Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 
Variations: Nick Cave*, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
The best album credited to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 369 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 4,482.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is ranked number 48 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 32,004.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds official website: http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com
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- Warren Ellis
- Hugo Race
- Nick Cave
- Barry Adamson
- Anita Lane
- Mick Harvey
- See also:
- Nick Cave / Mick Harvey / Ed Clayton Jones
- Hugo Race Fatalists
- Barry Adamson & Pan Sonic
- The Ministry Of Wolves
- Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
- The Wreckery
- Catherine Graindorge & Hugo Race
- Nick Cave / Mick Harvey / Blixa Bargeld
- Hugo Race & Michelangelo Russo
- Bleak Squad
- Charlie Marshall And The Body Electric
- Gemini 4
- Buzzcocks
- Magazine
- Dirty Three
- The Birthday Party
- Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
- Grinderman
- Visage
- Crime + The City Solution
- The Boys Next Door
- Hugo Race & True Spirit
- Dirtmusic
- Kim Salmon & The Surrealists
- Marianne Faithfull With Warren Ellis
- Die Haut & Nick Cave
- The Blackeyed Susans
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds best albums
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 03/13/2026 23:13 |  Purplepash | 2,742 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2025 11:46 |  doombringer | 208 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2025 17:31 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 84.8/100, a mean average of 83.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.3.
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Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/07/2026 02:32 | #314350
Currently has 9 albums inside the top 1000. That’s an impressively consistent output. No More Shall We Part is such an underrated album too. Should rank far higher than the 900s. (Edited)
Undergoing a very gradual move from absolute turpitude to something close to enlightenment, these guys occasionally put a foot wrong but are never less than interesting, and often more than thrilling. (Edited)
Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/09/2024 08:27 | #302396
Nick Cave has the best stage presence I’ve seen. He’s the conductor of all your darkest dreams and he’s the seduction of all your deepest longings. The stage presence of a wizard oracle . (Edited)
I'm in my 50's now and consider myself a connoisseur of music somewhat after decades of intense research and exposure. At this point, I truly believe that NCATBS is my very favorite artist. (Edited)
Only getting a real listen to him. I felt I would like him and Boatman's Call is confirming that. I like his deep voice and delivery. Look forward to catching more of him in the future
