Product Description

The fourteenth studio album from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds transports the biblical character of the title to contemporary New York, as well as drawing inspiration from escapologist Harry Houdini. Featuring the majority of his usual personnel in The Bad Seeds (including violinist Warren Ellis and organist/pianist Conway Savage), 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig' displays a rawer, more garage-inspired rock sound closer to Cave's side-project Grinderman. The lead single (and title track) displays the kind of meandering wordplay and subversive narratives that Nick Cave has become notable for.

Track Listing

1. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2. Today's Lesson
3. Moonland
4. Night Of The Lotus Eaters
5. Albert Goes West
6. We Call Upon The Author
7. Hold On To Yourself
8. Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl)
9. Jesus Of The Moon
10. Midnight Man
11. More News From Nowhere

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks

Amazon.co.uk Review
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! finds Nick Cave back at the helm of his long-term band The Bad Seeds after some impressive soundtrack work--2005's The Assassination of Jesse James--and a busman's holiday in the raw, rocking Grinderman. As the title suggests, Lazarus finds Cave returning to familiar themes of God and redemption, although some of the raw poise and wild-eyed humour that resurfaced in Grinderman remains: take the opening title track, which retells the Biblical story of the resurrection of Lazarus as transposed onto the sleazy, poverty-stricken backdrop of modern-day New York City. Musically, the likes of "Moonland" and "Night of the Lotus Eaters" have a swampy feel, all skittering drums, simmering bass and smoky organ riffs; elsewhere, there are rockers that tie on dissonant guitars without losing their dissonant touch ("Lie Down Here"). Probably the album highlight comes with "We Call Upon the Author", a sprawling, "Sister Ray"-like chugger that shows off Cave's skill for magnificent, sung-shouted narratives: "Now mixamatoid kids roam the streets, we've shunned them from the greasy grind/The poor little things, they look so sad and old as they mount us from behind". --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Believe the hype
For a band that has been around in one guise or another for over 25 years to produce a 14th studio album of this quality is nothing short of astounding. This is an album you can inhabit. Buy it and move in and you will find it a space of beauty, troubling images, humour, poetry and simply amazing songs.

Tunes which are catchy at the first listen bring you back for more. Then, the wonder sets in. Each song is not simply lovingly crafted but a shining jewel of perfection and each one different, offering something new. Usually, the scourge of the 'skip track' button on your HiFi leads to a truncated album of the 2 or 3 songs you actually like. Here, I only use the 'skip back' button, to listen to the track again and again. It is so rare to listen to an album all the way through, rarer still to listen over an over, without any tiredness creeping in.

This is destined to be the best album of the year and may even make it into the top 10 albums of all time. It is that good. The only thing that surpassed this album was seeing the great man and band live last week, knocking out these songs and wonders from the back catalogue. Unbelievable.

Oh and by the way, I'd never even played a Nick Cave album until a month ago, so I'm not a dyed in the wool fanatic.....

A Bonafide Musical GOD!!!
How am i the first to review this album???
Nick Cave has been around for a good few years and i have recently enjoyed the psychotic Grinderman! However he is now back with his beloved "Bad Seeds" and this album is immense in every way!!
Dig lazarus Dig is a fitting way to start such a splendid album and the chorus and lyrics are to die for. Nick Cave is a serious musician however the bravado and singing style creates an underlying humour which makes it impossible not to raise the occasional smile.
I by my very bature am a huge heavy metal fan but love anything where i can see traits of genius, as with other bands such as Eels or indeed Grinderman. This album is worthy of your time and money so do yourself and your music collection a favour!!!