994
  Lim. Ed. 7" on silver vinyl. Cassiel's Song features Nick accompanied by bass and timpani with a string section consisting of Chris Tombling, Robert Salter, Leo Payne, Sally Fenton, Chris Pitsillides, Sue Dench, Audrey Riley, Jane Fenton and Julia Girdwood. String arrangement by Mick Harvey. Conducted by Billy McGee. From the Wim Wenders film, Faraway So Close. CD (CD MUTE 160) and 12" (12 MUTE 160) which includes Do You Love Me? (album version) also available.
  
  
• Let Love In (STUMM 123) - LP released April 1994
  Side One: Do You Love Me?, Nobody's Baby Now, Loverman, Jangling Jack, Red Right Hand.
  Side Two: I Let Love In, Thirsty Dog, Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore, Lay Me Low, Do You Love Me? (Part 2).
  Guest musicians include Tex Perkins, Rowland S. Howard, Spencer P. Jones (Beasts of Bourbon), Robin Casinader (Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes), Warren Ellis (Dirty 3, ex-Blackeyed Susans, current Bad Seed), David McComb (Triffids), Katherine Blake and Donna McKevitt (Miranda Sex Garden). CD (CD STUMM 123) also available.
  
  
• Loverman (single version) / (I'll Love You) Till the End of the World (MUTE 169) - 7" single released July 1994
  Lim. Ed. hypnotic picture disc with an image taken from the John Hillcoat directed video. Second track is from Wim Wenders film, Until the End of the World.
  
  
• Loverman (single version) / B-Side (CD MUTE 169) - CD single released July 1994
  Also on 12" (12 MUTE 169). B-Side is a medley of largely improvised song snippets recorded by the Bad Seeds over a 2 year period. These include God's Hotel, Do You Love Me?, Sudar-Coated Place Called Love, Kiss Me in the Morning, Nobody's Baby Now, A-Side, B-Side, C-Side, Loverman, Born to Be Your Loverman, Take the "O" Out of Country, Jangling Jack, Sex Appeal, Where the Action Is, Blow That Babe Away, I Let Love In, Dadaladaladaladawn, Thirsty Dog, Man of Steel, It's a Crazy World, Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore, Sweet Maria, Lay Me Low, Vanilla Essence, Do You Love Me (Part 2).
  
  
• Red Right Hand / That's What Jazz is to Me (MUTE 172) - 7" single released October 1994
  Lim. Ed. of 2000 copies printed on red vinyl.
  
  
• Red Right Hand / That's What Jazz is to Me / Where the Action Is (CD MUTE 172) - CD single released October 1994
  The last two tracks are totally improvised and were recorded straight onto DAT in Berlin.
  
  
• Stripped (PRD94/84) - CD released 1994
  The Mercy Seat, City of Refuge, Deanna.
  Lim. Ed. givenaway with albums sold around the time of the Bad Seeds' Australian tour in December 1994.
  
  
• Nick Cave - CD and book released 1995 (Italy)
  Book in English and Italian containing Nick's writings, a bio, photos and interview. Written by A Cangioli and M Scalise. CD sold with the book feature Nick reading from And the Ass Saw the Angel.
  
  
• Where the Wild Roses Grow / The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane / The Willow Garden (CD MUTE 185) - CD single released released September? 1995
  First track is a duet with Kylie Minogue. Conway savage sings Willow Garden.
  
  
• Where the Wild Roses Grow (MUTE PRO-CD-8038) - CD single released 1995
  One track promo. Not for sale.
  
  
• Where the Wild Roses Grow / Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane (MUTE 185) - 7" single released 1995.
  Also available on cassette and CD.
  
  
• Murder Ballads (CD STUMM 138) - CD released February 1996
  Song of Joy, Stagger Lee, Henry Lee, Lovely Creature, Where the Wild Roses Grow, The Curse of Millhaven, The Kindness of Strangers, Crow Jane, O'Malley's Bar, Death Is Not The End.
  Lim. Ed. Digipack (LCD STUMM 138) also available. Japanese version contains extra tracks, Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane, The Willow Garden and King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O. Vinyl release (STUMM 138) has different song order.
  
  
• Murder Ballads promo sampler (MUTE RCD 138) - CD released 1996
  The Curse of Millhaven, Lovelt Creature, Death is Not the End, Henry Lee.
  Promo only. Not for sale.
  
  
• Murder Ballads promo sampler (second one) (PCD STUMM 138) - CD released 1996
  The Curse of Millhaven, Stagger Lee, Henry Lee, Death is Not the End.
  Promo only. Not for sale.
  
  
• Henry Lee / King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O / Knoxville Girl (MUTE 189) - CD released 1996
  Track one is a duet with PJ Harvey. Second track is Nick's version of Froggy Went a-Courting which has been performed by Bob Dylan among others. Knoxville Girl is Nick's version of the traditional Oxford Tragedy.
  
  
• Henry Lee / King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O (7 MUTE 189) - 7" single released 1996
  
  
• King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O (VISA 3729) - CD released 1996
  This was a free one track CD given away with something or other. Don't ask me what it was.
  
  
• Murder Ballads: The Interview (CAVESPEAK CD1) - CD released 1996
  Promo interview disc. Jessamy Calkin interviews Nick.
  
  
• Into My Arms / Little Empty Boat / Right Now, I'm a-Roaming (STUMM 192) - CD single released Feb/March? 1997
  Some have a cardboard fold-out cover while others have ordinary CD case. Promo was the same as the single, just with a sticker on the front saying 'promo copy' or words to that effect. That was the case in Australia at least, because that's the first copy of the single I heard.
  
  
• The Boatman's Call (STUMM 142) - CD/LP released March? 1997
  Into My Arms, Lime Tree Arbour, People Ain't No Good, Brompton Oratory, There is a Kingdom, Are You The One that I've Been Waiting For?, Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?, West Country Girl, Black Hair, Idiot Prayer, Far From Me, Green Eyes.
  Japanese version includes bonus tracks, Right Now, I'm a-Roaming, Little Empty Boat.
  
  
• Are You the One That I've Been Waiting For / Come Into My Sleep / Black Hair (band version) / Babe I Got You Bad (CD MUTE 206) - CD single released 1997
  
  
• Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For / Come Into My Sleep (MUTE 206) - 7" single released 1997
  
  
• Interview CD (CAVESPEAK CD2) - Released 1997
  Lim. Ed. interview disc to compliment The Boatman's Call.
  
  
• The Boatman's Call promo (on Reprise) - Cassette released 1997
  Into My Arms, Brompton Oratory, Far From Me.
  Promo only.Songs repeated on side b.
  
  
• The Boatman's Call Australian Tour Nov/Dec 1997 (NICK 1) - CD released late 1997
  Little Empty Boat, Right Now I'm a-Roaming, Come Into My Sleep, Black Hair (band version), Babe I Got You Bad.
  Given away free with Bad Seeds albums around the time of the Australian tour. Songs are the same as on the singles.
  
  
• The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds promo (RCD MUTE L4) - CD released 1998
  Do You Love Me? (intro edit), The Ship Song (fade-out edit), Red Right Hand, Where the Wild Roses Grow.
  A promo only release for UK radio.
  
  
• Due in May: Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  Deanna, Red Right Hand, Straight to You, Tupelo, Nobody's Baby Now, Stranger than Kindness, Into My Arms, Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?, The Carny, Do You Love Me?, The Mercy Seat, Henry Lee, The Weeping Song, The Ship Song, Where the Wild Roses Grow, From Her To Eternity.
  Initial release will come with a live CD taken from the Royal Albert Hall shows in 1997. The tracks on this will be Lime Tree Arbour, Stranger than Kindness, Red Right Hand, I Let Love In, Brompton Oratory, Henry Lee, The Weeping Song, The Ship Song, Where the Wild Roses Grow.
  
  
• Due in May: 'Best of' video with unreleased clips for Stagger Lee and Wanted Man
  
  
• Due late 1998: A new Birthday Party album which is being mixed by Mick Harvey and Rowland S. Howard. It will have some live tracks taken from the gig where Drunk on the Pope's Blood was recorded plus other cool stuff.
  
  
• Nick is writing the new album now.

   

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