Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-03-03
Overall rank: 2,008th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 265 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (25th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (327th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,008th)

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bestography

Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is ranked 15th best out of 30 albums by Nick Cave on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nick Cave is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 384 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,321.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album bestography « Higher ranked (1,937th)
Henry's Dream
This album (2,008th)
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
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The Firstborn Is Dead

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Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,008th | 2000s rank: 327th | 2008 rank: 25th  Overall chart history
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2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200824/1004
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2026 ExTeaSeaTop 81 Music Albums of 200834/813
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2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s88/1003
2026mrmcrookTop 32 Music Albums of 20084/325
2026 AAL2014Top 43 Music Albums of 200830/432
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2026 TamthebamTop 89 Music Albums of 200823/894
2026blueandthemoonTop 68 Music Albums of 200864/680
2026martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s54/1009
2026cicadelicHeineken.es Mejores Discos internacionales 20084/20 -
2026PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200858/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 266
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 838
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 265 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.


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90/100
Stankier NC&tBS is never my favorite mode, but that does not mean it's bad by any means. Dig, Lazarus, Dig is loose and raw with a bit of a slow start but that rallies real quick for a typically excellent record. Sitting somewhere in the middle between the goth rock of the band's youth and their less tortured outings as of late, Dig, Lazarus, Dig finds a vibrant center. Perhaps not a renewed sense of purpose, but a synthesis of much of what the band does better than just about anyone. (Edited)
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85/100
From 11/07/2020 21:16 | #260340
With this album a lot of tracks have a faster tempo and a heavier rock sound than this other albums. Great album. Title track being one of my personal favorites from him. There's a couple of fillers but overall the majority of the album is pretty solid. Surprised it's not ranked higher among his catalog.
Other top tracks: Call Upon The Author, Hold On To Yourself, Jesus Of The Moon, & More News From Nowhere.
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85/100
From 06/20/2019 05:33 | #237917
A great return to form by Cave and the boys.
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85/100
Dig, Lazarus, dig, is the closest that Nick Cave and the bad seeds got to the sound of his Grinderman side project. It's probably his most rocking album and another excellent one. The title track is superb, as is, today's lesson. Other highlights are, we call upon the author, and, more news from nowhere. It's amazing that Cave is still making great music after 30 years, and there's no sign of him making a bad record yet. Dig, is another essential Nick Cave album. Brilliant. Poor Larry.
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Rating:  
80/100
The band takes an interesting turn with this Grinderman-esque album. You've got to give them credit for keeping us guessing as to what they'll do next.

Favorite tracks: "We Call Upon the Author", "More News From Nowhere"
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Rating:  
90/100
I'm surprised users prefer 10 Nick Cave albums to this one. "Let Love In" is a contender, but this is my favorite, both in its accessibility and its Bad-Seeds-esque weirdness. "We Call Upon the Author" is a standout track.
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85/100
I much prefered it when Nick Cave started writing with guitar again instead of piano. His albums immediately became harder.
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