The Boatman's Call | Nick Cave Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

The Boatman's Call is the tenth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 3 March 1997 by Mute Records. The album is entirely piano-based, alternately somber and romantic in mood, making it a marked departure from the bulk of the band's post-punk catalogue up to that point. The Boatman's Call remains one of the most critically acclaimed releases of Nick Cave's career. The album received almost unanimous critical acclaim upon release with many reviewers citing it as Cave's most poignant album. Writing in NME, James Oldham concluded that the album is "a stark look at all that he's been through, recounted with withering bleakness and arid humour", noting "Cave's magnificent lyrics, riddled with comic misanthropy and New Gospel humanity", and "their starkly beautiful accompaniments". The magazine rated it as the 23rd best album of 1997. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track Listings

Side 1

1     Into My Arms (2011 Remastered Version)
2     Lime Tree Arbour (2011 Remastered Version)
3     People Ain't No Good (2011 Remastered Version)
4     Brompton Oratory (2011 Remastered Version)
5     There is a Kingdom (2011 Remastered Version)
6     (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? (2011 Remastered Version)

Side 2

1     Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? (2011 Remastered Version)
2     West Country Girl (2011 Remastered Version)
3     Black Hair (2011 Remastered Version)
4     Idiot Prayer (2011 Remastered Version)
5     Far from Me (2011 Remastered Version)
6     Green Eyes (2011 Remastered Version)