B-Sides & Rarities (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album)

Infobox Album |
Name = B-Sides & Rarities
Type = Compilation
Artist = Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds


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Released = March 22, 2005
Recorded = 1984-2005
Genre = Post-punk
Length =
Label = Mute
Producer = Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Flood
Tony Cohen
Gareth Jones
Victor Van Vugt
Nick Launay
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2q47gj4r46ic link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16087/Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds_BSides_and_Rarities link]
*PopMatters (6/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/cavenick-bsides.shtml link]
Last album = "Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus"
(2004)
This album = "B-Sides & Rarities"
(2005)
Next album = "The Abattoir Blues Tour"
(2007)

"B-Sides & Rarities" was released in March 2005 by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It features over 20 years of the band's B-sides and previously unreleased tracks including tracks performed with Shane MacGowan and acoustic versions of "Deanna" and "The Mercy Seat". It is also the first recording to include all members of The Bad Seeds, past and present: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Thomas Wydler, Martyn P. Casey, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos, Warren Ellis, Barry Adamson, Kid Congo Powers, James Johnston, Roland Wolf and Hugo Race.

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Cave unless otherwise stated

Disc 1

# "Deanna (Acoustic Version)" - 2:51
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Guitar, BV's
#*Wydler - Percussion
#*Congo Powers, Bargeld, Wolf - Handclaps, BV's
#*"Acoustic version of song from 'Tender Prey' attached as a bonus 7" to initial pressings of 'The Good Son' album, 1990"
# "The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)" - 3:45 (Cave/Cave, Harvey)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Guitar, BV's
#*Wolf - Piano
#*Bargeld - BV's
#*"Acoustic version of song from 'Tender Prey' attached as a bonus 7" to initial pressings of 'The Good Son' album, 1990"
# "City of Refuge (Acoustic Version)" - 2:42
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Guitar, BV's
#*Bargeld, Wydler, Congo Powers, Wolf - Handclaps, BV's
#*"Acoustic version of song from 'Tender Prey' attached as a bonus 7" to initial pressings of 'The Good Son' album, 1990"
# "The Moon is in the Gutter" - 2:35
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Race - Guitar
#*Adamson - Bass
#*Harvey - Drums
#*"B-side of 'In The Ghetto', 1984"
# "The Six Strings that Drew Blood" - 4:47
#*Cave - Vocals, Whistling
#*Harvey - Guitars, Bass, Keyboard
#*Bargeld - Feedback Guitar
#*"B-side of 'Tupelo', 1985"
# "Rye Whiskey" - 3:27 (Trad-Arr: Cave/Harvey)
#*Cave - Vocals, Harmonica
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Drums
#*Race - Guitar
#*Tracy Pew - Bass
#*"Flexidisc in Reflex magazine in 1989"
# "Running Scared" - 2:06 (Orbison/Melson)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Drums, String Arrangement
#*Race - Guitar
#*Tracy Pew - Bass
#*"B-side of 'The Singer', 1986"
# "Black Betty" - 2:32 (Leadbelly)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Drums, BV's
#*Bargeld - BV's
#*"B-side of 'The Singer', 1986"
# "Scum" - 2:53 (Cave/Cave, Harvey)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Harvey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"Flexidisc sold at concerts, 1986"
# "The Girl at the Bottom of My Glass" - 4:48
#*Cave - Vocals, Guitar, BV's
#*Harvey - Drums, BV's
#*Tony Cohen - BV's
#*"B-side of 'Deanna' 12", 1988"
# "The Train Song" - 3:26
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Bass
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Congo Powers - Tremolo Guitar
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Harvey & Bill McGee - String Arrangement
#*"B-side of 'The Ship Song', 1990"
# "Cocks 'N' Asses" - 5:43 (Cave/Cave, Van Vugt)
#*Cave - Piano, Vocals, String Synth
#*Harvey - Guitar, Sound Effects
#*Victor Van Vugt - Drum Machine
#*"B-side of 'The Weeping Song', 1990"
# "Blue Bird" - 2:46
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano, Hammond
#*Harvey - Marimba
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"B-side of 'Straight To You/Jack The Ripper', 1992"
# "Helpless" - 3:51 (Young)
#*Cave - Vocals, Keyboard
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Organ, Drums, BV's
#*Congo Powers - Slide Guitar
#*Bronwyn Adams - BV's
#*"From Neil Young Tribute/Charity Album 'The Bridge', 1989. Also B-side of 'The Weeping Song', 1990"
# "God's Hotel" - 3:07
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar
#*Bargeld - Slide Guitar
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"Live Radio Session for KCRW Santa Monica. Released on 'Rare on Air Vol. 1', Mammoth Records, 1992"
# "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" - 3:58
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Bass, String Arrangement
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Bronwyn Adams - Violin
#*"From the original soundtrack 'Until The End Of The World',1991. Also B-side of 'Loverman', 1994"
# "Cassiel's Song" - 3:35
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Adamson - Bass, Timpani
#*Harvey - String Arrangement
#*"From the original soundtrack 'Faraway, So Close', 1993. Also B-side of 'Do You Love Me?', 1994"
# "Tower of Song" - 5:39 (Cohen)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Bargeld - Guitar, Vocals
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"From Leonard Cohen tribute album 'I'm Your Fan', 1991"
# "What Can I Give You?" - 3:40
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar
#*Savage - Electric Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"From the French promo give-away with 'Henry's Dream', 1992"

Disc 2

# "What a Wonderful World" - 3:04 (George David Weiss, George Douglas)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Shane MacGowan - Vocals
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Bill McGee - Woodwind Arrangement
#*"From the single 'What A Wonderful World', 1992"
# "Rainy Night in Soho" - 3:58 (Shane MacGowan)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar, Vibes
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Harvey & Bill McGee - String & Woodwind Arrangement
#*"From the single 'What A Wonderful World', 1992"
# "Lucy (Version #2)" - 2:23
#*MacGowan - Vocals
#*Cave - Piano, BV's
#*Harvey & Bill McGee - String Arrangement
#*"From the single 'What A Wonderful World', 1992"
# "Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version)" - 4:45
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar
#*Bad Seeds - BV's, Percussion
#*"B-side of the limited edition 7" 'Straight To You/Jack The Ripper', 1992"
# "Sail Away" - 4:13
#*Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Harvey - Marimba
#*Savage - BV's
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"B-side of 'Do You Love Me?', 1994"
# "There's No Night Out in the Jail" - 3:43 (John Harold Ashe)
#*Cave - Vocals, Harmonica
#*Harvey - Organ, Guitar
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"Recorded for a compilation of Australian country music cover versions which was never released, 1993"
# "That's What Jazz is to Me" - 5:05 (Cave/Cave, Harvey, Savage, Wydler)
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Savage - Hammond
#*Harvey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"Improvised piece. B-side of 'Red Right Hand', 1994"
# "The Willow Garden" - 3:59 (Trad-Arr: Cave/Ellis)
#*Savage - Vocals, Piano
#*Cave - Hammond
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Casey - Bass
#*Harvey - Cymbals
#*"B-side of 'Where The Wild Roses Grow', 1995"
# "The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane" - 3:35
#*Cave - Vocals, Hammond, Piano, Sound Effects
#*Harvey - Acoustic Guitar
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums, Percussion
#*Terry Edwards - Brass Section
#*"B-side of 'Where The Wild Roses Grow', 1995"
# "King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O" - 3:10 (Trad-Arr: Cave)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Race - Guitar
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos, Tony Cohen, Astrid Munday - Percussion
#*"B-side of 'Henry Lee', 1996"
# "Knoxville Girl" - 3:36 (Trad-Arr: Cave/Johnston)
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Johnston - Guitars
#*"B-side of 'Henry Lee', 1996"
# "Where the Wild Roses Grow" - 3:47
#*Bargeld - Vocals, Guitar
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitars, BV's
#*Casey - Bass
#*Savage - Piano
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Tubular Bells
#*"Version with original guide vocal by Herr Bargeld. Previously unreleased, 1995"
# "O'Malley's Bar Pt. 1" - 5:16
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Piano
#*Savage - Organ
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Brushed Snare
#*"From Mark Radcliffe Radio 1 session, 1996"
# "O'Malley's Bar Pt. 2" - 6:38
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Piano
#*Savage - Organ
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Brushed Snare
#*"From Mark Radcliffe Radio 1 session, 1996"
# "O'Malley's Bar Pt. 3" - 4:57
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Piano
#*Savage - Organ
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Brushed Snare
#*"From Mark Radcliffe Radio 1 session, 1996"
# "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum" - 6:22 (Cave/Cave, Ellis, Turner, White)
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Mick Turner - Guitar
#*Jim White - Drums
#*"Featuring The Dirty 3. Hidden track on X-Files album, 1996"
# "O'Malley's Bar Reprise" - 1:03
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Piano
#*Savage - Organ
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Brushed Snare
#*"From Mark Radcliffe Radio 1 session, 1996"
# "Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)" - 6:01 (Cave/Cave, Harvey, Wydler)
#*Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums, Percussion
#*Adamson - Orchestral Arrangement
#*"Recorded for the movie 'Scream 3'. Previously unreleased, 1999"

Disc 3

# "Little Empty Boat" - 4:26 (Cave/Cave, Bargeld, Casey, Harvey)
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar, Organ
#*Bargeld - Guitar, BV's
#*Casey - Bass, BV's
#*Wydler - Drums, BV's
#*Sclavunos - Percussion
#*Ellis - Looped Violin
#*"B-side of 'Into My Arms', 1997"
# "Right Now I'm A-Roaming" - 4:21 (Cave/Cave, Casey, Harvey, Savage, Wydler)
#*Cave - Vocals, Keyboard
#*Harvey - Organ, Guitar, BV's
#*Bargeld - Guitar, BV's
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Bells
#*"B-side of 'Into My Arms', 1997"
# "Come Into My Sleep" - 3:47
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Xylophone, Guitar, Organ
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Bongos
#*"B-side of '(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?', 1997"
# "Black Hair (Band Version)" - 4:13
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Sclavunos - Organ
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"B-side of '(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?', 1997"
# "Babe, I Got You Bad" - 3:51
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Guitar, Organ
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Tambourine
#*"B-side of '(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?', 1997"
# "Sheep May Safely Graze" - 4:14
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*"Unreleased studio outtake, 1996"
# "Opium Tea" - 3:48 (Cave/Savage)
#*Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"Unreleased studio outtake, 1996"
# "Grief Came Riding" - 5:05
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Kate & Anna McGarrigle - BV's
#*"From limited edition of 'No More Shall We Part' Album, 2001"
# "Bless His Ever Loving Heart" - 4:02
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Kate & Anna McGarrigle - BV's
#*"From limited edition of 'No More Shall We Part' Album, 2001"
# "Good Good Day" - 4:04
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Tambourine
#*"B-side of 'As I Sat Sadly By Her Side', 2001"
# "Little Janey's Gone" - 2:59
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"B-side of 'As I Sat Sadly By Her Side', 2001"
# "I Feel So Good" - 1:44 (Lenoir)
#*Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Harvey - Guitar, BV's
#*Savage - Piano, BV's
#*Sclavunos - Drums
#*"From the film 'The Soul of a Man' by Wim Wenders, 2003"
# "Shoot Me Down" - 3:32
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar, Hammond
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Blockheads - BV's
#*"B-side of 'Bring It On', 2003"
# "Swing Low" - 5:40
#*Cave - Vocals, Hammond
#*Harvey - Guitar, Hammond
#*Bargeld - Pedal Steel Guitar
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Tubular Bells, Tambourine
#*Blockheads - BV's
#*"B-side of 'Bring It On', 2003"
# "Little Ghost Song" - 3:44
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano, Hammond
#*Savage - Vocal
#*Harvey - Guitar, BV's
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Ellis - Violin
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*"B-side of 'He Wants You/Babe, I'm On Fire', 2003"
# "Everything Must Converge" - 3:17
#*Cave - Vocals, Hammond, Harmonica
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Harvey - Bass
#*Sclavunos - Drums
#*Blockheads - BV's
#*"B-side of 'He Wants You/Babe, I'm On Fire', 2003"
# "Nocturama" - 4:01
#*Cave - Vocals
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Bargeld - Guitar
#*Savage - Organ
#*Casey - Bass
#*Wydler - Drums
#*Sclavunos - Shaker
#*Blockheads - BV's
#*"B-side of limited edition 7" 'Rock of Gibraltar', 2003"
# "She's Leaving You" - 4:01 (Cave/Cave, Ellis, Casey, Sclavunos)
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Ellis - Bouzouki
#*Johnston - Organ
#*Savage - Piano
#*Casey - Bass
#*Sclavunos - Drums
#*Wydler - Tambourine
#*"B-side of 'Nature Boy', 2004"
# "Under This Moon" - 4:01
#*Cave - Vocals, Piano
#*Harvey - Guitar
#*Ellis - Mandolin
#*Johnston - Organ
#*Casey - Bass
#*Sclavunos - Drums
#*Wydler - Tambourine
#*"B-side of 'Breathless/There She Goes, My Beautiful World', 2004"

Musicians

* Bronwyn Adams: Backing Vocals, Violin
* Barry Adamson: Bass, Timpani, Orchestral Arrangement
* Blixa Bargeld: Guitar, Backing Vocals, Vocals, Handclaps, Slide Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Feedback Guitar, Percussion
* Martyn P. Casey: Bass, Backing Vocals, Percussion
* Nick Cave: Vocals, Piano, Hammond, Harmonica, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Whistling, Guitar, String Synth, Sound Effects
* Tony Cohen: Backing Vocals, Percussion
* Kid Congo Powers: Backing Vocals, Handclaps, Slide Guitar, Tremolo Guitar
* Terry Edwards: Brass Section
* Warren Ellis: Violin, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Looped Violin
* Mickey Gallagher: Backing Vocals
* Mick Harvey: Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Organ, Drums, String Arrangement, Piano, Hammond, Marimba, Keyboards, Sound Effects, Cymbals, Vibes, Xylophone, Woodwind Arrangement
* Chas Jankel: Backing Vocals
* James Johnston: Organ, Guitar
* Shane MacGowan: Vocals
* Anna McGarrigle: Backing Vocals
* Kate McGarrigle: Backing Vocals
* Bill McGee: String Arrangement, Woodwind Arrangement
* Astrid Munday: Percussion
* Tracy Pew: Bass
* Hugo Race: Guitar
* Conway Savage: Piano, Organ, Backing Vocals, Vocals, Electric Piano, Hammond, Percussion
* Jim Sclavunos: Drums, Brushed Snare, Tambourine, Percussion, Tubular Bells, Organ, Bongos, Bells, Shaker
* Johnny Turnbull: Backing Vocals
* Mick Turner: Guitar
* Victor Van Vugt: Drum Machine
* Norman Watt-Roy: Backing Vocals
* Jim White: Drums
* Roland Wolf: Backing Vocals, Handclaps, Piano
* Thomas Wydler: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Tambourine, Handclaps