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Audio samples of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Below are some samples of songs from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. I have clipped and sampled tracks based on rarity and distribution of the recorded materials. I used to explain why I had certain tracks recorded certain ways but it made no sense. Just enjoy them.

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I Threw It All Away From the soundtrack for To Have And To Hold,. This track was made in collaboration with Scott Walker.

MPEG Audio
Layer 3 (1.3 MB)

500 Miles From the More Pricks Than Kicks bootleg from the March, 1989 Santa Monica, KCRW Snap radio studio session. The lyrics are available.

RealAudio 3.0 (270k)

Mah Sanctum Nick reads from And The Ass Saw The Angel (from Book 2, Ch. V, pp. 115-116). This was included as a bonus recording with Tender Prey, and now only available on CD3 packaged with the biography "Nick Cave"

RealAudio 3.0 (245k)

One Autumn Nick reads from And The Ass Saw The Angel (from Book 2, Ch. X, pp. 136-137). This was included as a bonus recording with Tender Prey, and now only available on CD3 packaged with the biography "Nick Cave"

RealAudio 3.0 (190k)

Atra Viago This is a full track of reading And The Ass Saw The Angel This was included as a bonus recording with Tender Prey, and now only available on CD3 packaged with the biography "Nick Cave"

. It's quite large, and very compressed.

RealAudio 3.0 (700k)

Till the
End Of
the World
This track is from the soundtrack to the Wim Wenders film "Until The End Of The World", which Nick appears in for only a few seconds. This track was also released on the Australian edition of the Loverman single. The lyrics are available.

RealAudio 3.0 (155k)

Cocks
'n'
Asses
A real treat, this is the only true instrumental song that has been released. CnA was the b-side to The Weeping Song single, and was released in the US under the name "The B Side Song".

RealAudio 3.0 (129k)
Time Jesum
Transeuntum
Et Non
Riverentum
Hidden on the X-Files soundtrack, this song features Nick and the Dirty 3 in a lengthy and beautiful track. The title of the song is Latin for "Dread the Passage of Jesus For He Will Not Return". I made this sample a bit longer than most because of the number of people who can't access the hidden tracks. The lyrics are available.

RealAudio 3.0 (287k)

There Is
A Light
Another soundtrack piece, TIAL comes from the soundtrack for Batman Forever, which also includes PJ Harvey's One Time Too Many. Nick himself said he "sold out" on this song and hopes his fans will forgive him. The lyrics are available.

RealAudio 3.0 (287k)

Red Right
Hand (Remix)

1st Sample
DJ Spooky takes one of Nick's most favored songs and gives it a new twist throwing Moogs and a new verse at it. This is from the beginning of the track. This track is available on the Scream 2 soundtrack. The lyrics are available.

RealMedia 5.0 (384k)

Red Right
Hand (Remix)

2nd Sample
Taken from the middle of the track, this clip includes the added verse. "Mumbblin' words that you can't understand, mumbblin' words behind his..." The lyrics are available.

RealMedia 5.0 (352k)


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God's Hotel A track that has not been released on a Bad Seed's album at all, God's Hotel is a fun track that Nick and the Band have a lot of fun with this one-take studio performance. It is only available in full on the Rare On Air compilation, a disc of live performances at KCRW studios and is available through Mammoth Records. The lyrics are available.

RealAudio Stream

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