Murder Ballads

2 February 199610 tracks, 59 minutes

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Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by the Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 5 February 1996 by Mute Records. As its title suggests, the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details (and often consequences) of crimes of passion.

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Genres: Alternative rock, folk rock, blues rock
Length: 10 tracks, 59 minutes
Released: 2 February 1996
Label: mute

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Tracks

1Song of Joy6:46

2Stagger Lee5:15

3Henry Lee3:58

4Lovely Creature4:13

5Where the Wild Roses Grow3:57

6The Curse of Millhaven6:55

7The Kindness of Strangers4:39

8Crow Jane4:14

9O’Malley’s Bar14:28

10Death Is Not the End4:26

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