No More Shall We Part is the eleventh studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 2 April 2001 in the UK (and 10 April in the US). The record, which was well received critically, came after a 4-year gap from recording, following the much acclaimed album The Boatman's Call and subsequent 'Best Of' album.
No More Shall We Part | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2 April 2001 | |||
Recorded | September and October 2000 | |||
Studio | Abbey Road Studios and Westside Studios, London | |||
Length | 67:47 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Mute | |||
Producer | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Tony Cohen | |||
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds chronology | ||||
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Singles from No More Shall We Part | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | C−[3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
NME | 8/10[6] |
Pitchfork | 7.0/10 (2001)[7] 8.0/10 (2011)[8] |
Q | [9] |
Record Collector | [10] |
Rolling Stone | [11] |
Uncut | [12] |
Nick Cave had to overcome heavy heroin and alcohol addictions in 1999–2000 before starting work on the album. It featured guest appearances by Kate & Anna McGarrigle and was met with mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a generally favourable score of 79, based on 18 reviews.[1]
All tracks are written by Nick Cave, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" | 6:15 | |
2. | "And No More Shall We Part" | 4:00 | |
3. | "Hallelujah" | Nick Cave, Warren Ellis | 7:48 |
4. | "Love Letter" | 4:08 | |
5. | "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" | 5:36 | |
6. | "God Is in the House" | 5:44 | |
7. | "Oh My Lord" | 7:30 | |
8. | "Sweetheart Come" | Nick Cave, Barry Adamson | 4:58 |
9. | "The Sorrowful Wife" | 5:18 | |
10. | "We Came Along This Road" | 6:08 | |
11. | "Gates to the Garden" | 4:09 | |
12. | "Darker with the Day" | Nick Cave, Warren Ellis | 6:07 |
A limited-edition version included a bonus disc with two extra tracks, plus multi-media CD-ROM files (the 2 bonus tracks also appeared on the UK double 12" vinyl pressing of the album):
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Grief Came Riding" | 5:07 |
2. | "Bless His Ever Loving Heart" | 4:02 |
3. | "As I Sat Sadly by Her Side" (video) | |
4. | "No More Shall We Part EPK" (video) |
The bonus disc also includes an enhanced section featuring lyrics, photo gallery, biography, album discography, interview, and internet links.
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy | — | 30,000[13] |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[14] | Gold | 25,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] | Silver | 60,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
In 2019, Greek artist Stefanos Rokos, presented his artistic approach to the album "No More Shall We Part" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, an art exhibition that started its journey in Greece and travelled to Antwerp, Belgium. The NMSWP part project is a testimony of Stefanos Rokos' personal proposal for a dialectic to be developed between two artistic forms- those of painting and songwriting, which have all along constituted the very core of artistic expression and creativity.
Nick Cave said about the paintings: "It was extraordinary to stand in the studio and see the paintings for real – the grandeur of them, with all their congested details and terrifying blank spaces. I feel connected to the essence of them. I feel they are very close to the way I write lyrics – intense bursts of memory, ecstatic detail, sudden erotics, esoteric imagery; the forging of frozen narratives that hover about like dreams, haunted and strange and life-affirming."
Se non è più maledetto, come si e intuito dal recente album "No more shall we part" pubblicato dopo circa quattro anni di lavoro (vendute in Italia 30 mila copie)