Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have announced B-Sides & Rarities Part II. The 27-track compilation is out on October 22, and the band have shared the 2006 track "Vortex."
This is the follow-up to 2005's B-Sides & Rarities, and it compiles non-album material since then. In a statement, Cave called the first B-Sides & Rarities comp his favourite Bad Seeds album. He said:
I always liked the original B-Sides & Rarities more than any of our other albums. It's the only one I'd listen to willingly. It seems more relaxed, even a bit nonsensical in places, but with some beautiful songs throughout. There is something, too, about the smallness of certain songs that is closer to their original spirit.
B-Sides & Rarities Part II continues this strange and beautiful collection of lost songs from the Bad Seeds. I love the final side of the last disc because it reveals the small and fragile beginnings of some of my favourite Bad Seeds songs. "Waiting for You" complete with bizarre "canning factory" rhythm track, a gorgeous "Life Per Se" deemed too sad for Skeleton Tree, and "Earthlings" that some consider the finest track of the Ghosteen sessions.
Hear "Vortex" below. Scroll past that to see the full B-Sides & Rarities Part II tracklist. The album is available to purchase on 2CD or 2LP from the band's official store.
B-Sides & Rarities Part II:
1. Hey Little Firing Squad
2. Fleeting Love
3. Accidents Will Happen
4. Free to Walk (With Debbie Harry)
5. Avalanche
6. Vortex
7. Needle Boy
8. Lightning Bolts
9. Animal X
10. Give Us a Kiss
11. Push the Sky Away (Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
12. First Skeleton Tree
13. King Sized Nick Cave Blues
14. Opium Eyes
15. Big Dream (With Sky)
16. Instrumental #33
17. Hell Villanelle
18. Euthanasia
19. Life Per Se
20. Steve McQueen
21. First Bright Horses
22. First Girl in Amber
23. Glacier
24. Heart That Kills You
25. First Waiting for You
26. Sudden Song
27. Earthlings
This is the follow-up to 2005's B-Sides & Rarities, and it compiles non-album material since then. In a statement, Cave called the first B-Sides & Rarities comp his favourite Bad Seeds album. He said:
I always liked the original B-Sides & Rarities more than any of our other albums. It's the only one I'd listen to willingly. It seems more relaxed, even a bit nonsensical in places, but with some beautiful songs throughout. There is something, too, about the smallness of certain songs that is closer to their original spirit.
B-Sides & Rarities Part II continues this strange and beautiful collection of lost songs from the Bad Seeds. I love the final side of the last disc because it reveals the small and fragile beginnings of some of my favourite Bad Seeds songs. "Waiting for You" complete with bizarre "canning factory" rhythm track, a gorgeous "Life Per Se" deemed too sad for Skeleton Tree, and "Earthlings" that some consider the finest track of the Ghosteen sessions.
Hear "Vortex" below. Scroll past that to see the full B-Sides & Rarities Part II tracklist. The album is available to purchase on 2CD or 2LP from the band's official store.
B-Sides & Rarities Part II:
1. Hey Little Firing Squad
2. Fleeting Love
3. Accidents Will Happen
4. Free to Walk (With Debbie Harry)
5. Avalanche
6. Vortex
7. Needle Boy
8. Lightning Bolts
9. Animal X
10. Give Us a Kiss
11. Push the Sky Away (Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
12. First Skeleton Tree
13. King Sized Nick Cave Blues
14. Opium Eyes
15. Big Dream (With Sky)
16. Instrumental #33
17. Hell Villanelle
18. Euthanasia
19. Life Per Se
20. Steve McQueen
21. First Bright Horses
22. First Girl in Amber
23. Glacier
24. Heart That Kills You
25. First Waiting for You
26. Sudden Song
27. Earthlings
