Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bestography
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus is ranked 5th best out of 30 albums by Nick Cave on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nick Cave is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 378 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,443.
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 11 hours ago | Jakor | 5,160 | 68/100 | |
| 02/25/2026 22:12 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 02/22/2026 22:10 | Rayzer6 | 1,579 | 86/100 | |
| 02/21/2026 17:43 |  Milhaud | 1,842 | 70/100 | |
| 02/20/2026 09:31 | Timooosterink | 798 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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VictorVale 05/07/2023 12:17 | #296718
Intenso e dramático na medida certa.
pedro1976 05/05/2022 17:51 | #284991
Album of the year (TIE) with Bubblegum
OMG This album is awesome!
Timestarter 07/04/2021 21:44 | #271344
Highlights:
- Hiding All Away
- There She Goes, My Beautiful World
- The Lyre of Orpheus
- Babe, You Turn Me On
- O Children
The good thing when releasing such a long album is that you have room to try new things, but also include some of your typical stuff, so that in the end there is something for everyone.
One of his best, consistently strong
Favorite Tracks:Cannibal's Hymn, There She Goes My Beautiful World, Nature Boy, Abattoir Blues, Let The Bells Ring, The Fable Of The Brown Ape, Breathless, Babe You Turn Me On
A sprawling diverse intimate expansive tour de force
Beatiful album. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are a little more folky on this one.
LedZep 04/19/2018 22:27 | #213235
The Lyre Of Orpheus is definitely much stronger, every song is great, but Abattoir Blues has some friggin great songs like Get Ready For Love, There She Goes My Beautiful World, Nature Boy and Hiding All Away. As a big fan of Nick, I'd certainly say this is another one of his fantastic records, but not his 3rd best. Probably not top 5 either, but he still managed to continue his "incredible albums streak". What a musician.
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