Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography

The discography of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, a rock band with multi-national personnel, consists of seventeen studio albums, four live albums, three compilation albums, thirty-six singles, five video albums and thirty-nine music videos.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2008.
Studio albums	17
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	3
Video albums	5
Music videos	39
Singles	36

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak positions										Sales	Certifications
		AUS [1]	DEN [2]	FRA [3]	GER [4]	NZ [5]	NOR [6]	SWE [7]	UK [8]	US [9]	NLD [10]
1984	From Her to Eternity Released: 18 June 1984 Label: Mute	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	—	—
1985	The Firstborn Is Dead Released: 3 June 1985 Label: Mute	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53	—	—
1986	Kicking Against the Pricks Released: 18 August 1986 Label: Mute	—	—	—	—	—	—	49	89	—	30
1986	Your Funeral... My Trial Released: 3 November 1986 Label: Mute Format: CD, vinyl	98	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42
1988	Tender Prey Released: 19 September 1988 Label: Mute	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	67	—	77	US: 40,000[11]
1990	The Good Son Released: 17 April 1990 Label: Mute	93	—	—	—	19	38	—	47	—	45	US: 30,000[11]
1992	Henry's Dream Released: 27 April 1992 Label: Mute	41	—	—	59	47	—	49	29	—	59	US: 45,000[12]
1994	Let Love In Released: 18 April 1994 Label: Mute	8	—	—	34	35	18	10	12	—	57	US: 80,000[11]	BPI: Silver[13]
1996	Murder Ballads Released: 5 February 1996 Label: Mute	3	—	—	5	12	1	1	8	—	18	US: 111,000[11]	BPI: Gold[13]
1997	The Boatman's Call Released: 3 March 1997 Label: Mute	5	—	26	19	4	2	3	22	155	58		BPI: Gold[13] IFPI Denmark: Platinum[14]
2001	No More Shall We Part Released: 2 April 2001 Label: Mute	4	8	17	8	21	1	8	15	180	23		BPI: Silver[13] IFPI NOR: Gold[15]
2003	Nocturama Released: 3 February 2003 Label: Mute	8	1	26	11	—	2	7	20	182	14
2004	Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus Released: 20 September 2004 Label: Mute	5	2	19	7	11	1	3	11	126	7		ARIA: Gold[16] BPI: Gold[13]
2008	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Released: 3 March 2008 Label: Mute	2	4	44	6	5	2	3	4	64	10		ARIA: Gold[17] BPI: Gold[13] IRMA: Gold[18]
2013	Push the Sky Away Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Bad Seed Ltd	1	1	7	2	1	2	3	3	29	1	US: 57,000[19]	ARIA: Gold[20] BPI: Silver[13] IFPI DEN: Gold[21]
2016	Skeleton Tree Released: 9 September 2016 Label: Bad Seed Ltd	1	1	7	3	1	1	2	2	27	3	UK: 74,110[22] US: 15,000[23]	BPI: Silver[13] BEA: Platinum[24]
2019	Ghosteen Released: 4 October 2019 Label: Bad Seed Ltd, Ghosteen Ltd	2 [25]	5 [26]	22 [27]	6	11 [28]	16 [29]	7 [30]	4	108 [31]	4		BEA: Gold[32]

Live albums

Year	Album details
1993	Live Seeds Released: 28 September 1993 Label: Mute
2007	The Abattoir Blues Tour Released: 20 March 2007 Label: Mute
2008	Live at the Royal Albert Hall Released: 24 November 2008 Label: Mute
2013	Live from KCRW Release: 29 November 2013 Label: Bad Seed Ltd
2020	Idiot Prayer (Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace) Release: 20 November 2020[33] Label: Bad Seed Ltd

Compilations

Year	Album details	Peak positions								Certifications
		AUS [1]	DEN [2]	GER [4]	NZ [5]	NOR [6]	SWE [7]	UK [34]	US [9]
1998	The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Released: 11 May 1998 Label: Mute	2	—	26	8	1	17	11	—	ARIA: Gold[35] BPI: Gold[13]
2005	B-Sides & Rarities Released: 22 March 2005 Label: Mute	36	34	60	—	26	60	74	—
2017	Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Released: 5 May 2017 Label: Mute	8	—	10	15	—	—	8	—

Extended plays

Year	Details	Peak positions
		DEN [2]	UK [8]
2018	Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen Released: 28 September 2018 Label: Bad Seed Ltd	34	74

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions							Album
		AUS [36]	FRA [3]	GER [37]	NZ [5]	NOR [6]	SWE [7]	UK [8]
1984	"In the Ghetto"	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	From Her to Eternity
1985	"Tupelo"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Firstborn Is Dead
1986	"The Singer"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Kicking Against the Pricks
1988	"The Mercy Seat"	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	Tender Prey
	"Deanna"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	"The Ship Song"	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	The Good Son
	"The Weeping Song"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	"Straight to You"/"Jack the Ripper"	96	—	—	—	—	—	72	Henry's Dream
	"I Had a Dream, Joe"	75	—	—	—	—	—	85
	"What a Wonderful World" (with Shane MacGowan)	89	—	—	22	—	16	72	Non-album single
1994	"Do You Love Me?"	62	—	—	—	—	—	68	Let Love In
	"Loverman"	—	—	—	—	—	—	88
	"Red Right Hand"	62	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	"Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Kylie Minogue)	2	37	12	11	3	3	11	Murder Ballads
1996	"Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey)	72	—	—	—	—	33	36
1997	"Into My Arms"	26	—	—	41	8	46	53	The Boatman's Call
	"(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?"	—	—	—	—	—	—	67
2001	"As I Sat Sadly by Her Side"	80	—	—	—	11	46	42	No More Shall We Part
	"Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"	—	—	—	—	—	—	52
2002	"Love Letter"	86	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	"Bring It On"	—	—	—	—	—	—	58	Nocturama
	"He Wants You"/"Babe, I'm on Fire"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Rock of Gibraltar"	—	—	—	—	—	—	136
2004	"Nature Boy"	88	—	89	—	—	—	37	Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
	"Breathless"/"There She Goes My Beautiful World"	—	—	—	—	—	—	45
2005	"Get Ready for Love"	—	—	—	—	—	—	62
2008	"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"	73	—	—	—	—	—	66	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
	"More News from Nowhere"	—	—	—	—	—	—	171
	"Midnight Man"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	"We No Who U R"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Push the Sky Away
2013	"Jubilee Street"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Mermaids"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Animal X"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
2014	"Give Us a Kiss"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20,000 Days on Earth
2016	"Jesus Alone"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Skeleton Tree
	"Skeleton Tree"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	"I Need You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album	Notes
1989	"Rye Whiskey"	N/A	traditional cover released as a flexidisc with a 1989 issue of Reflex magazine[38]
1991	"Tower of Song"	I'm Your Fan	Leonard Cohen cover
	"(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World	Until the End of the World	original song
1993	"Cassiel's Song"	Faraway, So Close!
2003	"I Feel So Good"	The Soul of a Man[39]	J.B. Lenoir cover

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Album
1984	"In the Ghetto"	Evan English, Paul Goldman	From Her to Eternity
1985	"Tupelo"	Christoph Dreher	The Firstborn Is Dead
	"Wanted Man"	Mick Harvey
1986	"The Singer"	Christoph Dreher	Kicking Against the Pricks
1988	"The Mercy Seat"	Christoph Dreher	Tender Prey
	"Deanna"	Mick Harvey
1990	"The Ship Song"	John Hillcoat	The Good Son
	"The Weeping Song"	Angela Conway
1992	"Straight to You"	Anton Corbijn	Henry's Dream
	"Jack the Ripper"	John Hillcoat
	"I Had a Dream, Joe"
	"What a Wonderful World" (with Shane MacGowan)	Angela Conway	Non-album single
1994	"Do You Love Me?"	John Hillcoat	Let Love In
	"Loverman"
	"Red Right Hand"	Jesse Dylan
1995	"Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Kylie Minogue)	Rocky Schenck	Murder Ballads
1996	"Henry Lee" (with PJ Harvey)
	"Stagger Lee"	Emma Davis
1997	"Into My Arms"	Jonathan Glazer	The Boatman's Call
	"(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?"	Angela Conway
2001	"As I Sat Sadly by Her Side"	John Hillcoat	No More Shall We Part
	"Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"
2002	"Love Letter"	Tony Mahony
2003	"Bring It On"	John Hillcoat	Nocturama
	"Babe, I'm on Fire"
2004	"Nature Boy"	Grant Gee	Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
	"Breathless"	Ben Dawkins
2005	"Get Ready for Love"	David Barnard
2008	"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"	Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
	"More News from Nowhere"
	"Midnight Man"
	"Night Of The Lotus Eaters"
2012	"We No Who U R"	Gaspar Noé	Push the Sky Away
2013	"Jubilee Street"	John Hillcoat
	"Higgs Boson Blues"	Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
2016	"Jesus Alone"	Andrew Dominik	Skeleton Tree
	"I Need You"
	"Girl in Amber"
	"Magneto"

Selected list of video and DVD releases

• The Road to God Knows Where – US tour documentary film
• Live at the Paradiso – Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The Videos
• God Is in the House – Live in Lyon, France
• The Abattoir Blues Tour – 2DVD/CD, Live at the Brixton Academy, Hammersmith Apollo, etc.
• 20,000 Days on Earth – 2014 Documentary
• One More Time With Feeling – 2017 Documentary
• Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace – 2020 concert film

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External links

• Album reissues on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' website