Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will close out their ongoing reissue series by releasing expanded CD/DVD collectors’ editions of the band’s three most recent albums — 2003’s Nocturama, 2004’s Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus and 2008’s Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!! — this summer, with each featuring a new 5.1 Surround Sound mix.
The discs, the fourth batch of reissues, are due out July 30 in the U.K. and each will include the original stereo album, the new 5.1 mix, a specially commissioned short film made by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, non-album B-sides from each record’s the singles, videos and exclusive sleeve notes, the band announced on its website this week.
UPDATE 6/19/12: Full tracklists now have been released
Tracklist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nocturama
1. “Wonderful Life”
2. “He Wants You”
3. “Right Out Of Your Hand”
4. “Bring It On”
5. “Dead Man In My Bed”
6. “Still In Love”
7. “There Is A Town”
8. “Rock Of Gibraltar”
9. “She Passed By My Window”
10. “Babe, I’m On Fire”
Nocturama in 5.1 and stereo
Bonus tracks:
1. “Shoot Me Down”
2. “Swing Low”
3. “Little Ghost Song”
4. “Everything Must Converge”
5. “Nocturama”
Bonus videos:
1. “Do You Love Me Like I Love You” (Pt. 12: Nocturama)
2. “Babe, I’m On Fire” (15 min. version)
3. “Bring It On”
Tracklist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
CD 1: Abattoir Blues
1. “Get Ready For Love”
2. “Cannibal’s Hymn”
3. “Hiding All Away”
4. “Messiah Ward”
5. “There She Goes, My Beautiful World”
6. “Nature Boy”
7. “Abattoir Blues”
8. “Let The Bells Ring”
9. “Fable Of The Brown Ape”
CD 2: The Lyre Of Orpheus
1. “The Lyre Of Orpheus”
2. “Breathless”
3. “Babe, You Turn Me On”
4. “Easy Money”
5. “Supernaturally”
6. “Spell”
7. “Carry Me”
8. “O Children”
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus in 5.1 and stereo:
Bonus tracks:
1. “She’s Leaving You”
2. “Under This Moon”
3. “Hiding All Away” (Live at Maida Vale)
4. “There She Goes, My Beautiful World” (Live at Maida Vale)
Bonus video:
1. “Do You Love Me Like I Love You” (Pt. 13: Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus)
2. “Nature Boy”
3. “Breathless”
4. “Get Ready For Love”
Tracklist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
1. “DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!”
2. “Today’s Lesson”
3. “Moonland”
4. “Night Of The Lotus Eaters”
5. “Albert Goes West”
6. “We Call Upon The Author”
7. “Hold On To Yourself”
8. “Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl)”
9. “Jesus Of The Moon”
10. “Midnight Man”
11. “More News From Nowhere”
DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! In 5.1 and Stereo
Bonus tracks:
1. “Accidents Will Happen”
2. “Fleeting Love”
3. “Hey Little Firing Squad”
Bonus video:
1. “Do You Love Me Like I Love You” (Part 14: DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!)
2, “DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!”
3. “More News From Nowhere”
4. “Midnight Man”
5. “Night Of The Lotus Eaters”
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds reissuing 4 more albums with 5.1 mixes, bonus material
- Nick Cave’s Grinderman to release 2nd album, tour Europe and North America
- 3 more Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds albums to be reissued with 5.1 mixes
- Video: Shane MacGowan enlists Nick Cave, Mick Jones for Haiti single
- Rowland S. Howard, guitarist for Nick Cave’s The Birthday Party, 1959-2009
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ first 4 albums to be reissued, remixed in 5.1
Still don’t understand why there weren’t simultaneous vinyl re-issues as well. I suppose a cost versus demand thing? But I find it hard to believe they couldn’t have made money with at least limited pressings?
Agree, I’m waiting for the vinyl as well