Deanna (acoustic version) (2:48)
The Mercy Seat (acoustic version) (3:43)
City Of Refuge (acoustic version) (2:44)
The Moon Is In The Gutter (2:33)
The Six Strings That Drew Blood (4:43)
The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass (4:50)
(I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World (3:57)
What Can I Give You? (3:36)
What A Wonderful World (3:00)
Rainy Night In Soho (3:53)
Jack The Ripper (acoustic version) (4:45)
The Ballad Of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane (3:34)
King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O (3:09)
There's No Night Out In The Jail (3:43)
That's What Jazz Is To Me (5:05)
Where The Wild Roses Grow (3:47)
O'Malley's Bar (part 1) (5:19)
O'Malley's Bar (part 2) (6:47)
O'Malley's Bar (part 3) (4:45)
O'Malley's Bar (reprise) (1:04)
Red Right Hand (Scream 3 version) (6:01)
Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum (6:16)
Right Now I'm A-Roaming (4:22)
Come Into My Sleep (3:47)
Black Hair (Band version) (4:14)
Babe, I Got You Bad (3:51)
Sheep May Safely Graze (4:14)
Bless His Ever Loving Heart (4:02)
Little Janey's Gone (2:58)
Everything Must Converge (3:16)
Hey Little Firing Squad (4:00)
Accidents Will Happen (4:18)
Push The Sky Away (live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) (5:20)
First Skeleton Tree (3:04)
King Sized Nick Cave Blues (3:48)
Big Dream (with Sky) (3:15)
First Bright Horses (2:30)
First Girl In Amber (2:53)
Heart That Kills You (3:02)
First Waiting For You (1:41)
Review: RECOMMENDED
In a word - epic. Nick Cave has never been one to shy away from presenting his work in commanding, theatrical, operatic ways, and this compilation of half-known cuts, covers, and barely heard tracks is probably the best example you're going to find of that, on record. Losing count at around 30 songs is just one case in point.
The collection is expansive to the point of becoming overwhelming, but more remarkably still, everything on here deserves to be loved. And we really do mean everything. Running through the highlights would be reductive, but stylistically this isn't an easy one to summarise either. As such let's leave it with this. From the raw, pared back percussion of 'Black Betty' to the heartfelt homage to The Pogues on 'Rainy Night In Soho', you can rest assured whatever your poison, it's on here.
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