Push The Sky Away
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bestography
Push The Sky Away is ranked 4th best out of 30 albums by Nick Cave on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nick Cave is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 369 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,487.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Push The Sky Away track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Push The Sky Away rankings summary
Overall rank: 603rd | 2010s rank: 86th | 2013 rank: 10th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2013 | 50/78 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | De Volkskrant 34 albums die u dit jaar niet gemist mag hebben | 6/34 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 46 Music Albums of 2013 | 8/46 | 4 |
| 2026 | radio-head | Top 79 Music Albums of the 2010s | 64/79 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2013 Year in Review | 4/69 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Favourite albums by Australian artists | 22/89 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 82 Music Albums of 2013 | 43/82 | 2 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2013 | 1/80 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 458 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,783 | |||
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| ! | 09/07/2026 14:58 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 11:48 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 00:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,619 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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This album has been referenced 171 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
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pedro1976 09/05/2026 12:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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VictorVale 04/19/2023 14:12 | #296214
VictorVale 04/19/2023 14:12 | #296214
Cria um ambiente próprio, uma atmosfera que sequestra e expões dores. Muito bom!
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ThuramThugood 01/25/2023 07:15 | #293237
Album Rating: 82.67
(744/9)
1.We No Who U R. 90
2.Wide Lovely Eyes. 75
3.Water's Edge. 81
4.Jubilee Street. 85
5.Mermaids. 92
6.We Real Cool. 78
7.Finishing Jubilee Street. 74
8.Higgs Boson Blues. 85
9.Push The Sky Away. 84
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pedro1976 05/05/2022 17:56 | #285002
pedro1976 05/05/2022 17:56 | #285002
Album of the year, 2013 (Tie) with ...Like Clockwork
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Untitled 11/09/2021 11:50 | #276035
This album contains some of their best songs ever, that are really allowed to breathe and that creates a fantastic soundscape on this record. Its shocking at how great and unique this record is considering it is the groups 15th album so to still be so experimental and full of ideas is brilliant. It really is a testament to how great this group is and the quality they put out. The multi layering on this record is brilliant and the vast and varied instrumentation means there is something for everyone and each instrument shines in its own right. However, while this record does have some of the best songs from Cave it is not short of a few filler tracks mainly nearer the start. This is disappointing as it is only a 9 track album that is 42 minutes long so shouldn't really have this. Overall, a great record by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds but it does fall a little short of their best work.
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Brad1770 03/02/2019 09:43 | #232864 | TOP COMMENT
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The secret to Nick Caves success has always been his ability to surround himself with the very best musicians and creative minds to make up his Bad Seeds entourage. A listing of past Seeds is quite literally a who's who's of contemporary alternative music:Mick Harvey , Blixa Bargeld , Hugo Race , ex partner Anita Lane , Kid Congo Powers , Roland Wolf , James Johnston and Ed Kuepper come quickly to mind . And so it goes 'Push The Sky Away ' is no exception . It is the band's first album not to feature founding member Mick Harvey but founding member Barry Adamson returns since 'Your Funeral... My Trial (1986)'and is the last album to feature Conway Savage prior to his death , plus there's Martyn Casey (Triffids) on Bass , Warren Ellis (The Dirty Three) on Fender Rhodes, Flute, Guitar (Tenor), Viola, Violin , Nick Launay as Engineer and Producer and would you believe THE Cat Stevens credited with Photography
'Push The Sky Away ' is a tour de force and very close to Caves best album all tied together with the epic "Jubilee Street" coming roughly half way into the album
The Nick Cave documentary '20,000 Days On Earth' is well worth checking out being free and available on YouTube. The documentary lifts the veil on some of the making of 'Push The Sky Away' as well offers a beautiful narration of Caves life up until that point by none other than Cave himself along with rare photos and footage not before seen by the public. There's even a Kylie Minogue appearance discussing 'that song' but more interestingly Michael Hutchence .Essential viewing for all Cave fans
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