Tender Prey

Infobox Album | Name = Tender Prey
Type = Album
Artist = Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds


Released = September 19, 1988
Recorded = August 1987 - January 1988
Genre = Post-punk, Alternative
Length = 54:34
Label = Mute Records
Producer = Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Flood, Tony Cohen, Chris Thompson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:oisqoa9abij9~T00 link]
Last album = "Your Funeral... My Trial"
(1986)
This album = "Tender Prey"
(1988)
Next album = "The Good Son"
(1990)

"Tender Prey" is the fifth album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1988 on Mute Records.

"Tender Prey" contains Cave's 'signature' tune "The Mercy Seat", which he has subsequently played at almost all of his live performances since 1988, and was covered by Johnny Cash.The album is dedicated to Fernando Ramos da Silva. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196236/bio]

Track listing

#"The Mercy Seat" – 7:17
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Blixa Bargeld - Slide Guitar
#*Mick Harvey - Bass Loops, Piano, Guitar, Backing Vocals
#*Roland Wolf - Guitar
#*Thomas Wydler - Drums
#*Strings - Gini Ball, Audrey Riley and Chris Tombling
#"Up Jumped the Devil" – 5:16
#*Nick Cave - Vocals
#*Blixa Bargeld - Guitar, Backing Vocals
#*Mick Harvey - Bass, Xylophone, Backing Vocals
#*Kid Congo Powers - Guitar
#*Roland Wolf - Piano
#*Thomas Wydler - Drums
#"Deanna" – 3:45
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
#*Mick Harvey - Drums, Bass, Acoustic Guitar
#*Kid Congo Powers - Guitar
#"Watching Alice" – 4:01
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Piano, Harmonica
#*Mick Harvey - Bass
#*Thomas Wydler - Drums
#*Hugo Race - Guitar
#"Mercy" – 6:22
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Vibes, Harmonica
#*Blixa Bargeld - Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals
#*Mick Harvey - Bass, Backing Vocals
#*Kid Congo Powers - Guitar, Backing Vocals
#*Roland Wolf - Piano
#*Thomas Wydler - Drums
#*Hugo Race - Backing Vocals
#"City of Refuge" – 4:48
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond, Harmonica
#*Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
#*Mick Harvey - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
#*Kid Congo Powers - Guitar
#*Roland Wolf - Organ
#*Thomas Wydler - Drums
#*Backing Vocals - The Bad Seeds & Friends
#"Slowly Goes the Night" – 5:23
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
#*Mick Harvey - Bass, Xylophone, Backing Vocals
#*Roland Wolf - Piano, Organ
#*Thomas Wydler - Drums
#*Ian Davis - Backing Vocals
#"Sunday's Slave" – 3:40
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Blixa Bargeld - Guitar
#*Mick Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass
#"Sugar Sugar Sugar" – 5:01
#*Nick Cave - Vocals
#*Mick Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Percussion
#*Kid Congo Powers - Guitar
#*Roland Wolf - Piano
#*Thomas Wydler - Drums
#"New Morning" – 3:46
#*Nick Cave - Vocals, Piano, Harmonica, Tambourine
#*Blixa Bargeld - Guitar, Backing Vocals
#*Mick Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass, Organ, Backing Vocals
#"The Mercy Seat" (video mix) – 5:05

Credits

Writing

* Tracks written by Nick Cave, except where noted.
* Track 1, 9 & 11 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Mick Harvey)
* Track 2 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Harvey / Roland Wolf / Blixa Bargeld / Kid Congo Powers)
* "Deanna" is loosely based on The Edwin Hawkins' Singers version of the hymn "Oh Happy Day". Subsequently Cave issued an acoustic version of a medley of both songs. Hawkins' version was later issued on "Original Seeds" Vol. 1.
* "City of Refuge" is noted in the credit listing as being inspired by a Blind Willie Johnson song "I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge". This was later issued on "Original Seeds" Vol. 1.

Personnel

* Nick Cave – Vocals, Hammond, Harmonica, Piano, Tambourine, Vibes
* Mick Harvey – Bass, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Xylophone, Guitar, Bass Loops, Piano, Organ
* Blixa Bargeld – Guitar, Backing Vocals, Slide Guitar
* Roland Wolf – Piano, Organ, Guitar
* Kid Congo Powers – Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Thomas Wydler – Drums

Guests

* Hugo Race – Backing Vocals, Guitar
* Gini Ball – Strings
* Audrey Riley – Strings
* Chris Tombling – Strings
* Ian Davis – Backing vocals