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Nick Cave will release a live album and film in November. Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace was recorded in June this year at the iconic North London venue as the UK emerged from lockdown.
“The film Idiot Prayer evolved from my ‘Conversations With…’ events,” says Cave. “I loved playing deconstructed versions of my songs at these shows, distilling them to their essential forms. I felt I was rediscovering the songs all over again, and started to think about going into a studio and recording these reimagined versions at some stage – whenever I could find the time.
“Then, the pandemic came – the world went into lockdown, and fell into an eerie, self-reflective silence. It was within this silence that I began to think about the idea of not only recording the songs, but also filming them.
“We worked with the team at Alexandra Palace – a venue I have played and love – on securing a date to film just as soon as they were allowed to re-open the building to us.
“On 19th June 2020, surrounded by Covid officers with tape measures and thermometers, masked-up gaffers and camera operators, nervous looking technicians and buckets of hand gel, we created something very strange and very beautiful that spoke into this uncertain time, but was in no way bowed by it.
“This is the album taken from that film. It is a prayer into the void – alone at Alexandra Palace – a souvenir from a strange and precarious moment in history. I hope you enjoy it.”
The film Idiot Prayer – Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace will have a cinema release on November 5, while the soundtrack will be released two weeks later on November 20. It’ll be available on CD and double-vinyl, as well as via the usual streaming channels. Full tracklist below.
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace tracklist
1. Spinning Song
2. Idiot Prayer
3. Sad Waters
4. Brompton Oratory
5. Palaces of Montezuma
6. Girl in Amber
7. Man in the Moon
8. Nobody’s Baby Now
9. (Are You) the One That I’ve Been Waiting For?
10. Waiting for You
11. The Mercy Seat
12. Euthanasia
13. Jubilee Street
14. Far from Me
15. He Wants You
16. Higgs Boson Blues
17. Stranger Than Kindness
18. Into My Arms
19. The Ship Song
20. Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry
21. Black Hair
22. Galleon Ship
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- Nick Cave - The Ship Song - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.75, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 11:12 am
NICK CAVE The Ship Song (1990 UK 7" vinyl single, also including The Train Song, housed in a glossy card picture sleeve. Both the sleeve & vinyl remain on a 'near mint' condition MUTE108)
- Nick Cave - The Ship Song - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.75, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 13-Dec-2024 17:44)on December 18, 2024 at 11:12 am
NICK CAVE The Ship Song (1990 UK 7" vinyl single, also including The Train Song, housed in a glossy card picture sleeve. Both the sleeve & vinyl remain on a 'near mint' condition MUTE108)
- Nick Cave - The Road To God Knows Where - Japanese - cd album box set - Promo - £65.00, $82.55, €78.65 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 11:12 am
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS The Road To God Knows Where (Rare 1989 Japanese promo sample limited edition box set for the film release including the 13-track Ghosts... Of The Civil Dead CD in an outer card wrap-around sleeve, a 23-track NTSC format video in a custom fold out card sleeve and a 159-page softback book with full lyrics & pictures - some text in Japanese. All housed in a superb black and red individually numbered outer double slip case box. The box shows only very light wear, and although the shrink has start to open, remains sealed ALZB-1)
- Nick Cave - Lovely Creatures - 180gram Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 3-LP vinyl set - £79.99, $101.59, €96.79 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 11:12 am
NICK CAVE Lovely Creatures [1984 – 2014] (Sealed 2017 UK/EU limited edition 21-track compilation triple LP pressed on 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl - Spanning thirty years of music, the collection navigates one of the most exhilarating, idiosyncratic and inventive bodies of work created in contemporary music. Comprising remastered versions of tracks such as long-standing live favourites 'Stagger Lee' & 'The Mercy Seat', their hit single from 1995 'Where The Wild Roses Grow' [with Kylie Minogue] through to recent fan favourites 'Jubilee Street' and 'We No Who U R' and much more. The eye-catching debossed tri-fold picture sleeve has 'Stagger Lee' printed on the back, with a credits printed insert. The sleeve has a small split at the top but remains factory sealed with the hype sticker attached LPSEEDS15)
- Nick Cave - The Road To God Knows Where - Japanese - cd album box set - Promo - £65.00, $82.55, €78.65 (New Item) (arrived 11-Dec-2024 18:01)on December 18, 2024 at 11:12 am
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS The Road To God Knows Where (Rare 1989 Japanese promo sample limited edition box set for the film release including the 13-track Ghosts... Of The Civil Dead CD in an outer card wrap-around sleeve, a 23-track NTSC format video in a custom fold out card sleeve and a 159-page softback book with full lyrics & pictures - some text in Japanese. All housed in a superb black and red individually numbered outer double slip case box. The box shows only very light wear, and although the shrink has start to open, remains sealed ALZB-1)
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