Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Best of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave is unquestionably an album artist. Each of his records has a specific mood and theme, standing as an individual work. That said, his albums have also been notoriously uneven. Sometimes, as on From Her to Eternity or The Boatman's Call, he has delivered near-masterpieces, while on other albums, only a handful of songs have hit the mark accurately, which is why The Best of Nick Cave is a welcome addition to his catalog. Granted, the title is a bit odd (it's better than Greatest Hits, however), but the compilation itself is as good as it could possibly be. All the major songs -- "Red Right Hand," "Straight to You," "Nobody's Baby Now," "Into My Arms," "Do You Love Me?," "Henry Lee," "Where the Wild Roses Grow," "From Her to Eternity" -- are on this 16-track collection, along with several strong album cuts. Some hardcore fans will find a couple of favorites missing, and the disc should have been sequenced in chronological order, but The Best of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is nevertheless a terrific single-disc overview of his rewarding, occasionally inaccessible work with the Bad Seeds; it's ideal for both the curious and the casual fan. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alex Cayley Photography Andrea Libonati Photography Andrew Catlin Photography Anita Lane ?, Photography Audrey Riley Strings B. Waldron Photography Barry Adamson Organ (Hammond), Vocals (Background), ?, Drums Bleddyn Butcher Photography Blixa Bargeld Vocals, Vocals (Background), Guitar, ? Chris Tombling Strings Conway Savage ?, Piano David Briggs Producer David Macquarie Mastering Don Bartley Mastering Edward Clayton-Jones ? Edward Maxey Photography Flood Mixing, Engineer, Producer Fritz Brinckmann Photography Gareth Jones Mixing Gini Ball Strings Greg Jackman Mixing Helen Mountford Strings Hugo Race ?, Guitar Jen Anderson Strings Jim Sclavunos Drums, ? Joe Dilworth Photography Johannes Beck Photography Kerran Coulter Strings Kid Congo Powers ? Kylie Minogue Vocals Martyn Casey ?, Bass Mick Harvey ?, Producer, Mixing, Multi Instruments, String Arrangements Nick Cave Producer, ?, Multi Instruments, Mixing, String Arrangements Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Producer, Performer Paul Corkett Engineer PJ Harvey Vocals Roland Wolf Guitar, ? Rowland Howard Vocals (Background) Sue Simpson Strings Tex Perkins Vocals (Background) Thomas Rabsch Photography Thomas Wydler ?, Drums, Timbales Tony Cohen Engineer, Producer, Mixing Victor Van Vugt Producer, Engineer Warren Ellis ?