AlbumE · 1996
Murder Ballads
Murder Ballads is a 1996 alternative rock album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. It runs 10 tracks across 60 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.0/5 from 5 ratings.
Alternative Rock · Folk Rock · Blues Rock
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- 60 min
- Runtime
- 137 bpm
- Tempo
- G minor
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Murder Ballads album cover
The Murder Ballads cover was illustrated by Jean-Fréderic Schnyder and Oliver Gretscher and art-directed by Johannes Beck.
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- Jean-Fréderic Schnyder, Oliver Gretscher
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- Johannes Beck
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10 tracks · 60 min
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Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1996 on Mute Records. As its title suggests, the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details (and often consequences) of crimes of passion. "Where the Wild Roses Grow," a duet featuring Cave singing with Kylie Minogue, was a hit single and received two ARIA Awards in 1996. Other prominent guest musicians on the album include PJ Harvey and Shane MacGowan. Murder Ballads is the band's biggest commercial success to date, most likely helped by the unexpected repeated airplay of the "Where the Wild Roses Grow" video on MTV. MTV even nominated Cave for their "best male artist" award of that year, though this nomination was later withdrawn at Cave's request.
In brief
- Is Murder Ballads good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Murder Ballads 3.0/5 from 5 ratings.
- When was Murder Ballads released?
- Murder Ballads was released in 1996.
- How many tracks are on Murder Ballads?
- Murder Ballads has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 60 minutes.
- What genre is Murder Ballads?
- Murder Ballads is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Blues Rock.
- What BPM is Murder Ballads?
- Murder Ballads runs at a median tempo of 137 BPM across its tracks, most often in G minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Murder Ballads?
- Listeners of Murder Ballads also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, The Bends by Radiohead, Grinderman 2 by Grinderman.
- Who produced Murder Ballads?
- Murder Ballads was produced by Tony Cohen, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Victor van Vugt. Tony Cohen produced 9 of them.
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Jim SclavunosMartyn P. CaseyConway SavageBrian HooperHelen MountfortHugo RaceJen AndersonKerran CoulterSue SimpsonTerry Edwards- Vocals by
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Conway SavageGeraldine JohnstonKatharine BlakeLiz CorcoranMariella Del ConteMick HarveyMoron Tabernacle ChoirShane MacGowanThomas Wydler
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