Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984-2014)
3-LP, 2017, Best-Of, Gatefold, 180 Gramm Vinyl

The vinyl edition consists of three black heavyweight vinyl in triple gatefold sleeve printed 4 colour on 350gsm board with matt machine varnish...

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Side A / Track 1 and Side D / Track 3:
Taken from the album Let Love In (1994)
Recorded at Townhouse III, London, September 1993 and Metropolis, Melbourne, December 1993
Assistant engineers: Robin Mai & Tim Johnston (Metropolis), Giles Cowley (Townhouse III)
Mixed at Metropolis by Tony Cohen
Demos recorded with Dave McCluney and Craig at Atlantis, Melbourne, Patrick at Vieklang, Berlin and Victor Van Vugt at G T Eden, London
Produced by Tony Cohen & Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds...

Side A / Track 2:
Taken from the album The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)
Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin, November / December 1994
Engineered by Flood, assisted by George
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds & Flood...

Side A / Track 3 and Side D / Track 4:
Taken from the album Tender Prey (1988)
Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio and Vieklang, Berlin; Trident and The Strongroom, London, August 1987 - January 1988
Engineered by Tony Cohen & Flood
Mixed by Tony Cohen at The Strongroom, London, January 1988 and The Power Plant, Carlton, Australia in March 1988
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds...

Side A / Track 4:
Taken from the album From Her To Eternity (1984)
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, March 1984
Engineered by Flood
Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin, November / December 1994
Engineered by Flood, assisted by George
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds with Flood...

Side B / Track 1 and Side E / Track 2:
Taken from the album The Good Son (1990)
Recorded at Cardan Studios, São Paulo, Brazil, October 1989
Engineered by Victor Van Vugt
The Weeping Song mixed by Flood at Tritonus, Berlin, November 1989
The Ship Song mixed by Gareth Jones at Tritonus, Berlin, December 1989
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds...

Side B / Track 2:
Taken from the album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)
Recorded at State of the Ark, London in July 2007
Engineered by Nick Launay, assistant engineer: Kevin Paul, assisted by Dave 'Saxon' Greenep
Some overdubbing at Miloco Studios, London with Nick Launay and Atlantis Studios, Melbourne with David McCluney
Mixed at British Grove, London in September 2007
Mixed by Nick Launay, assisted by Rich Cooper & Joe Kearns
Produced by Nick Launay & Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds...

Side B / Track 3 and Side D / Track 1:
Taken from the album The Boatman's Call (1997)
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London in July 1996
Further recording at SARM West, London
Engineered by Paul Corkett, assisted by Paul Hicks (Abbey Road) and Paul Wright (SARM West)
Mixed by Flood at The Church, London in September 1996, assisted by Chris Scard
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds & Flood...

Side C / Track 1 and Side F / Tracks 1 & 3:
Taken from the album Push The Sky Away (2013)
Recorded at La Fabrique, Saint-Rémy de Provence, June / July 2012 by Nick Launay with Kevin Paul
Recording assisted by Damien Arlot, Thomas Lefebvre, Anna Laverty and Toydrum: Pablo Clements & James Griffith
Additional recording at Sing Sing, Melbourne, December 2011; The Toy Rooms, Brighton, February and May 2012 and Seedy Underbelly, LA, August 2012
Mixed at Seedy Underbelly, LA, August 2012 by Nick Launay, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Mixing assisted by Adam 'Atom' Greenspan
Produced by Nick Launay with Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds...

Side C / Track 2:
Taken from the album Henry's Dream (1992)
Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, California, November / December 1991
Engineered by Chuck Johnson
Mixed by Tony Cohen, Mick Harvey & Nick Cave at Metropolis Studios, Melbourne, Australia, January 1992
Produced by David Briggs || Co-produced by Mick Harvey & Nick Cave...

Side C / Track 3 and Side F / Track 4:
Taken from the album Murder Ballads (1996)
Recorded at Atlantis, Sing Sing and Metropolis Studios, Melbourne; Wessex and Worldwide Studios, London in 1993 - 1995
Mixed at Metropolis with Tony Cohen || Where The Wild Roses Grow mixed by Gregg Jackman at SARM West, London
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Tony Cohen & Victor Van Vugt...

Side D / Track 2:
Taken from the album No More Shall We Part (2001)
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London in September 2000 by Tony Cohen & Kevin Paul, assisted by Mirek Stiles
Further recording at Westside Studios, London in October 2000, assisted by Mark Bishop
Mixed by Tony Cohen, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey & Blixa Bargeld at Westside Studios, October 2000
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds & Tony Cohen || Assistant producer: Mick Geyer...

Side E / Track 1 and Side F / Track 2:
Taken from the album Abbatoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)
Recorded at Studios Ferber, Paris in April 2004
Recorded by Nick Launay, assisted by Guillaume Dujardin & Laurent Binder
Mixed at Astoria, London in April / May 2004 by Nick Launay, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis & Mick Harvey, assisted by Damon Iddins
Digital editing by Lars Fox || Arranged by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Produced by Nick Launay & Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds...

Side E / Track 3:
Taken from the album Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)
Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin, July 1986 and The Strongroom, London, August 1986
Engineered by Flood (Hansa) & Tony Cohen (The Strongroom)
Mixed at The Strongroom, London by Flood
Produced by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Flood & Tony Cohen...

The Bad Seeds on this release are:
Mick Harvey || Barry Adamson || Blixa Bargeld || Anita Lane || Hugo Race || Thomas Wydler || Kid Congo Powers || Roland Wolf || Conway Savage || Martyn Casey || Jim Sclavunos || Warren Ellis || James Johnston || George Vjestica...

All songs published by Mute Song Ltd except:
From Her To Eternity published by Mute Song Ltd / BMG Chrysalis...

All lyrics by Nick Cave except:
From Her To Eternity by Cave/Lane, Stranger Than Kindness by Lane & Stagger Lee by Traditional/Cave
All music by Nick Cave except:
Tupelo by Harvey/Adamson, From Her To Eternity by Cave/Bargeld/Race/Adamson/Harvey, Higgs Boson Blues by Cave/Ellis, Red Right Hand by Harvey/Wydler/Cave, The Mercy Seat by Cave/Harvey, Stranger Than Kindness by Bargeld, Jubilee Street by Cave/Ellis, Nature Boy by Cave/Ellis/Casey/Sclavunos, We No Who U R by Cave/Ellis, Stagger Lee by Bargeld/Casey/Cave/Harvey/Savage/Sclavunos/Wydler...

Vinyl cut by Ray Staff at Air Studios

Art direction and design: Hingston Studio
Photo credits: Main photo of Nick Cave by Steve Double || Blixa Bargeld, Anita Lane & Nick Cave by Jessamy Calkin || Hugo Race by Mariella Del Conte || Jim Sclavunos by Barry Adamson || Kid Congo Powers courtesy of Kid Congo Powers || Thomas Wydler by Polly Borland || Warren Ellis, Barry Adamson & Conway Savage by Nick Cave || Mick Harvey courtesy of Nick Cave || Roland Wolf by Kid Congo Powers || George Vjestica by Simon Bayliss || James Johnston by Steve Gullick || Martyn Casey courtesy of Martyn Casey...


This compilation ℗ 2016 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company.
© 2016 Mute Records Limited, a BMG company.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode ► 5414939926549
Matrix / Runout (Side A) ► BF94587-01 A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B) ► BF94587-01 B1
Matrix / Runout (Side C) ► BF94587-02 C1
Matrix / Runout (Side D) ► BF94587-02 D1
Matrix / Runout (Side E) ► BF94587-03 E1
Matrix / Runout (Side F) ► BF94587-03 F1
Pressed by ► Optimal Media GmbH, Röbel - Made in Germany
Manufacturing country (on back cover, insert & labels) ► Manufactured in the EU.