Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 'Ghosteen'

BEAR TREE RECORDS ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2019 #15

‘The songs on the first album are the children. The songs on the second album are their parents. Ghosteen is a migrating spirit.’

Nick Cave

The album was recorded in 2018 and early 2019 at Woodshed in Malibu, Nightbird in Los Angeles, Retreat in Brighton and Candybomber in Berlin. It was mixed by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Lance Powell and Andrew Dominik at Conway in Los Angeles.

Ghosteen is the seventeenth studio album from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, following 2016’s Skeleton Tree, and will be released via Ghosteen Ltd.

Nick Cave - vocals, piano, synthesizer, backing vocal

Warren Ellis - synthesizer, loops, flute, violin, piano, backing vocals

Thomas Wydler - drums

Martyn Casey - bass

Jim Sclavunos - vibraphone, percussion

George Vjestica - guitar

Disc 1

1. The Spinning Song
2. Bright Horses
3. Waiting For You
4. Night Raid
5. Sun Forest
6. Galleon Ship
7. Ghosteen Speaks
8. Leviathan

Disc 2

1. Ghosteen
2. Fireflies
3. Hollywood