Tender Prey
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Tender Prey is the fifth album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, released in 1988 on Mute Records. It is often regarded by fans as one of the strongest records the band has ever released. Nick Cave was going through a harsh period of his life at the time of recording.
TenderPrey contains Cave's 'signature' tune "The Mercy Seat", which he has subsequently played at 99% of all his live performances since 1988, and was covered by Johnny Cash.
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Track listing
- The Mercy Seat (7:17)
- Up Jumped the Devil (5:16)
- Deanna (3:45)
- Watching Alice (4:01)
- Mercy (6:22)
- City of Refuge (4:48)
- Slowly Goes the Night (5:23)
- Sunday's Slave (3:40)
- Sugar Sugar Sugar (5:01)
- New Morning (3:46)
- The Mercy Seat" (video mix) (5:05)
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Credits
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Writing
- Tracks written by Nick Cave, except where noted.
- Track 1, 9 & 11 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Mick Harvey)
- Track 2 (words: Cave, music: Cave / Harvey / Roland Wolf / Blixa Bargeld / Kid Congo Powers)
- "Deanna" is loosely based on The Edwin Hawkins' Singers version of the hymn "Oh Happy Day". Susequently Cave issued an acoustic version of a medley of both songs. Hawkins' version was later issued on Original Seeds Vol. 1.
- "City of Refuge" is noted in the credit listing as being inspired by a Blind Willie Johnson song "I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge". This was later issued on Original Seeds Vol. 1.
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Personnel
- Nick Cave – vocals, harmonica, piano, Hammond organ, vibraphone, tambourine
- Mick Harvey – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, xylophone, bass, drums, percussion, programming, background vocals
- Blixa Bargeld – guitar, slide guitar, background vocals
- Roland Wolf – guitar, piano, organ
- Kid Congo Powers – guitar, background vocals
- Thomas Wydler – drums
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Guests
- Hugo Race – guitar, background vocals
- Gini Ball – strings
- Audrey Riley – strings
- Chris Tombling – strings
- Ian Davis – background vocalsno:Tender Prey