Audio CD review:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues Tour (2CD+2DVD)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues Tour (2CD+2DVD)

Band: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Title: Abattoir Blues Tour (2CD+2DVD) Rating: Release Date: 20 March, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: O Children (Dusseldorf) 2: Hiding All Away (Manchester) 3: Breathless (Dusseldorf) 4: Get Ready For Love (Dusseldorf) 5: Red Right Hand (Cophenhagen) 6: The Ship Song (Paris 1) 7: The Weeping Song (Munich) 8: Stagger Lee (Munich) 9: Carry Me (Dusseldorf) 10: Let The Bells Ring (Lausanne) 11: Easy Money (Milan) 12: Supernaturally (Paris 1) 13: Babe, You Turn Me On (Paris 2) 14: There She Goes, My Beautiful World (Amsterdam) 15: God Is In The House (Paris 2) 16: Deanna (Hamburg) 17: Lay Me Low (Munich) 18: Hiding All Away 19: Messiah Ward 20: Easy Money 21: Supernaturally 22: The Lyre Of Orpheus 23: Babe, You Turn Me On 24: Nature Boy 25: Get Ready For Love 26: Carry Me 27: There She Goes, My Beautiful World 28: God Is In The House 29: Red Right Hand 30: The Ship Song 31: Stagger Lee 32: Bring It On 33: Babe, I'm On Fire 34: Nature Boy 35: Breathless 36: Get Ready For Love Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus, A Short Film 37: Christina The Astonishing 38: Wild World Short Film: `Bring It On' Video ShootPromotional Videos:

Editoral Review They're swept away, Cave and his mates--Warren Ellis and Mick Harvey and the keyboardists and drummers and background singers. It's a delirious treat, watching the full weight of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds open their November 2004 Brixton Academy gig with the menacing thwack of "Hiding All Away," as they do on the first of two DVDs in this live mega-set. Feet stomp, hair flies, the sounds wallop. Without Blixa Bargeld for the first time, the Bad Seeds have a gospel-tinged bigness, an urgent intensity. The multicamera DVD shots are brilliant, the sound impeccable. Of course that last bit is all that matters on the pair of CDs that round out this set, and they sound phenomenal. Cave knows drama, from the lyrics to the vocal bellow to the full-on unrelenting orchestral power of a guitar, a bass, a violin, a couple keyboards, and a couple drummers--backed by four ingeniously true-to-form backup vocalists. If you've even a passing interest in the ecstasy of live musical abandon, this is a necessary indulgence. If you're a Cave fan, you won't be able to get enough. --Andrew Bartlett .. You can see a complete list of all Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds discography, or go back to the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds tabs