Book description
The complete collection of Nick Cave lyrics spanning his entire
career, from 1978 until 2013, revised and updated by the cult rock star
'He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian
artist - beyond comparison, beyond genre, beyond dispute'
- from Nick Cave's induction into the Australian Hall of Fame
This complete collection of Nick Cave's lyrics spans his entire
career, from his writing for The Birthday Party through the highly
acclaimed Murder Ballads and The Boatman's Call to
recent work with Grinderman and his 2013 album, Push the Sky
Away. Brought together in one volume, these lyrics make up one of
the most outstanding achievements of contemporary music.
Switching between the cynical and the sanguine, the defeated and the
defiant, Nick Cave deals in love, war, beauty, children, romance,
rejection, Pethedine, poetry, pants, money, flowers and so much more ...
From the bestselling author of And the Ass Saw the Angel and
The Death of Bunny Munroe this definitive collection will be
adored by Nick Cave fans everywhere.
'His lyrics deal with passion on the edge, and are peopled with mad
bayou preachers, black-hearted lovers and killers. His language is
rich, poetic, apocalyptic' Guardian
'Richly poetic creations which live a second life on the page ...
Essential reading' Vox
Nick Cave was born in Australia in 1957. He moved to London with his
band The Birthday Party in 1990 and four years later he formed The Bad
Seeds, with whom he has made 15 studio albums. In recent years he has
made two albums with his other band, Grinderman. In 1999 he curated
and directed the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank Centre. He
has also written the soundtrack for a number of successful films
including The Assassination of Jesse James, Lawless and
The Proposition. His novel And the Ass Saw the Angel
was an international bestseller, Time Out's Book of the
Year, and was reissued in the Penguin Essential series. His second
novel The Death of Bunny Monroe was published in 2009. He lives
in Brighton with his wife and two children.
Nick Cave was born in Australia in 1957. He moved to London with his
band The Birthday Party in 1990 and four years later he formed The Bad
Seeds, with whom he has made 15 studio albums. In 1999 he curated and
directed the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank Centre. His novel
And the Ass Saw the Angel
was an international bestseller,
Time Out
's Book of the Year, and was reissued in the Penguin Essential series.
