Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by lead vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and German guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. The band has featured international personnel throughout its career and presently consists of Cave, violinist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn P. Casey, guitarist George Vjestica, touring keyboardist/percussionist Larry Mullins, also known as Toby Dammit, and drummers Thomas Wydler (Switzerland) and Jim Sclavunos. Described as "one of the most original and celebrated bands of the post-punk and alternative rock eras in the '80s and onward", they have released eighteen studio albums and completed numerous international tours.
How Critics See Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
Live God
2025
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 83/100 across 3 reviews.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's Live God arrives as a widescreen document of live redemption, where baroque gloom and gospel lift collide in service of communal catharsis. Across three...
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2008
Critics landed between 60 and 100 across 29 reviews.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! arrives as a raucous, literate collection that pushed Cave toward garage-rock vigor without sacrificing the dark, literary wit that...
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2008
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! arrives as a raucous, literate collection that pushed Cave toward garage-rock vigor without sacrificing the dark, literary wit that...
