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| Cover = Nocturama.jpg
| Cover = Nocturama.jpg
| Released = February 3, 2003 (UK)<br />February 25, 2003 (US)
| Released = February 3, 2003 (UK)<br />February 25, 2003 (US)
| Recorded = December 1999-March 2002
| Recorded = March 2002
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Length = 57:35
| Length = 57:35

Revision as of 04:07, 16 August 2015

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(73/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
The Austin Chronicle [11]
NME8/10 [4]
Pitchfork Media7.4/10 [5]
Playlouder [6]
PopMatters [1][7]
Rolling Stone [8]
Stylus MagazineC- [9]
Yahoo! Music UK [10]

Nocturama is the twelfth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 2003. It so far has a Metacritic score of 73 out of 100 based on "generally favorable reviews".[1] To date, it is the last Bad Seeds album to feature founding member Blixa Bargeld. This album reunited Nick Cave with Nick Launay, who had produced Junkyard by The Birthday Party 21 years earlier.

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Cave.

  1. "Wonderful Life" – 6:49
  2. "He Wants You" – 3:30
  3. "Right Out of Your Hand" – 5:15
  4. "Bring It On" – 5:22
  5. "Dead Man in My Bed" – 4:40
  6. "Still in Love" – 4:44
  7. "There Is a Town" – 4:58
  8. "Rock of Gibraltar" – 3:00
  9. "She Passed by My Window" – 3:20
  10. "Babe, I'm on Fire" – 14:45

Singles

  • "Bring It On" (MUTE 265) (February 24, 2003)
    • "Bring It On" (Edit) b/w: "Shoot Me Down" / "Swing Low"
  • "He Wants You" / "Babe, I'm on Fire" (MUTE 290) (June 2, 2003)
    • "He Wants You" (Edit) / "Babe, I'm on Fire" (Edit) b/w: "Little Ghost Song" / "Everything Must Converge"
  • "Rock of Gibraltar" (MUTE 318) (September 1, 2003)
    • b/w: "Nocturama"

Personnel

The Bad Seeds

  • Nick Cave – Vocals(1-10), Piano (1-3,5-8,10), Hammond (1,4-8,10)
  • Mick Harvey – Guitar (1,3-7,9,10), Backing Vocals (3,5,7,10), Organ (2,9), Acoustic Guitar (8), Bass (8), Bongos (1), Triangle (1)
  • Blixa Bargeld – Pedal Steel Guitar (1-3,7,9), Guitar (4,6,10), Backing Vocals (5,10), Inexplicable Guitar (5), Gated Guitar (7)
  • Thomas Wydler – Drums (1,3,5,6,8,10), Brush Snare (4,7), Shaker (2)
  • Martyn P. Casey – Bass (1-7,9,10)
  • Jim Sclavunos – Drums (2,4,7,9), Backing Vocals (7), Percussion (10), Tambourine (8)
  • Warren Ellis – Violin (2-10)
  • Conway Savage – Backing Vocals (3,5,7,10)

Guests

  • Chris Bailey – chorus vocals on "Bring It On"
  • Johnny Turnbull – backing vocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On", "There Is a Town" and "She Passed by My Window"
  • Norman Watt-Roy – backing vocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On" and "There Is a Town"
  • Mickey Gallagher – backing vocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On", "There Is a Town" and "She Passed by My Window"
  • Chas Jankel – backing vocals on "He Wants You", "Bring It On" and "There Is a Town"

References

  1. ^ a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ IGN review
  4. ^ NME review
  5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  6. ^ Archived 2003-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ PopMatters review
  8. ^ Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  10. ^ Archived 2004-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ The Austin Chronicle review
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