Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Group AU 1983

alternative rock post-punk punk blues art rock gothic rock singer-songwriter indie rock rock singer/songwriter

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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.

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Wild God

2024

3 reviews Strong agreement

Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 93/100 across 3 reviews.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's Wild God arrives as a late-career revelation that transforms private grief into communal uplift, and across professional reviews the record earns high p...

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Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

2008

29 reviews Clear lean

Critics landed between 60 and 100 across 29 reviews.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! arrives as a bracing return to jagged, narrative rock that finds Cave both mordant and oddly rejuvenated. Across professional revie...

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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus

2004

18 reviews Sharp split

Scores run from 60 to 100 across 18 reviews.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus plants a flag where theatrical gospel meets elegiac storytelling, and across 18 professional reviews critics largel...

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Live God

2025

4 reviews Sharp split

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's Live God captures the band's arena-scaled gospel revival with thrilling force and occasional theatrical excess. Across four professional reviews, critic...