# Nick Cave discography

This is the discography of Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave. In addition to his career as lead singer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, he has released 1 studio album, 11 soundtrack albums, 1 extended play, 2 short soundtracks, 3 singles, 3 live albums, and 1 compilation album. Since 2005, the majority of his work has been written & recorded in collaboration with Bad Seeds member and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis.

## Studio
### Filmography

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2024 | Joker: Folie à Deux | Singing voice of Joker's shadow |

### Albums

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2021 | Carnage | with Warren Ellis |

### Soundtracks

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1989 | Ghosts... of the Civil Dead | with Blixa Bargeld & Mick Harvey |
| 2005 | The Proposition | with Warren Ellis |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | with Ellis |
| 2010 | The Road | with Ellis, 2009 film |
| 2014 | West of Memphis | with Ellis, 2012 film |
| 2015 | Far from Men | with Ellis, 2014 film |
| 2016 | Mars | with Ellis |
| 2017 | War Machine | with Ellis |
| 2017 | Wind River | with Ellis |
| 2018 | Kings | with Ellis, to 2017 film |
| 2021 | La Panthère des neiges | with Ellis |
| 2022 | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | with Ellis |
| 2022 | Blonde | with Ellis |
| 2024 | Back to Black | with Ellis |

### EPs

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2022 | Seven Psalms | featuring Ellis |

### Short soundtracks

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2012 | Days of Grace | with Warren Ellis, 2011 film |
| 2016 | Hell or High Water | with Ellis |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1992 | "What a Wonderful World"/"Rainy Night in Soho" | Bob Thiele & George David Weiss and the Pogues cover, "What a Wonderful World" with Shane MacGowan |
| 2002 | "Bad Cover Version" | split single with Pulp, a cover of "Disco 2000" |
| 2022 | "Letter to Cynthia" | featuring Warren Ellis, backed with instrumental version |
| 2022 | "Letter to Daniel & Vera" | featuring Warren Ellis, backed with instrumental version |

### Other appearances

| Year | Title | Release | Notes |
| 1989 | "Helpless" | The Bridge | Neil Young cover |
| 1993 | "Faraway, So Close!" and "Cassiel's Song" | Faraway, So Close! | original songs |
| 1995 | "There Is a Light" | Batman Forever | original song |
| 1996 | "Time Jesum Transeuntum et Non Riverentum" and "X-Files Theme" | Songs in the Key of X | with Dirty Three |
| 1997 | "Mack the Knife" | September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill | Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill cover |
| 1998 | "The Big Hurt" and "Mojo" | Mojo | "The Big Hurt" with Gallon Drunk, 1997 film |
| 1999 | "Goodbye Marylou" | A Tribute to Polnareff | Michel Polnareff cover |
| 2001 | "To Be by Your Side" | Winged Migration | original song |
| 2002 | "Let It Be" and "Here Comes the Sun" (bonus track) | I Am Sam | The Beatles cover, 2001 film |
| 2006 | "Fire Down Below" and "Pinery Boy" | Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys | traditional songs |
| 2010 | "Ramblin' Mind" and "Free to Walk" | We Are Only Riders: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project | based on Jeffrey Lee Pierce demos, "Free to Walk" with Debbie Harry |
| 2011 | "She's Not There" | True Blood: Volume 3 | The Zombies cover with Neko Case |
| 2012 | "City in Pain" and "The Breaking Hands" | The Journey Is Long: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project | based on Jeffrey Lee Pierce demos, "The Breaking Hands" with Debbie Harry |
| 2013 | "Pirate Jenny" | Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys | traditional song with Shilpa Ray and Warren Ellis |
| 2014 | "Nobody's City" | Axels & Sockets: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project | based on Jeffrey Lee Pierce demo, with Iggy Pop |
| 2015 | "All the Gold in California" | True Detective | Larry Gatlin cover with Ellis |
| 2020 | "Cosmic Dancer" | AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T.Rex | T. Rex cover |
| 2022 | "Wood Dove" | For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, Vol. 1 | with Ellis |

## Live
### Albums

* Live at Hammersmith Apollo (2015)
* Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015)
* Idiot Prayer (Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace) (2020)
* Australian Carnage – Live at the Sydney Opera House (2023)

### Other appearances

* Nick Cave i Przyjaciele (Nick Cave and Friends) (1999). A live tribute album by Polish musicians. Cave appears on "Into My Arms" and "The Weeping Song".
* "I'm Your Man" and "Suzanne" performed by Cave in the documentary/concert film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2006).
* The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited (2006), Concert album featuring Nick Cave performing "John the Revelator" and "Shine on Me".

## Compilation

* White Lunar, soundtrack compilation (2009) – composed with Ellis (2CDs). Disc one contains highlights from The Proposition, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and The Road. Disc 2 contains excerpts from unreleased soundtracks as well as four unreleased pieces from their archives.

## Session work

* Send Me a Lullaby (1981), album by The Go-Betweens, features Cave's vocals on "After the Fireworks".
* Burnin' the Ice (1982), album by Die Haut features Cave's vocals on "Stow-a-Way", "Truck Love", "Pleasure Is the Boss", "Dumb Europe".
* Annie Hogan Plays "Kickabye" EP (1985), features Cave's vocals and production on "Vixo". Recorded in October 1983.
* Oedipus Schmoedipus (1996), album by Barry Adamson, Cave appears on "The Sweetest Embrace".
* "Music for Expelling the Demon" (1999), a short animation by Devlin Crow, written by A-Soma.
* Punishing Kiss (2000), album by Ute Lemper, Cave co-wrote (with Bruno Pisek) "Little Water Song".
* Next Wave (2002), album by Chris Coco, Cave performs a cover version of The Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning" with Chris Coco.
* American IV: The Man Comes Around (2003) duet with Johnny Cash on "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry".
* Small World Big Band Friends 3 – Jack o the Green (2003), album by Jools Holland, "Kiss of Love" duet with Sam Brown.
* I Started Out with Nothin' (2008), album by Seasick Steve, "Just Like a King" includes Cave's vocals.
* The Real Work (2022), album by Party Dozen, Cave features on "Macca the Mutt".

## Unreleased soundtracks

* The English Surgeon (2007) – excerpts released on White Lunar
* The Girls of Phnom Penh (2009) – excerpts released on White Lunar
* Lawless (2012) – "End Crawl" released on Lawless various artists album
* The Case Against Adnan Syed (2019) – unreleased

## Compositions

* To Have and to Hold (1996) – film score to John Hillcoat's film of the same name, with Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey.
* Woyzeck (2005) – theatre score composed with Warren Ellis
* The Metamorphosis (2006) – theatre score composed with Ellis
* Faust (2009) – theatre score composed with Ellis
* Shell Shock (2014) – opera with libretto by Cave
* L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S (2020) – opera with libretto by Cave

## Readings

* "The Atra Virago or the Vargus Barking Spider" (1987) – excerpt of And the Ass Saw the Angel, from Smack My Crack
* "And the Ass Saw the Angel" (1988) – further excerpts, released with Tender Prey
* The Secret Life of the Love Song & the Flesh Made Word: Two Lectures (2000)
* The Death of Bunny Munro (2009) – 7-disc audiobook, with backing music composed with Ellis