The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 11 May 1998 (UK) 26 May 1998 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1983–1997 | |||
Length | 75:38 | |||
Label | Mute Records | |||
Producer | Nick Cave, Flood, David Briggs, Tony Cohen, Victor Van Vugt, The Bad Seeds | |||
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
NME | 9/10 [2] |
Pitchfork | 9.0/10 [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a compilation album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 11 May 1998.
Cave asked each of the Bad Seeds, past and present, to choose their favourite tracks from the ten albums—their lists would then be discussed until a final list was produced. Only guitarist and founding Bad Seed Mick Harvey responded, and it is his listing, unchanged, that makes up The Best Of.
As of 2001 the album has sold 500,000 copies worldwide. [5]
NOTE: Tracks 2, 4, 10, 11, 13 and 14 are the edited single versions (but are not listed as edits in the liner notes).
The album was also released as a special edition with a live bonus disc, titled "Live at the Royal Albert Hall", recorded on 19 and 20 May 1997. This bonus CD was later released in 2008 as a regular disk, with four additional tracks and without "The Weeping Song".
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [6] | Gold | 35,000^ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [7] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States | — | 50,000 [5] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 500,000 [5] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 11 May 1998 (UK) 26 May 1998 (US) | |||
Recorded | 1983–1997 | |||
Length | 75:38 | |||
Label | Mute Records | |||
Producer | Nick Cave, Flood, David Briggs, Tony Cohen, Victor Van Vugt, The Bad Seeds | |||
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
NME | 9/10 [2] |
Pitchfork | 9.0/10 [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is a compilation album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 11 May 1998.
Cave asked each of the Bad Seeds, past and present, to choose their favourite tracks from the ten albums—their lists would then be discussed until a final list was produced. Only guitarist and founding Bad Seed Mick Harvey responded, and it is his listing, unchanged, that makes up The Best Of.
As of 2001 the album has sold 500,000 copies worldwide. [5]
NOTE: Tracks 2, 4, 10, 11, 13 and 14 are the edited single versions (but are not listed as edits in the liner notes).
The album was also released as a special edition with a live bonus disc, titled "Live at the Royal Albert Hall", recorded on 19 and 20 May 1997. This bonus CD was later released in 2008 as a regular disk, with four additional tracks and without "The Weeping Song".
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia ( ARIA) [6] | Gold | 35,000^ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [7] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States | — | 50,000 [5] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 500,000 [5] |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |