The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (compilation album)
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(Compilation album)
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 12,512th   
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 60 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (207th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,032nd)
Award Best albums of all time (12,512th)

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bestography

The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds is ranked 20th best out of 30 albums by Nick Cave on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nick Cave is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 382 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,431.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album bestography « Higher ranked (7,597th)
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   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds rankings

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Overall rank: 12,512th | 1990s rank: 2,032nd | 1998 rank: 207th

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81/100 (from 60 votes)
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From 02/22/2023 11:21 | #294328
Yes, compliations can be good and they can be bad. It still makes no sense whatsoever to have best of compilations in a best albums of the year list. It's not a real album. The music on it is not from 1998. And how do you even compare a life's work to someone else's single album?
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From 09/09/2020 23:53 | #257979
This was my introduction to Nick Cave. I knew 'Red Right Hand' & the 'Roses' song with Kylie and liked them both. Hence I bought this to get to know some of his other work. Massively impressed. Great selection of songs throughout. I now have a good half dozen of his studio albums and love them all. Compilations are a good starting point when discovering new music. Highly recommend this one.
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From 07/15/2016 19:37 | #171370
This is pretty damn good as far as compilations go. The track listing is superb. All the songs you'd want are pretty much here. Excellent, especially for casual fans(if indeed there are any).
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