Ghosteen
Sign in to saveGhosteen is the seventeenth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 4 October 2019 on Ghosteen Ltd and on 8 November 2019 on Bad Seed Ltd, both the band's own imprints. Ghosteen is a double album—the band's first since Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)—and the final part of a trilogy of albums that includes Push the Sky Away (2013) and Skeleton Tree (2016).
Release · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Album
- Artist
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- First released
- 2019-10-03
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- Listeners
- 599
- Total plays
- 2,141
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Key facts
- Album.name
- Ghosteen
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Album.cover
- Ghosteen - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.jpg
- Album.alt
- A painting of a wild forest with various animals, including white horses, lions, lambs, leopards, monkeys, swans, flamingos, parrots and butterflies. Sun rays are visible through the trees and a rainbow is visible on the mountainside. Uppercase white text on top reads "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds"; larger uppercase white text in the centre reads "Ghosteen".
- Album.recorded
- 2018–2019
- Album.studio
- Woodshed (Malibu) NightBird (West Hollywood) Retreat (Brighton) Candy Bomber (Berlin) Air (London)
- Album.genre
- Ambient pop ambient electronic
- Album.length
- 68:10
- Album.label
- Ghosteen Bad Seed
- Album.producer
- Nick Cave Warren Ellis
- Album.prev_title
- Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen
- Album.prev_year
- 2018
- Album.next_title
- B-Sides & Rarities Part II
- Album.next_year
- 2021
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Official website
Ghosteen - Nick Cave
Ghosteen - the new album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Hear Ghosteen for the first time in full on 03.10.19 on YouTube and at listening events worldwide.
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 4090
- Official website
- www.nickcave.com/ghosteen
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- publication date
- 2019-10-04
- title
- Ghosteen
- number of parts of this work
- 11
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Background
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- Music
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- Release
- Reception
- Critical response
- Commercial performance
- Accolades
- Track listing
- Personnel
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- Release history
- References
- External links
Ghosteen is the seventeenth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 4 October 2019 on Ghosteen Ltd and on 8 November 2019 on Bad Seed Ltd, both the band's own imprints. Ghosteen is a double album—the band's first since Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)—and the final part of a trilogy of albums that includes Push the Sky Away (2013) and Skeleton Tree (2016).
Produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Ghosteen was written in the aftermath of the death of Cave's son Arthur in 2015. It was recorded primarily in Malibu and West Hollywood, California in the United States, with further sessions in Germany and England. Cave's lyrics, which continue his deviation from his usual narrative-based writing, explore themes of loss, death and existentialism, as well as empathy, faith and optimism. Like Skeleton Tree, the album features extensive use of synthesizers, loops and ambient elements, particularly the minimal use of drums and percussion.